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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | March 2006 
More Mexican Voters Pick López Obrador
 Angus Reid
| | Methodology: Face-to-face interviews with 1,400 Mexican adults, conducted in mid-February 2006. Margin of error is 3.1 per cent. |
Former Mexico City mayor Andrés Manuel López Obrador is still the top contender in Mexico’s presidential race, according to a poll by GEA-ISA. 41 per cent of respondents would support the Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) member in this year’s election.
Former energy secretary Felipe Calderón of the governing National Action Party (PAN) is second with 32 per cent, followed by former Tabasco governor Roberto Madrazo of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) with 26 per cent. Roberto Campa of the New Alliance Party (PNA) and Patricia Mercado of the Social-Democratic and Peasant Alternative Party (PASC) are also contending.
Support for López Obrador increased by six points since January, while backing for both Calderón and Madrazo fell by three points.
The PAN’s Vicente Fox ended 71 years of uninterrupted rule by the PRI in the 2000 election, winning a six-year term with 42.5 per cent of the vote.
The PAN and the PRI have proposed holding four presidential debates before the election. PRD campaign coordinator Jesús Ortega said the two parties want López Obrador to "suspend his strategy," adding, "We will take part on one of the debates, it’s absurd to have four."
The Mexican presidential election is scheduled for Jul. 2.
Polling Data
What candidate would you vote for in the 2006 presidential election? (Decided Voters)
Andrés Manuel López Obrador (PRD)
Feb. 2006 - 41%
Jan. 2006 - 35%
Felipe Calderón (PAN)
Feb. 2006 - 32%
Jan. 2006 - 35%
Roberto Madrazo (PRI)
Feb. 2006 - 26%
Jan. 2006 - 29%
Source: GEA-ISA
Methodology: Face-to-face interviews with 1,400 Mexican adults, conducted in mid-February 2006. Margin of error is 3.1 per cent. |
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