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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | May 2006 
Support Slips for Mexico Leftist
 Mark Stevenson - Associated Press
| | Presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of the leftist Democratic Revolution Party speak during meeting with supporters in Mexico City. (AP/Moises Castillo) |
Mexico City — The leftist former front-runner in this nation's presidential race is watching his advantage crumble to the conservative ruling-party candidate.
Two months before the election, a series of polls show a steady decline for Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. The former Mexico City mayor is idolized by many poor Mexicans and feared by many of the rich.
A poll published Wednesday by the newspaper Reforma showed him trailing ruling-party candidate Felipe Calderon 40 percent to 33 percent — the first time a major poll has shown somebody with a significant lead over Lopez Obrador. Roberto Madrazo, of the former ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, was third, with 22 percent. In March, Lopez Obrador led Calderon 41 percent to 31 percent.
Analysts say Lopez Obrador's worst enemy is his confrontational, stubborn nature — which may have led him to skip a nationally televised April 25 debate, which the other candidates attended.
National Action has spent heavily on advertisements depicting Lopez Obrador as a radical and "a danger to Mexico." Lopez Obrador could rebound in the polls in the second debate, scheduled for June 6, which he will attend.
"Their media campaign and their publishing rigged polls is not going to work," he told supporters Tuesday. |
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