| | |  News Around the Republic of Mexico | March 2009 
PRI Holds Slight Advantage in Mexico
 Angus Reid Global Monitor
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Mexico’s largest political party is recovering some lost ground this year, according to a poll by GEA-ISA. 41 per cent of respondents would vote for the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) in this year’s election to the Chamber of Deputies, up six points since November.
The ruling National Action Party (PAN) is second with 39 per cent—down four points in four months—followed by the Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) with 15 per cent.
The PAN’s Vicente Fox ended 71 years of uninterrupted rule by the PRI in the 2000 presidential election, winning a six-year term with 42.5 per cent of the vote.
Mexican voters chose their new president in July 2006. Official results placed Felipe Calderón of the PAN as the winner with 36.68 per cent of all cast ballots, followed by Andrés Manuel López Obrador of the PRD with 36.11 per cent, and Roberto Madrazo of the PRI with 22.71 per cent. Calderón—a former energy secretary—took over as Mexico’s head of state in December.
In the July 2006 legislative election, the PAN secured 206 seats in the 500-member Chamber of Deputies, followed by a PRD-led alliance with 160 lawmakers, and a coalition of the PRI and the Green Environmentalist Party (PVEM) with 121 mandates.
During his campaign, Calderón vowed to combat illicit drug trafficking and drug-related crime, as well as to boost Mexico’s economy.
On Mar. 15, a statement issued by Roman Catholic Church leaders called the PRI "a party rubbing its hands at returning to power," and accused the former long-governing party of being "an obstacle to taking stronger measures to combat drug cartels."
Polling Data
If you had to vote right now in the election to the Chamber of Deputies, which party would you vote for? (Decided Voters)
Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) - Mar. 2009 41% | Nov. 2008 35% | Aug. 2008 42%
National Action Party (PAN) - Mar. 2009 39% | Nov. 2008 43% | Aug. 2008 37%
Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) - Mar. 2009 15% | Nov. 2008 16% | Aug. 2008 18%
Other - Mar. 2009 5% | Nov. 2008 6% | Aug. 2008 3%
Source: GEA-ISA
Methodology: Face-to-face interviews with 1,000 Mexican adults, conducted from Mar. 6 to Mar. 9, 2009. Margin of error is 4 per cent. |
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