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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | July 2005 
Rivals Gain, But López Obrador Leads in Mexico
 Angus Reid
Mexico City mayor Andrés Manuel López Obrador remains the top presidential contender in the Latin American country, according to a poll by Instituto de Mercadotecnia y Opinión. 41.7 per cent of respondents would vote for López Obrador of the Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) in next year’s ballot.
Former interior secretary Santiago Creel of the governing National Action Party (PAN) is second with 26.7 per cent, followed by former Tabasco governor Roberto Madrazo of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) with 20.1 per cent. The election is scheduled for Jul. 2, 2006.
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. Mexico’s main political organizations have not settled on actual nominees for the 2006 ballot yet.
Yesterday, López Obrador gave his final press conference as Mexico City mayor before stepping down to pursue the PRD’s presidential nomination. López Obrador said his campaign "won’t be on television all the time, because we don’t have the money, but we are going to keep having a presence."
Five PRI presidential hopefuls have formed the All United Against Madrazo (Tucom) alliance. The group includes Senate leader Enrique Jackson, State of Mexico governor Arturo Montiel, Coahuila governor Enrique Martínez, former Tamaulipas governor Tomás Yarrington and Hidalgo governor Manuel Ángel Núñez. The group has announced that a rival for Madrazo in the PRI’s open presidential primary will be revealed on Aug. 4.
Polling Data
Which of these candidates would you vote for in the 2006 presidential election?
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Jul. 2005 |
May 2005 |
Mar. 2005 |
| Andrés Manuel López Obrador (PRD) |
41.7% |
44.3% |
46.4% |
| Santiago Creel (PAN) |
26.7% |
17.3% |
16.7% |
| Roberto Madrazo (PRI) |
20.1% |
17.7% |
15.1% |
Source: Instituto de Mercadotecnia y Opinión (IMO)
Methodology: Telephone interviews to 1,489 registered Mexican voters, conducted on Jul. 22 and Jul. 23, 2005. Margin of error is 3 per cent. |
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