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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | April 2006 
Candidates Respond to Election Survey
 El Universal
| | Support for Andrés Manuel López Obrador of the Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) fell this month in Mexico, according to a poll by El Universal. 38 per cent of decided voters would support the former Mexico City mayor in this year’s presidential election. (Angus Reid) |
Both López Obrador and Calderón cite positives in the poll while Madrazo downplays its significance.
The nation´s three major presidential candidates responded on Monday to an El Universal´s poll that shows the race tightening.
Roberto Madrazo, of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), who the poll places in third place with 25 percent of likely votes, downplayed its importance. He said that candidate´s positions can change "overnight" in the preference polls.
Meanwhile, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, of the Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) said the poll reinforces his position as the frontrunner. The study put him ahead with 38 percent, less than previous margins.
Members of his campaign team have accused López Obrador´s adversaries of running overly negative ads to pull down his numbers. But in an interview, campaign coordinator Jesús Ortega said the numbers are a sign that López Obrador doesn´t need to change his strategy.
"There is a poll war," Ortega said, referring to the differing results of recent voter preference studies. "But I say we are ahead. We have been for three years, with the exception of two polls that were sponsored by the National Action Party (PAN), which shows us two points behind."
PAN candidate Felipe Calderón, however, said that the result practically places him in a tie with López Obrador for the lead, since the 3.1 percent margin of error on the poll could put him ahead. Thirty-four percent of likely voters said they favored Calderón, who attended a campaign rally in Ciudad Ayala, Morelos on Monday.
"Today all of the polls, without any exceptions, are showing that the only campaign on the rise is ours," he told supporters.
The poll was carried out by El Universal, The Dallas Morning News and Al Día. |
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