| | |  News Around the Republic of Mexico | May 2009 
PRI Remains in Lead in Polls
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With two months left before the midterm elections, the Institutional Revolutionary Party's support level has dropped again, according to a new poll - but the rebounding party still leads the governing National Action Party.
Support for the PRI dropped 1 percent since last month, according to a Consulta Mitofsky poll published Monday, but the centrist party that ruled Mexico for 71 years until 2000 still has 26 percent of total voter support, compared to 21 percent held by the PAN.
Analysts expect the PRI - which dropped to third-place in Congress after an abysmal performance in the 2006 elections - to fare well in the July 5 midterms, which will see the Chamber of Deputies overhauled. Municipal elections will also be held that day, as will six gubernatorial contests.
One key element to the upcoming elections will be abstention rates, experts say, and the new Mitofsky poll shows that only 10 percent of the electorate is "very interested" in politics today.
The midterms come as President Felipe Calderón is increasingly in the hot seat - even though his approval rating continues to hover around 60 percent. His war on drugs has failed to quell the homicide rate nationwide and the economy is in the doldrums. Also, much criticism has been leveled at his administration's handling of the flu crisis, although many of the jabs have come from the usual suspects in the opposition.
According to another Mitofsky poll published Monday, 85 percent of the public thinks the economy is in worse shape than last year and 70 percent of those surveyed think little progress has been made in the war on drugs. Eighty-four percent said they thought the flu outbreak was the most important issue of the day. |
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