Mexican Politics: The Road to July 2012

A look at the developing presidential politics in Mexico, from the Mexico Institute of the Woodrow Wilson Center

The Road to July 2012 « Mexico Institute: "Already we can see maneuvering and the beginning of campaigning from the parties and the likely candidates. With 18 months to go before the election in July 2012, the major actors are preparing electoral strategies, building coalitions and alliances, and feeling out their opponents, in both their own, and the opposing, parties. The latest opinion polls from Mitofsky show that the PRI leads the PAN in the race for the presidency, by a margin of 39% to 19% (with the PRD on a lowly 11.5%)..." Jan. 10, 2011