Mexican Politics: Mexico’s 2012 Presidential Election and U.S.-Mexico Relations

As the Mexican presidential election season approaches, more and more is being written in the U.S. about the possible impacts of a change in the ruling party on Mexico's relations with the U.S.. Here is an analysis from the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Mexico’s 2012 Presidential Election and U.S.-Mexico Relations: "... security, economic stability, and energy cooperation are themes likely to emerge in the 2012 Mexican presidential campaign season. Although it is still early to identify clear party or candidate positions regarding them, it may be safe to say that a  National Action Party (PAN) victory would probably leave these areas little changed if not enhanced, whereas a Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) win would probably roll them back. The impact of an Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) triumph is difficult to predict as the party was instrumental in improving economic cooperation, even as the old PRI prided itself on prickly relations with the United States."