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Mexico State Race May Signal Lagging Support for Lopez Obrador
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| Contributor | Ralphie |
| Last Edited | Ralphie Jun 20, 2005 07:43pm |
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| News Date | Tuesday, June 21, 2005 01:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Mexico City Mayor Andres Lopez Obrador's party is stepping up its campaign to win the governor's race in Mexico's biggest state as its candidate runs third in polling ahead of the July 3 election.
The Democratic Revolutionary Party is sending 2,000 campaign workers a week to the neighboring State of Mexico from Mexico City while Lopez Obrador campaigns on weekends with the party's candidate, Yeidckol Polevnsky. Lopez Obrador declined to comment on the race in a news conference today in Mexico City.
The vote is a test of strength for Lopez Obrador's presidential run in 2006, said Juan Lindau, chairman of the political science department at Colorado College. The percentage of voters favoring Lopez Obrador for president grew to 42.5 percent in May from 37 percent in February, a Consulta Mitofsky poll released June 1 shows. The poll of 1,200 people has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
``That's the one state where the coattail effect of the proximity to Mexico City should have some impact,'' said Lindau, author of three books on Mexico. ``A poor showing in the state would signal difficulty winning votes in both urban and rural areas, and in that case he's in trouble.''
Polevnsky, 46, remains in third place in a field of three candidates, according to an El Universal poll of 1,000 people released May 30. Polevnsky had 23 percent support in the poll, compared with 44 percent for the Institutional Revolutionary Party's Enrique Pena and 33 percent for the candidate of Fox's National Action Party, Ruben Mendoza. |
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