Sheinbaum or Gálvez – the two favored candidates – could make history as a woman would be elected president of Mexico for the first time. Nearly 100 million Mexicans are called upon to vote. There are 20,000 charges at stake.
More than this Sunday, June 2 99.5 million Mexicans They have an appointment with the polling stations in the biggest elections in historywith more than 20,000 positions at stake and with the official candidate Claudia Sheinbaum as the clear favorite to win the presidency, all this in the midst of a campaign that was also marked by violence, in which thirty candidates were murdered and since then there has been no investigation questioning the triumph for Sheinbaum, who was about 50% of the voting intention, in favor of the opposition candidate, Xochitl Galvezwhich has deflated over time until she is about 20 percentage points behind the Morena candidate. The former mayor of the capital has vowed to continue the political legacy that earned her her high popularity and approval ratings, as well as her high popularity. with his proposal combat violencethat moves away from the punitive measures of previous governments in favor of actions more focused on combating poverty and inequality.
Although the margin with her opposition rival has narrowed in recent weeks, according to most polls it remains more than sufficient, although not insurmountable.
The biggest elections in history
In addition to the one-round dispute for the country’s presidency, the nearly 100 million Mexican men and women called to the polls have also drafted the new Congressconsisting of almost 630 seats between the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, as well as almost 20,000 other positions.
Among them are those of the Mexico City headquarters and its sixteen mayors, as well as the governments of the states of Chiapas, Morelos, Tabasco, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Puebla, Veracruz and Yucatán, and their respective local entities.
The ruling coalition Let’s Keep Making History – formed by Morena, the Labor Party (PT) and the environmentalists (PVEM) – in turn aims to expand the majority it has in Congress, and to strengthen its main stronghold, Mexico City, to defend. where Claudia Sheinbaum has been head of government until now. This Sunday’s elections take place in a rather exceptional period in Mexico’s recent history, as everything indicates that this is the case for the first time in history. will be a woman the one chosen to lead the Mexicans’ life project for the next six years.
Source: EITB
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