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Debate Boosts Calderón in Mexican Race
(Angus Reid Global Scan) - Felipe Calderón of the governing National Action Party (PAN) is the top-rated presidential hopeful in Mexico, according to a poll by El Universal. 37 per cent of respondents would vote for the former energy secretary in next month's election.
Former Mexico City mayor Andrés Manuel López Obrador of the Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) is second with 34 per cent, followed by former Tabasco governor Roberto Madrazo of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) with 22 per cent. Patricia Mercado of the Social-Democratic and Peasant Alternative Party (PASC) and Roberto Campa of the New Alliance Party (PNA) are also contending.
Support for Calderón increased by one point in a week, while backing for both López Obrador and Madrazo fell by two points. The survey is the first conducted since the second and final presidential debate, which took place on Jun. 6.
The PAN's Vicente Fox ended 71 years of uninterrupted rule by the PRI in the 2000 election, winning a six-year term with 42.5 per cent of the vote.
Yesterday, López Obrador said his claims that Calderón steered government contracts on behalf of his own brother-in-law, Diego Zavala, effectively "unmasked those who hold a double moral standard." Calderón criticized the PRD, saying, "Those clowns presented three empty boxes, and there was no proof, absolutely none, against me."
The Mexican presidential election is scheduled for Jul. 2.
Polling Data
What candidate would you vote for in the 2006 presidential election?
(Decided Voters)
Jun. 9 | Jun. 4 | May 2006 | |
Felipe Calderón (PAN) | 37% | 36% | 39% |
Andrés Manuel López Obrador (PRD) | 34% | 36% | 35% |
Roberto Madrazo (PRI) | 22% | 24% | 21% |
Source: El Universal
Methodology: Interviews with 1,500 Mexican adults, conducted from Jun. 7 to Jun. 9, 2006. Margin of error is 3.2 per cent.