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Lack Of Interest Mars Mexico’s Mid-term Poll

July 22, 2003

(CPOD) Jul. 22, 2003 - Many Mexican citizens stayed away from the polls in the last congressional election due to lack of interest, according to a poll by newspaper Reforma. 42 per cent of respondents cite other commitments or lack of time as reasons for abstaining.

Despite many campaigns to enlist prospective voters and inform the public, 30 per cent of respondents say they did not vote because they lack a voting card, or ignored where their voting station was located.

Only 41 per cent of registered voters cast their ballots in the Jul. 6 congressional election, compared to 60 per cent when Vicente Fox was elected president in 2000. 66 per cent of respondents who did not vote say they are disappointed with Mexican politics.

Polling Data

Why did you not vote in the congressional elections?

Uninterested

42%

Other commitments, activities

17%

Didn't care to do it

13%

Didn't have time

12%

Procedural problems

30%

Don't have a voting card

28%

Didn't locate voting station

2%

Disappointed with election, candidates

7%

Not attracted to any party, candidate

4%

Didn't consider this election important

1%

Disappointed with aggressive campaigns

1%

Disappointed with campaign expenditures

1%

Are you disappointed with Mexican politics?

Yes

66%

No

22%


Source: Reforma
Methodology: Face-to-face interviews with 848 Mexican adults who did not participate in the congressional elections, conducted on Jul. 7, 2003. Margin of error is 3.4 per cent.

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