1. General Elections in Mexico: A Time for a Populist President?
- Author:
- Krševan Antun Dujmović
- Publication Date:
- 06-2018
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Institute for Development and International Relations (IRMO)
- Abstract:
- General elections in the United Mexican States that are to be held on July 1st will largely determine the future development in this Latin American country with the population of more than 120 million. Mexico is a federal republic, comprising of 32 states, and it has a presidential government meaning that the president is both the head of state and government. On the same day the Mexicans will elect the new president, 500 members in the lower house of the Congress of the Union, the Chamber of Deputies, and 128 members in the upper house, the Senate of the Republic. What makes these elections even more signi�icant is the fact that the local elections will also be held on July 1st in as much as 30 Mexican states. For all these reasons, the July elections will have a huge impact on the country that is the 16th economy and the biggest Spanish speaking country in the world. With its growing in�luence in the Latin world and across its northern border, due to the growing signi�icance of the Mexican community in the United States, Mexico is striving to get out of the strong American grip. Due to the political power and authority that the President of Mexico holds in internal policies and in shaping the country’s foreign policy, all eyes of the Mexican public are pointed to the presidential candidates. It seems that the former Head of Government of Mexico City Andrés Manuel López Obrador, widely known as AMLO, has the best odds to become the new President of Mexico. As his chances of winning the presidency stand above 90%, it is expedient to look into the impacts that the election of AMLO would have on Mexico.
- Topic:
- Population, Elections, and Political Parties
- Political Geography:
- United States, Mexico, and Mexico City