Sheinbaum is supported by current President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, whose approval ratings remain high
Former Mayor of Mexico City Claudia Sheinbaum speaks at the ceremony Mexico September 10, 2023
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MEXICO CITY (Portal) Mexico’s presidential race has gotten a little tighter, but former Mexico City mayor and ruling party candidate Claudia Sheinbaum still has twice as many votes as her main rival, a poll showed Monday. fair.
A poll of 1,000 Mexicans conducted between November 17 and 22 by the Institut Buendía & Márquez on behalf of the newspaper El Universal showed that Sheinbaum who represents the leftwing Morena (National Regeneration Movement) would have 48% of the vote against 24% of Xóchitl Galvez.
The opposition represents an alliance of three parties, ranging from centerleft to centerright. Samuel García, running for another centerleft party, Citizen Movement (MC), would receive 8% of the vote. One in five respondents said they had no preference for the election on June 2, 2024.
Another poll released in early October showed Sheinbaum receiving 50% of the vote to Gálvez’s 20%, although that poll included a fourth centerright candidate who was not listed this time.
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Sheinbaum is supported by current President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, whose approval ratings remain high. Mexican law only allows presidents to serve a sixyear term. “With the inclusion of Samuel García as the only candidate for the MC, the presidential election was practically fixed,” commented the head of Buendía & Márquez, Jorge Buendía, to the newspaper El Universal.
He said that Sheinbaum is a leader in image recognition and positive public opinion and that the latter factor is the biggest challenge for his rival: “The window of opportunity for candidates is the uninformed population.” They make up the segment that can influence campaigns the most .”