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Caribbean-Latin America

Polls show Mexican race too close to call

2006-07-03

Mexico's presidential election was too close to call Sunday with voters bitterly divided between a leftist offering himself as a savior to the poor and a conservative warning his rival's free-spending proposals threaten the economy. Electoral officials were conducting a quick count of the votes, and were hoping to declare a winner later Sunday. But they warned that they would hold off perhaps for days if neither candidate had a large enough advantage.

Mexico's two main television networks did not release the results of their exit polls, saying ~~the numbers favor the 'righty' candidiate and they refuse to believe their eyes~~ the difference was smaller than their margin of error. Felipe Calderon, 43, of Fox's National Action Party, has been running an exceedingly close race with Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, 52, of the leftist Democratic Revolution Party. The Institutional Revolutionary Party's Roberto Madrazo, 53, had been trailing in third place.

Posted by:Seafarious

#14 I don't think it matters which one of them wins...they'll keep on exporting their social problems to the US (with the connivance of BOTH our political parties) and demanding a veto over our immigration policies (again with the connivance, etc...).

Posted by: Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2006-07-03 17:14

#13 All of these "squeaker" elections worldwide over the past six years are extremely interesting. Neither the traditional conservatives nor mainstream liberals/social democrats seem to be able to gain a decisive majority anywhere. In the past this behavior has always presaged a major re-alignment of the stars, so to speak. What's interesting is that the deadlock has gone on for so long and is truly worldwide.

The problem with really stable systems is when they finally do get overwhelmed, they tend to break down catastrophically. It's a tautology actually. If you design a flood control system to deal with the 100-year flood, things are going to get nasty when the 500-year flood comes. You never notice all of the other catastrophes that the 100-year flood control system neatly carried into the sea. The other bad thing is that building a 100-year systems encourages people to develop areas that they never would have developed otherwise -- the risk would have been too high. So when the breakdown of the highly stable system comes, you get much more destruction than if you had never built it in the first place.

Did I tell you all that I am refurbishing this beautiful old Moisin Nagant that I bought in '89? It's one of the two million that Westinghouse made during WWI for the Czar. It's the long barrel version, not the sawn off type that the Soviets made later on. Supposedly it came from a Finnish armory. At first I thought that the bore was pitted,, but it turned out that there was just so much fouling in the rifling that it looked bumpy. After half a bottle of Hoppes, and a couple hundred patches and a couple of bore brushes, I'm getting ready to break out the carburetor cleaner. I'm just plain running out of time!

Posted by: 11A5S 2006-07-03 12:39

#12 I don't know why they call it "too close to call". The bloggers I've seen show the PAN winning pretty conclusively (much better than expected). It sounds to me like the 2004 election which was "stolen" from John F'ing Kerry (AKA Lurch)

Al

Posted by: Frozen Al 2006-07-03 12:29

#11

He's the only one who has publicly stated that having around 10% of the population up in the US because there are no jobs for them in Mexico is a disgrace.

This is about as transparent as Hillary's attempts to be "moderate".

Posted by: JSU 2006-07-03 12:02

#10 rolls

Posted by: Ebbeamble Gleack7766 2006-07-03 11:27

#9 Michael Barone on RealClearPolitics:

In any case, Mexico has a better system guarding against election fraud today than we have in most of the United States. Its voter ID program is much more rigorous. It has paper ballots, which take more time to count, but which also provide a paper trail for recounts. It has a national superintending electoral administrative agency, which our federal system of holding elections would not permit.

The Mexican requirement for a photo ID / Voter card, rigorously checked voter roles, and ensuring that no one votes more than once an election seems to be anathema to activists / Democrats in our country. Wonder why?

Posted by: Ebbeamble Gleack7766 2006-07-03 11:26

#8 True, SB. But he's also a gateway Pol for Hugo. The Chinese and Iranians will be quick to follow. As with most Mexican elections, there are no good choices. Perhaps Chris Adams isn't busy right now.

Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-07-03 08:32

#7 a2u, not too sure about that. He's the only one who has publicly stated that having around 10% of the population up in the US because there are no jobs for them in Mexico is a disgrace. The other guys are the ones that virtually encourage more of their ~~potential troublemaking young 'uns~~ citizens to go up north and send big checks home.

Posted by: Swamp Blondie 2006-07-03 08:12

#6 I just love that they have an Institutional Revolutionary Party.

Posted by: JSU 2006-07-03 04:19

#5 Then again, maybe not.

Posted by: anonymous2u 2006-07-03 01:30

#4 It's gonna be a squeaker and we might be able to laugh at them like they laughed at us.....

This might mess everyone up, but here's the link:

Posted by: anonymous2u 2006-07-03 01:30

#3 Build the border wall and it won't matter.

Posted by: ed 2006-07-03 01:25

#2 The lefty's a commie - expect much more immigration.

Posted by: anonymous2u 2006-07-03 01:08

#1 I'm embarrassed to say I'm not up to speed on following this election.
What thoughts are there on how either guy will be with consideration to illegals in this country?
If the living conditions are improved down there it may help us out here.
I won't be able to watch comments until late tomorrow.

Posted by: Jan 2006-07-03 00:59

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