Las elecciones mexicanas de 2006, ¿manifestación de una sociedad dividida?

The 2006 Mexican elections did not reveal significant social cleavages. Voters did not base their political choices on their class, gender, age, or ethnic characteristics to any important extent. Region did emerge as a major difference among the bases of the three principal candidates, but regional cleavages are more complex than the conventional blue (PAN) and yellow (PRD) division frequently discussed by the press and political analysts. Followers of Felipe Calderón tended to support the status quo, to believe that Vicente Fox had been a president who brought change to Mexico and to worry that Andrés Manuel López Obrador would threaten the advances made under Fox. In contrast, López Obrador’s supporters considered Fox to have been a failure, particularly in bringing substantive change to their nation. Las elecciones mexicanas de 2006 no revelaron diferendos sociales significativos. Los votantes no basaron sus preferencias partidarias en su clase, género, edad o características ét- nicas. La región emergió como una diferencia mayor entre las bases de los tres candidatos principales, pero las disparidades regionales son más complejas que la convencional división azul (PAN) y amarillo (PRD) a menudo discutida por la prensa y los analistas políticos. Los partidarios de Felipe Calderón tendieron a apoyar el statu quo al creer que Vicente Fox trajo el cambio a México, el cual se vería amenazado por Andrés Manuel López Obrador; en contraste, los adeptos de éste consideraron a Fox un fracaso, en particular por no generar cambios sustantivos en la nación.

Comparative politics: An introduction

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Electoral reform in an authoritarian regime--the case of Mexico

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Political Science, 1988.Bibliography: v.3, leaves 628-655.by Joseph L. Klesner.Ph.D