Mexicos Calderon Leads in Universal Election Poll
Mexicos Felipe Calderon, a former energy minister for President Vicente Fox, took the lead in a voter opinion poll by El Universal for the first time.
Calderon, the National Action Partys candidate, led with 39 percent of voters preferences in May from 34 percent in April, the Mexico City-based newspaper reported today. Mexico holds presidential elections on July 2.
The survey is at least the fourth to show Calderon,43, overtaking former Mexico City Mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who had led polls for more than two years before April 25. Lopez Obradors support has declined in part because of his failure to react quickly to Calderon campaign ads, said political scientists such as the Center for Economic Research and Teachings Joy Langston.
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Mexico conservative holds election lead in new poll
The conservative ruling party candidate in Mexicos presidential race has a 2-point lead over his main leftist rival, according to a newspaper poll published on Thursday that confirms a recent trend.
The survey by Excelsior newspaper gave Felipe Calderon 36 percent support compared with 34 percent for former Mexico City Mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. It was the first time Calderon has led the Excelsior poll, which last month showed Lopez Obrador ahead by 2 percentage points.
It follows a series of more closely watched newspaper polls that also showed Calderon moving ahead of the
Calderon leads Mexico presidential race
Mexicos ruling party candidate held onto his narrow lead in the disputed presidential election after a partial recount of votes, the top electoral court said Monday in a strong indication that conservative Felipe Calderon will be declared the winner.
But the judges held off on naming the president-elect and still have the option to annul the election.
Calderons leftist challenger Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador reacted to the courts announcement in outrage, calling on supporters never to accept Calderon as president and asking them to decide if he should form a parallel government or carry on a nationwide campaign
Mexicos Calderon next target of election attacks
Mexican presidential candidate Felipe Calderon expects rivals to make him the focus of sniping and negative campaign ads now that he has taken the lead in a closely watched poll, his campaign chief said.
Calderon, a conservative, knocked leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador out of first place in the poll on Tuesday and gained more ground with a winning performance in a televised debate that Lopez Obrador opted out of.
The shift could make Calderon the new target of mudslinging that has previously seen the two main challengers call Lopez Obrador a dangerous populist
Calderon Gains Support in Mexico Presidential Poll
Felipe Calderon, Mexican President Vicente Foxs former energy minister, gained support among the countrys voters in an opinion poll taken after the June 6 presidential debate.
Support for Calderon, the National Action Partys candidate, rose to 37 percent from 36 percent a week ago, while backing for former Mexico City Mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the Party of the Democratic Revolutions candidate, fell to 34 percent from 36 percent, according to a poll released by the Mexico City-based newspaper El Universal. The poll has an margin of error of plus or minus 3.4
Mexico election race turns as conservative surges
Mexicos ruling party presidential candidate appears to be pulling away from his leftist rival after aggressive TV ads propelled his dramatic surge in an election race being fought on economic policies.
A closely watched poll in the Reforma newspaper on Wednesday showed Felipe Calderon, a conservative, with 40-percent support among probable voters and his left-wing challenger Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador trailing at 33 percent.
Lopez Obrador, a former Mexico City mayor who promises to put the poor first, had been Mexicos most popular politician for three years and was the clear election front-runner until
Fox favorite headed for Mexico primary defeat-poll
A former Cabinet minister seen as President Vicente Fox's favorite for the July 2006 elections, might lose the ruling party's primaries this weekend and be forced out of the race, according to a poll on Wednesday.
The Reforma newspaper poll of National Action Party members likely to vote in Sunday's final round of presidential primaries put Santiago Creel way behind Felipe Calderon, a former energy minister who has clashed with Fox.
The poll gave Calderon 54 percent of Sunday's vote in 13 states and the capital city, against former interior minister Creel's 29 percent.
A win of
Mexico presidential race down to dead heat - poll
The conservative ruling party candidate to become Mexican president next year has raced to a virtual tie with the leftist former Mexico City mayor who had been the clear front-runner, a new poll showed on Monday.
The poll by the daily newspaper Reforma put Felipe Calderon of the National Action Party, or PAN, within 1 percentage point of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
Calderon had 28 percent support with Lopez Obrador just ahead on 29 percent.
In third place with 21 percent was Roberto Madrazo of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, which ruled Mexico
Mexico's Calderon Vows to Avoid Fox Errors, Will Seek Allies
Felipe Calderon, the 2006 presidential candidate from President Vicente Fox's National Action Party, said he will avoid the incumbent's errors and build the alliances needed to push legislation through Congress.
Calderon said in an interview that he would consider appointing members of other parties to his cabinet to gain support for bills stalled under Fox, including proposals to boost private investment in the energy industry. Calderon criticized Fox -- whom he served under for 10 months as energy minister -- for failing to reach out to opposition politicians.
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Mexico's governing party chooses presidential candidate
A surprisingly bitter primary election for Mexico's governing party on Sunday could set the major-party lineup for next July's historic presidential election, with former Energy Secretary Felipe Calderon most likely to make the ballot.
Calderon was the unexpected winner of the first two rounds of primary voting for President Vicente Fox's National Action Party, topping favored Santiago Creel, the former interior secretary, and Alberto Cardenas, former governor of Mexico's Jalisco state.
If Calderon can win a bit more than 50 percent of the vote on Sunday, he would avoid a possible Nov. 6 runoff. Fox is
Perry causes a stir calling Calderon Mexicos president-elect
AUSTIN Texas Governor Rick Perry made a stir at the Border Governors Conference today, calling Felipe Calderon the president-elect of Mexico and saying he had spoke with him earlier.
The conservative candidate holds a narrow lead in Mexicos still-disputed presidential race. Official tallies of the July second elections show him ahead by less than 1 percent. His opponent, leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, has claimed fraud and rallied street protests in the capital.
The election is now in the hands of the Federal Electoral Tribunal, which has until September 6th to declare a president-elect
