Posted on 01/28/2006 6:53:57 AM PST by Dane
Mexico leftist holds 6-point presidential poll lead Thu Jan 26, 2006 11:01 AM ET
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By Greg Brosnan
MEXICO CITY, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Mexican leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's lead over his nearest rival has been halved to six points since November, according to poll results released on Thursday.
The survey by daily newspaper El Universal gave Lopez Obrador, the former mayor of Mexico City, 33 percent support, with Felipe Calderon of the ruling National Action Party in second place with 27 percent.
In its last poll in November, El Universal had Lopez Obrador with 34 percent, 12 points ahead of Calderon.
Three polls last week also gave Lopez Obrador a lead of between 6 and 8 points over Calderon. Surveys from different pollsters had differed wildly, but are now converging.
In the new El Universal poll, Roberto Madrazo of the Institutional Revolutionary Party was in third place with 20 percent, up from 18 percent in November. The election is set for July 2.
El Universal said that out of those polled who were likely to vote, 40 percent said they would support Lopez Obrador, 33 percent preferred Calderon and 26 percent picked Madrazo.
The El Universal poll of 1,000 people between Jan. 20 and Jan. 23 had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.2 percent.
Lopez Obrador, who has promised heavy spending to help Mexico's poor, has recovered in opinion polls since his double-digit lead shrank late last year after he stepped down as mayor of Mexico City.
Lopez Obrador launched his own daily morning television show last week to win back the media limelight after falling out of the public eye during a low profile tour of Mexico's towns and villages.
Calderon, the least known of the candidates, challenged his rivals to a televised debate earlier this week to raise his profile and overcome a weak party structure
LOLPIMP...the briar patch is that way Dane!
"Yes, that may be true, but it's also a country with 104 million people. That works out to three ten-thousandths of an ounce of potential per capita."
That's just mean. Funny, but mean.
Ship 10 million of our Urban poor that would get their attention and the UN would be on our side!
Voting left in Mexico is what got it where it is, it won't make things better.
Does Mexico have a right-wing, pro-American option? It picked up Portugal, Germany and Canada and has held on to every other major country over the past 2 years (since the Spain debacle)...
Let's have a simple bill, that declares that from now on, the US will adopt the same rules regarding illegal immigration as the states that border us.
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