Posted on 07/02/2006 6:24:13 PM PDT by lauriehelds
Kieran Murray and Alistair Bell
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's presidential election is too close to call between a leftist anti-poverty campaigner and the conservative ruling party candidate locked in a tie, a respected exit poll said on Sunday.
The extremely close vote raised fears of a political crisis if any of the main candidates challenge the results and call street protests.
Pre-election polls had showed Felipe Calderon of the ruling party and Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the left-wing former mayor of Mexico City, in a virtual tie. Exit polls from Mexico's two main television station and the El Universal newspaper said they could not declare a winner.
El Universal said the race was between Lopez Obrador and Calderon. Neither of the TV stations mentioned Roberto Madrazo of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, which ruled Mexico for most of the 20th century.
The Federal Electoral Institute was expected to announce official results at around 11 p.m. If it is unable to call a winner, Mexico could face days or weeks of legal wrangling and protests similar to the fight that followed the U.S. presidential election in 2000.
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What happened to Fox? Is he termed out or something?
If Al'Rooters is saying "too close to call" it pretty much means Calderon won it.
Yes, he is term limited.
So if the lefty wins their economy will crash, they'll lock the borders and lots of people will live in extreme poverty.
only difference from now is they will secure their northern borders. Sounds like a win win.
The Mexican constitution limits the President to a single six-year term.
pato cojo
Maybe if they get a more communist leader, they'll build their own wall to keep their people IN. :-)
John Kerry is goiing to be the winner.
You think this is a win win??????????????????????????????
It's interesting that they don't explicitly mention who got higher votes in this 'virtually-tie' election.
Yes, in Reuters-speak, that's probably exactly what it means.
Why would they close the border? It would be their only real form of cash flow.
BCS (where I live when not here) will put Calderon waaay over when the votes are counted.
KERRY WINS! KERRY WINS!!! WOW!
Bush's Fault
The real time betting sites have Calderon at over 75% chance to win right now. Exit polls? Sheesh.
Nonsense! Kerry has the lead.
Welcome to DU north.
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