Mexico election too close to call (exit poll released)

Reuters ^ | 7/2/06 | Kieran Murray and Alistair Bell

[conservative in nyc]

Yet, the puter projects Calderon's lead will go up a couple of tenths of a percent, and his absolute total lead will end up at about 435,000.

That's because the NE and NW are PAN territory, where the PRI runs second and the socialist PRD runs a very distant third. And those areas have the bulk (55%) of the remaining precincts.

I just noticed today that the data was actually there for us to do projections based on sub-state regional votes outstanding. But I think my Excel would have choked if I tried that last night. The by region projections pretty much tracked the by state projections anyway (but forecasted more votes would be cast). I can even guess which precincts are still out, but the information is useless without a map.

[La Enchiladita]

I really disliked Tehuantepec when I went there in the '70s. It's a "matriarchal" village or sumthin'. Got out muy pronto.

You --- what?!! --- in Oaxaca? A near lynching? Was that in the '80s or '90s?

How awful. Oaxaca was just fine by me in the '70s: great market. I especially liked the beach on the Oaxaca south coast, Puerto Angel.