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How Did We Get Here? Mexican Democracy after the 2006 Elections
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Lawson, Chappell H. |
| Copyright Year | 2007 |
| Abstract | On July 2, 2006, Mexican voters elected National Action Party (PAN) candidate Felipe Calderon as the next president of Mexico. Calderon's victory was extremely narrow; he won under 36% of the total vote and less that 0.6% more than his leftist rival, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. This potentially problematic situation was aggravated by Lopez Obrador's decision to challenge Calderon's victory, both in the courts and in the streets. Lopez Obrador's protest campaign culminated on September 16, when tens of thousands of his followers gathered in downtown Mexico City to acclaim him “legitimate president” of Mexico. Meanwhile, in the legislature, leaders of Lopez Obrador's Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) oscillated between hints that they would collaborate with Calderon's administration and signs that they would adopt a posture of untrammeled hostility. |
| Starting Page | 45 |
| Ending Page | 48 |
| Page Count | 4 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1017/S1049096507070084 |
| Volume Number | 40 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www2.kenyon.edu/Depts/PSci/PS_Symposium/LawsonPS.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049096507070084 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
