{"id":4740,"date":"2012-06-21T16:50:20","date_gmt":"2012-06-21T21:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/temp-blog\/?p=4740"},"modified":"2017-08-30T11:43:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T16:43:00","slug":"mexico-real-estate-election-coming-up-on-canada-day-be-sure-to-check-the-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/mexico-real-estate-election-coming-up-on-canada-day-be-sure-to-check-the-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico Real Estate \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Election coming up on Canada Day \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Be Sure to Check the News"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you are Canadian, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll most certainly be looking forward to celebrating Canada Day on July 1, a week this Sunday.\u00c2\u00a0 Yet, if you own Mexico real estate<\/a> or are interested in buying, you might want to take a bit of time to watch the outcomes of Mexico\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s presidential elections on that same day.\u00c2\u00a0 Of course, if your American, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll want to take a break from your preparations for Independence Day (coming only 3 days later!)<\/p>\n

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Most polls still feel that Enrique Pena Nieto<\/strong> (PRI)<\/strong>, considered to be frontrunner for most of the pre-election period, is still in the lead, although that lead is slipping. Pena Nieto is the candidate for the Institutional Revolution Party (PRI).\u00c2\u00a0 He has been a very popular candidate and is seen as having good policies for healthcare and infrastructure; however, his party was the one which ruled Mexico for over 70 years (1929 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 2000) in a tightly closed oligarchy style and so some Mexicans are adamantly opposed to this candidate since they see his party as undemocratic. Most polls currently put his popularity somewhere between 35 and 40%<\/strong>; previously, it had been over 50%.<\/p>\n

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Second place seems to be very close between the two other major candidates. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador<\/strong>, the socialist candidate of the Democratic Revolution Party (PRD)<\/strong>.\u00c2\u00a0 He has gained particular popularity among the poorer classes and many younger Mexicans, yet some investors and business owners are concerned about his leftist policies.\u00c2\u00a0 Most polls place him between 25 and 30%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Josefina Vazquez Mota<\/strong> represents the National Action Party (PAN)<\/strong>; the last 2 presidents, Vicente Fox and Felipe Calderon, are of the same party. \u00c2\u00a0Her platform includes life sentences for politicians found guilty of corruption related to organized crime, more scholarships for students, labor law reform which she states will incorporate 400,000 people each year into the formal economy and fighting discrimination against women.\u00c2\u00a0 Many investors feel this party\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s policies have created good economic growth and favorable investment conditions.\u00c2\u00a0 The most controversial policy of the current president has been his war on drugs, which critics say has cost Mexico considerable and unnecessary bloodshed; supporters point out that the conflicts have been largely limited to those involved in the drug trade, and that much of the country remains free of the violence.\u00c2\u00a0 They also feel that the war on drugs will pay off when the power of the cartels is weakened in near future.\u00c2\u00a0 She is Mexico\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s first female presidential candidate from a major party who has gained considerable support.\u00c2\u00a0 Most polls place her between 20 and 25%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Because of the huge variation in polls already mentioned and a large number of undecided voters even now a bit more than a week before elections, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hard to say if there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s any clear indication of who the front runner is.\u00c2\u00a0 There are a number of reputable pollsters who place the leftist Lopez Obrador in first place.\u00c2\u00a0 One or two even claim that Josefina Vazquez Mota has moved into the lead with support as high as 40% since the last debate (June 11) in which many observers feel she performed very well.<\/p>\n

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Over the next week and a half, be sure to check up on the election.\u00c2\u00a0 Check our blog on July 1, election day.<\/p>\n

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If you are Canadian, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll most certainly be looking forward to celebrating Canada Day on July 1, a week this Sunday.\u00c2\u00a0 Yet, if you own Mexico real estate or are interested in buying, you might want to take a bit of time to watch the outcomes of Mexico\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s presidential elections on that same day.\u00c2\u00a0 Of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1859],"tags":[504,503],"class_list":{"0":"post-4740","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-tourism-and-community","7":"tag-mexico-election","8":"tag-mexico-politics","9":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4740"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14939,"href":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4740\/revisions\/14939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}