{"id":4781,"date":"2012-07-02T15:13:49","date_gmt":"2012-07-02T20:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/temp-blog\/?p=4781"},"modified":"2017-08-30T10:39:43","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T15:39:43","slug":"mexico-real-estate-and-mexicos-new-president-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/mexico-real-estate-and-mexicos-new-president-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico Real Estate  &#8211; and Mexico&#8217;s New President is &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, Mexico saw its presidential elections take place, and preliminary results were released late in the day.\u00c2\u00a0 While the results are not 100% final yet, it is 100% clear that <strong>Enrique Pena Nieto<\/strong>, candidate for the <strong>Institutional Revolution Party (PRI)<\/strong>, has won the election, and will be the new president of Mexico.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 248px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Enrique Pena Nieto, Mexico's Next President\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/a\/a5\/EPN-Detalle.jpg\/599px-EPN-Detalle.jpg\" alt=\"PRI candidate wins Mexico's presidential election\" width=\"248\" height=\"248\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Enrique Pena Nieto, Mexico&#39;s Next President<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tomorrow, Tom will follow up with some commentary on what the implications are for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mexico real estate<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 In the mean time, here are a few quotes from CNN&#8217;s article on Pena Nieto&#8217;s victory:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Representative samples from polling stations throughout the country gave Pe\u00c3\u00b1a Nieto the lead, with between <strong>37.93% and 38.55%<\/strong> of votes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>About his main support towards victory:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>the charismatic 45-year-old former governor has also galvanized fervent support among residents of his home state and party loyalists nationwide.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>About the runner up:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of the Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) ranked in second place in numerous polls leading up to the election. Sunday night&#8217;s quick count indicated that he had received between 30.9% and 31.86% of votes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Lopez Obrador lost narrowly against the current president (Felipe Calderon) and claimed to be the legitimate winner.\u00c2\u00a0 But this time,\u00c2\u00a0 it looks like the gap is just too wide &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Josefina Vazquez Mota, the candidate for the National Action Party (PAN, the same party as the current president) came in with around 25% of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>Enrique Pena Nieto will take office as Mexico&#8217;s 57th president on December 1, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>TOPMexicoRealEstate.com; Mexico&#8217;s Leading Network of Specialists for Finding and Purchasing Mexican Properties Safely<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/real-estate-books\/?art=3854;web=Blog\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i255.photobucket.com\/albums\/hh138\/beatlo\/Banners\/eBook.jpg\" alt=\"e-book\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, Mexico saw its presidential elections take place, and preliminary results were released late in the day.\u00c2\u00a0 While the results are not 100% final yet, it is 100% clear that Enrique Pena Nieto, candidate for the Institutional Revolution Party (PRI), has won the election, and will be the new president of Mexico. 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