Mexican Elections

This article talks about Mexico's current leading candidate, Felipe Calderon. He is a member of PAN, the party of current president Vincente Fox. He recently jumped in polls due to a barrage of negative campaign ads aimed at the leftist candidate Obrador. I thought it was interesting that Calderon's economic proposal for faster growth would gain him more popularity than Obrador's policy of social justice. It seems that Mexican citizens, with such high rates of poverty in their country, would opt for economic social justice to secure their financial well being. While faster growth is beneficial for Mexico itself, it will not necessarily help the citizens who need it the most.

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