Sheinbaum Poised for Landslide Win in Mexico’s Historic Election
From bnnbloomberg.ca
Claudia Sheinbaum is set to become Mexico’s first female leader in a landslide victory, capitalizing on outgoing President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s popularity while also inheriting rampant criminal violence and a large fiscal deficit left by his government. The former mayor of the nation’s capital and candidate for the ruling Morena party is projected to receive between 55% and 63% of the votes, according to three exit polls. Xochitl Galvez, representing a coalition of opposition parties that had ruled the country for nearly 90 years, is estimated to obtain between 27% and 33% of the ballots. The task facing the ...
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