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Weekly Report - 14 May 2015 (WR-15-19)
MEXICO: PRI leads polls after a month of campaigning
Mexico’s nationally ruling Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) continues to lead voting intentions ahead of the 7 June federal legislative, state and municipal midterm elections, according to the latest polls published in the local media. This suggests that despite being the target of attacks by the political opposition on the Left and Right, and the significant socio-political challenges that the federal government led by President Enrique Peña Nieto has faced since coming to power in late 2012, the PRI is still on course to retain its dominant position in the 500-seat federal chamber of deputies; and that it may even secure the majority of the nine gubernatorial seats up for grabs.
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