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In power from 1929 to 2000.
72 years of power:
•Anyone could join
•Picking successors
•No specific ideology – “Adaptability and survival instinct of a living creature”
•Strict father vs. rich uncle
•Electoral fraud when all else failed
The end of the PRI “club-house”:
•1969 massacre of student protestors
•1985 Mexico City earthquake
•Suspected electoral fraud in 1988 – political opposition became most notable from 1988 onwards
•Economic crashes in 1982 and 1994-95
•Tax system, land division was an agricultural disaster
•2 Mexicos: north and south
The 9-fingered president
1994: economic disaster
Lost majority in 1997: “Following the mid-1997 mayoral and legislative balloting, the PRI appeared to have one foot in the grave and another on a a banana peel.”
Consultas (primaries) to select PRI presidential candidates - Labastida
Legacy: preparing Mexico for sustainable growth, demanding cleaner elections, changing PRI’s nominating procedure.
1977: Portillo – Federal Law of Political Organizations and Political Processes
1989: Salinas allowed for PAN victory in Baja Califronia
1990: NAFTA – “Political glasnost complemented the economic perestroika”
1990: Federal Electoral Institute (IFE)
1996 constitutional reforms: electoral law adjusted, autonomous IFE, more powerful federal court
1997: No PRI majority in Chamber of Deputies
1999: 1st primary to choose PRI successor - Labastida
Party Relative majority Proportional representation
Votes % Votes %
Institutional Revolutionary Party 11,311,963
39.11 11,445,852 39.11
National Action Party 7,696,797 26.61 7,792,290 26.63
Party of the Democratic Revolution
7,436,468 25.71 7,519,914 25.70
Ecologist Green Party of Mexico
1,105,922 3.62 1,116,463 3.82
Labor Party 749,231 2.59 756,436 2.58
Partido Cardenista 324,265 1.12 327,681 1.12
Mexican Democratic Party 191,821 0.66 193,990 0.66
Popular Socialist Party 97,473 0.34 98,391 0.34
None 844,762 855,227
Total 29,771,911
100.00
30,120,221 100.00
Party Votes %
Institutional Revolutionary Party 11,279,167 38.50
National Action Party 7,880,966 26.90
Party of the Democratic Revolution
7,569,895 25.84
Ecologist Green Party of Mexico 1,180,804 4.03
Labor Party 745,279 2.54
Partido Cardenista 335,399 1.14
Mexican Democratic Party 193,340 0.66
Popular Socialist Party 95,719 0.33
None 871,326
Total 30,151,895 100.00
42.52%15,989,636 votes
36.11%13,579,718 votes
16.64%6,256,780 votes
·”Fox, known as the `Marlboro Man´ because of his 6-foot-5-inch height and craggy good looks”
·Fox’s triumph marked a new era, after 72 years of PRI in power: “New Era in Mexico”
ERRORS
·Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN)
·Violence, protests,etc
·Political and economical monopoly
ACHIEVEMENTS
·economic stability, low inflation, low interest rates, stable currency and constant but moderate growth
·No blunt repression
·Immigration & human rights
Party/Alliance Candidate Slogan
National Action Party
Felipe Calderón
Para que vivamos mejor"So we can live better"
Coalition for the Good of All (PRD, PT, Convergence)
Andrés Manuel López Obrador
Por el bien de todos, primero los pobres"For the Good of All, the poor are first"
Alliance for Mexico (PRI, PVEM)
Roberto Madrazo
Mover a México para que las cosas se hagan"Moving Mexico to get things done"
Social Democratic and Peasant Alternative Party
Patricia Mercado Castro
Palabra de mujer"A woman's word"
New Alliance Party Roberto Campa Cifrián
Uno de tres"One out of three"
35.89%15,000,284 votes
35.31%14,756,350 votes
22.26%9,301,441 votes
2.70%1,128,850 votes
██ PAN██ PRD
•1.Aguascalientes •2.Baja California •3.Baja California Sur •4.Campeche •5.Chiapas •6.Chihuahua •7.Coahuila •8.Colima
•9.Durango •10.Guanajuato •11.Guerrero •12.Hidalgo •13.Jalisco •14.México •15.Michoacán •16.Morelos
•17.Nayarit •18.Nuevo León •19.Oaxaca •20.Puebla •21.Querétaro •22.Quintana Roo •23.San Luis Potosí •24.Sinaloa
•25.Sonora •26.Tabasco •27.Tamaulipas •28.Tlaxcala •29.Veracruz •30.Yucatán •31.Zacatecas •Distrito Federal
Parties and/or coalitions Votes % FPP
PR Total seats
National Action Party 13,845,121 33.41 137 69 206
Coalition for the Good of All PRD
12,013,364 28.99
91 36 127
CV 5 12 17
PT 2 10 12
No party 0 1 1
Alliance for Mexico PRI11,676,585 28.18
65 41 106
PVEM 0 17 17
New Alliance Party 1,883,476 4.55 0 9 9
Social Democratic and Peasant Alternative Party
850,989 2.05 0 4 4
Total 41,435,934 100.00
300 200
500
Source: Chamber of Deputies
Parties and/or coalitions Votes % FPP FM PR Total seats
National Action Party 14,035,503 33.63 32 9 11 52
Coalition for the Good of All PRD
12,397,008 29.70
22 4 5 31
PT 0 0 3 3
CV 0 0 2 2
Alliance for Mexico PRI11,681,395 27.99
10 19 6 35
PVEM 0 0 4 4
New Alliance 1,688,198 4.04 0 0 1 1
Social Democratic and Peasant Alternative Party
795,730 1.91 0 0 0 0
Total 41,739,188 100.0 64 32 32 128 Source: Senate
1. Is competition what Mexico needs?
2. How should the election fraud be handled?
3. Consider: Mexican voters will become fed up with self-serving politicians and turn to a strong national figure (as Chávez in Venezuela)
4. Was the opening up of the political system (with the PAN’s victory) beneficial to Mexico?
5. How have the results of the 2000 elections impacted voters?
1. Is competition what Mexico needs?
2. How should the election fraud be handled?
3. Consider: Mexican voters will become fed up with self-serving politicians and turn to a strong national figure (as Chávez in Venezuela)
4. Was the opening up of the political system (with the PAN’s victory) beneficial to Mexico?
5. How have the results of the 2000 elections impacted voters?
