A woman will lead the country for the first time in history. President López Obrador’s successor has won a second term for the National Regeneration Movement and stifled the conservative coalition’s aspirations
Mexico has a new president. Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, 61, is the firstwoman to win a presidential election in the 200 years since the country’s independence.
It was a historic election day in many ways. With a turnout close to 61%, the successor of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador achieved between 58.6% and 60.7% of the vote, according to the quick count, a mathematical extrapolation based on voting records collected throughout the country that usually yields accurate results. The percentage obtained by Sheinbaum exceeds the 53% achieved by Andrés Manuel López Obrador in 2018, quite an achievement for a candidate with less political charisma.
Many questioned whether a sexist country like Mexico was ready to have a female president. The results at the ballot box proved that it is.
Wait, Mexico elected a celebrated climate scientist to the presidency?
That’s pretty awesome.
Yea, I wish we had a candidate that good on the American or Canadian ballots.
Jill Stein will be on most ballots
The US FPTP system makes voting for anyone except a major party candidate a disastrous choice, unfortunately.
Voting for either major party is an endorsement of the FPTP voting system, pledging you will not make it change. That’s a disastrous choice.