Mexicans vote in poll likely to return leftist president to office
Many see it as a referendum on Lopez Obrador, his expansion of the state’s role in energy industry and his erosion of institutional checks and balances
Mexico City — Mexicans headed to the polls on Sunday to vote for a new lower house of Congress, state governors and local legislators, in a race seen as a referendum on President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s policies and efforts to shake up Mexico’s institutions.
All 500 seats in the lower house, 15 state governorships and thousands of local leadership positions are up for grabs, with about 93.5-million Mexicans eligible to vote. The elections have been tinged by the Covid-19 pandemic and vaccine rollout, as well as record criminal violence, with security consultancy Etellekt saying 91 politicians have been killed in this election cycle. ..
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