Former Mexico City Mayor and ruling National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) party, candidate Claudia Sheinbaum, gestures during her registration as oficial candidate for MORENA for the 2024 presidential election, in Mexico City, Mexico November 19, 2023. REUTERS/Luis Cortes/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights
MEXICO CITY, Nov 29 (Reuters) – The contest to win Mexico’s presidential election on June 2, 2024, has tightened slightly, but ruling party candidate Claudia Sheinbaum still has a massive lead over her main rival, an opinion poll showed on Wednesday.
The October-November survey by polling firm Parametria showed Sheinbaum of the leftist National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) with 52% support, well ahead of Xochitl Galvez, candidate of a right-left alliance of three parties, with 25%.
A prior survey by the firm published early last month had given former Mexico City Mayor Sheinbaum 55% support, and Galvez, a businesswoman-turned-politician, 20%.
If victorious in the election, Sheinbaum or Galvez would be Mexico’s first female president.
The latest Parametria poll gave a third contender, Samuel Garcia of the opposition center-left Citizens’ Movement (MC), 10% backing. Some 13%…
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