“Vote counts continue to lag in Mexico’s historic election. Despite private exit polls favoring frontrunner Claudia Sheinbaum, The Associated Press bases its report on official results and will continue to update coverage as votes roll in.”
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For the first time in the country’s history, two women led the polls: Claudia Sheinbaum, the former mayor of Mexico City, and Xóchitl Gálvez, an opposition senator and tech entrepreneur.
It was a stark contrast from just six years before when Mexicans flooded into the plaza in the early hours of the night to celebrate the eventual victory of her political mentor, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
“In some cases, such as in Madrid, California, Chicago and Phoenix, the large influx of people wishing to vote at the consular headquarters has exceeded expectations,” Mexico’s National Electoral Institute said in a statement.
At the same time, his critics say his moves to attack the judiciary, slash funding to Mexico’s electoral agency and expand the military’s responsibilities in civilian life have eroded Mexican democracy.
At one polling place in central Mexico City, nearly a dozen dogs - ranging in size from Great Danes to pugs - were waiting patiently with their owners in lines that stretched around the block.
Amid a sea of press and applauding supporters, presidential frontrunner Claudia Sheinbaum strolled into her small voting site on Mexico City’s south side, waving and hugging men in cowboy hats as women snapped photos.
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And how is El Chapo supposed to preside remotely from jail in the US?
