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Mexico Institute in the News: What Mexico's presidential election means for U.S.

Christopher Wilson

The Mexico Institute's Christopher Wilson discusses what the Mexican presidential election might mean for the U.S.-Mexico relationship, and how it is unlikely to change radically.

Mexicans will head to the polls July 1 to choose their next president, who will lead their country for a six-year term.

The stage appears set for a comeback of the nation’s once-dominant Institutional Revolutionary Party, the PRI. But with a month to go, there could be surprises.

In recent weeks, growing crowds of young Mexicans across the country have challenged pollsters’ figures that show the PRI candidate — Enrique Peña Nieto — some 20 points ahead of his two main opponents, Josefina Vázquez Mota and Andrés Manuel López Obrador. They also have accused Mexico’s two most powerful TV networks of being biased in Peña Nieto’s favor.

Analysts said whoever wins, the U.S.-Mexico relationship is not likely to change radically. Issues of security and trade have dominated the binational agenda — and likely will continue to do so, they added.

The candidates “have all said that they’re going to maintain economic stability, respect investment of foreign companies,” said Christopher Wilson at the Mexico Institute of the Woodrow Wilson Center International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C.

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Christopher Wilson

Christopher Wilson

Global Fellow, Mexico Institute
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Mexico Institute

The Mexico Institute seeks to improve understanding, communication, and cooperation between Mexico and the United States by promoting original research, encouraging public discussion, and proposing policy options for enhancing the bilateral relationship. A binational Advisory Board, chaired by Luis Téllez and Earl Anthony Wayne, oversees the work of the Mexico Institute.   Read more

Mexico Institute

The Mexico Institute seeks to improve understanding, communication, and cooperation between Mexico and the United States by promoting original research, encouraging public discussion, and proposing policy options for enhancing the bilateral relationship. A binational Advisory Board, chaired by Luis Téllez and Earl Anthony Wayne, oversees the work of the Mexico Institute.   Read more