AMLO’s Coalition Has Nearly 2-to-1 Lead Over Opposition in Poll

Mexico’s ruling party coalition is favored by 56% of voters ahead of the midterm elections, nearly twice the support garnered by an alliance of the nation’s former top parties, according to a poll by Parametria.

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s Morena party is seen gaining ground in the June 6 election, where 500 lower house lawmakers, 15 governors and hundreds of mayors will be chosen, the poll shows. It will be the first major electoral test for AMLO, as the president is known, who swept to power in a 2018 landslide victory over parties that had ruled Mexico for decades.