Post by Logan on Feb 9, 2017 3:30:49 GMT -6
Mexico's Upcoming Election Mirrors US, Europe's Nationalist Movements
Mexico’s election season is right around the corner and two candidates are already leading in the polls. It looks likely that leftist candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico’s MORENA party and conservative candidate Margarita Zavala Gómez del Campo of PAN will face off in July 2018.
Kenneth Greene, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin’s Department of Government, says the politics surrounding this election mirror the nationalist movement that’s going on in Europe and the U.S.
“In Mexico, people are flocking to a nationalistic perspective and thinking about how to reinforce Mexico first, “ Greene says.
In particular, Greene says Zavala Gómez del Campo is taking an outsider stance on many of issues.
Read more: www.texasstandard.org/stories/mexicos-upcoming-election-mirrors-us-europes-nationalist-movements/
Mexico’s election season is right around the corner and two candidates are already leading in the polls. It looks likely that leftist candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico’s MORENA party and conservative candidate Margarita Zavala Gómez del Campo of PAN will face off in July 2018.
Kenneth Greene, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin’s Department of Government, says the politics surrounding this election mirror the nationalist movement that’s going on in Europe and the U.S.
“In Mexico, people are flocking to a nationalistic perspective and thinking about how to reinforce Mexico first, “ Greene says.
In particular, Greene says Zavala Gómez del Campo is taking an outsider stance on many of issues.
Read more: www.texasstandard.org/stories/mexicos-upcoming-election-mirrors-us-europes-nationalist-movements/