Mexicos 2000 Election and Democratic Transition

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Mexicos 2000 Election and Democratic Transition
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The Development of Opposition

• The ideological spectrum
• Historical understanding of left and right
• Two dimensions rather than one
• The opposition parties
• National Action Party
• The Left
• Socialist parties in the 1970s and 1980s
• Party of the Democratic Revolution

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National Action Party

• Manuel Gómez Morin

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• Social Catholicism
• Social conservatism
• But at times, social activism
• Relationship with Business
• Complicated relationship
• Barbarians of North, post 1982
• Effective Local Government
• Creeping Federalism

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The Left

• Communist Party heritage
• PCM registered 1978
• Efforts at unification on left
• PMS presents CCS in 1988
• PMS yields registry to PRD

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The 1988 Campaign
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The 1997 PRD Gains

• Cárdenas contests Mexico City
• Runs a modern campaign
• PRD benefits from coattails

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Party of the Democratic Revolution
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Bases of a New Federalism in Mexico after the
1997 Midterms
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The 2000 Campaign

• 1997 indicated that a good campaign could beat
  the PRI
• Campaigns started early, esp. as contenders
  sought to win nominations
• PRI chose a primary

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Features of the 2000 Campaign

• Campaigns
• PRI Primary
• Amigos de Fox
• More traditional PRD campaign
• Alliances
• Centrality of Regime Issues Ya Basta
• Critical Role of Independent Electoral
  Authorities and the Level Playing Field

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2000 Presidential Election Results
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Attitudinal Bases of Foxs Win
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President Vicente Fox
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Another Victor in 2000 AMLO