Today's Election Results

Centro near the main st....All of the real action seems to be heading toward the Lienzo Charro...it's just wild! Been an exciting day.

Someone came around a couple of weeks ago trying to recruit my husband to help at the polls...He looked like he was going to cry.
It sounded like a blast to me and I would have done it in a heartbeat, he just wanted to be out of the whole deal.
It's good to see the town so excited about something.

That's what we're hearing and seeing, lots of celebration, music and happy people. Back to normal, finally.

Thanks for the reports!

So, PAN Chapala is Huerta? No Degollado, right?

I understand that there is a concern about rioting if Neito wins, which some of the exit polls are calling that he did win. Possibly why the police are locked and loaded?

Looks like Juan Oshea Cuevas for Joco!!!

Huerta won in Chapala.
Pri is winning for now for President of Mexico but it is still preliminary.

IFE (INSTITUTO FEDERAL ELECTORAL) emphasizes that actual counting for the final tally won't begin until July 4 and all reports until then are merely "preliminary." Presently, the spread between Nieto and Obrador has shrunk from 11 to 4 percentage points.

I am sure that a couple of scuffles have broken out by now just over the local elections...the level of energy and excitement is incredible...

This article from a Texas newpaper declares Neito the winner........

http://lubbockonline.com/filed-online/2012-07-02/pris-pe%C3%B1-nieto-wins-mexican-presidential-election

check this out from CNN -
8 things the U.S. election system could learn from Mexico's election process:

http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/02/8-things-the-u-s-election-system-could-learn-from-mexicos/

A neat map of results by states

http://www.google.com.mx/elections/ed/mx/results?hl=en

angela04101 wrote:check this out from CNN -
8 things the U.S. election system could learn from Mexico's election process:

http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/02/8-things-the-u-s-election-system-could-learn-from-mexicos/

Good article. I liked # 2 where you need a voter ID card. That would keep dead people and people who can't vote from voting.

It would keep dogs from voting..

This Associated Press article is quite a thorough wrapup of the Mexican election....

Mexico Returns Former Ruling Party To Power

http://news.yahoo.com/mexico-returns-former-ruling-party-power-052201748.html

sparks wrote:A neat map of results by states

http://www.google.com.mx/elections/ed/mx/results?hl=en

Great link. Thanks.

Ni modo,it's amazing to me that so many Mexicans could forget about 70+ years of absolute corruption by the PRI or that ones vote can be bought for a couple sacks of cement or a dispensa that wont last a week,maybe people do get the government they deserve.
At least I don't feel as totally depressed as I did when my fellow citizens elected W the second time.
PS:This is just chisme but my wife and some of our neighbors are complaining that the casilla was making it very hard to vote for any party but the PRI in the govenors race,not sure exactly how they did it but that's what I'm hearing.

"All politics is local." - former US House Speaker Tip O'Neil.

I've been thinking a lot about that phrase lately, and how it may (or may not....what do I know) relate to this election. I don't think I ever really understood it until now.

"Nothing changes if nothing changes"

At least we don't need to worry about the drug cartels any more. PRI takes the bribes and looks the other way, as they did for generations.

Flamingo wrote:"Nothing changes if nothing changes"

At least we don't need to worry about the drug cartels any more. PRI takes the bribes and looks the other way, as they did for generations.

Correcto.

Flamingo wrote:"Nothing changes if nothing changes"

At least we don't need to worry about the drug cartels any more. PRI takes the bribes and looks the other way, as they did for generations.

Sounds better than a bevy of headless corpses.

Like many others, I've had my fill of the grim consequences of the failed "War on Drugs."

Flamingo wrote:"Nothing changes if nothing changes"

At least we don't need to worry about the drug cartels any more. PRI takes the bribes and looks the other way, as they did for generations.

Not a bribe......it's a campaign contribution or a consulting fee.

That's what we call it up north fer sure, yep, yep.

Flamingo wrote:"Nothing changes if nothing changes"

At least we don't need to worry about the drug cartels any more. PRI takes the bribes and looks the other way, as they did for generations.

...Not so sure that's gonna work this time. The cartels are not as concentrated as they were...more chickens to herd this time around.

They will back one or two and help take things over again........it could get very messy for some of the weaker cartels in the near future.

CanuckBob wrote:They will back one or two and help take things over again........it could get very messy for some of the weaker cartels in the near future.

Let's hope they start with the zetas,they are a plague on Mexico,send in the army and the marines and hunt them down.

viajero wrote:

CanuckBob wrote:They will back one or two and help take things over again........it could get very messy for some of the weaker cartels in the near future.

Let's hope they start with the zetas,they are beyond the pale and a plague on Mexico,send in the army and the marines and hunt them down.

Yep!!!