Mexico leftist has narrow lead in tight election

MEXICO CITY – Mexican leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has a narrow lead over his conservative rival going into the final days of the campaign, two closely-watched polls showed on Friday.

The surveys in the Reforma and El Universal newspapers both gave Lopez Obrador 36 percent support with the rightist ruling party’s candidate Felipe Calderon trailing on 34 percent.

Most polls now show Lopez Obrador slightly ahead but his lead in the two latest ones is smaller than the margin of error and experts say the July 2 vote is still wide open. No more polls can be released after Friday.

Lopez Obrador was a popular mayor of Mexico City and has promised to pull millions of Mexicans out of poverty by ending two decades of free market reforms, boosting welfare programs and launching ambitious infrastructure projects.

A victory for him would strengthen a shift to the political left across much of Latin America in recent years and put a left-wing party in power for the first time in Mexico.

Lopez Obrador’s anti-poverty programs and fiery temperament have raised concerns he might undermine Mexico’s hard-won economic stability and its close ties to the United States.

He insists, however, that he wants good relations with Washington and will do nothing to spook investors.
abcnews.go.com

Yeah anti-poverty programs are tantamount to a terrorist threat.

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