Mexico's Lopez Obrador, party widen lead ahead of July vote - poll

[Judi Lynn]

MAY 30, 2018 / 6:03 AM / UPDATED 3 HOURS AGO

Reuters Staff

2 MIN READ

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and his Morena party widened their poll lead ahead of an election on July 1, following the country’s second televised debate, a survey by newspaper Reforma showed on Wednesday.

The May 24-27 voter poll showed the 64-year old former Mexico City mayor with 52 percent support, up 4 percentage points from a Reforma survey carried out in late April and the paper’s first poll since the May 20 debate.

Lopez Obrador, on his third bid for the presidency, is riding a wave of anger against the ruling party amid rising violence, corruption scandals and sluggish growth.

The poll showed his Morena party, which he founded after his second run, with 42 percent support in lower house votes, up from 36 percent in the prior poll.

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1. I don't think this is a good thing...

I hope I am wrong because it is definitely happening.

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2. I think this is a great thing

The Mexicans have had it with Trump's ridicule and insults.

What's wrong with a strong, democratic left wing government that hates Donald Trump?

I'm rooting for AMLO.

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3. It isn't good nt

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4. I'm unsure about him...

But I get a little bit of a dictator vibe from him...

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