Experts Discuss Mexico's 2012 Election Results Woodrow Wilson Center
go to original July 9, 2012

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The Wilson Center reviewed and analyzed the results of Mexico's 2012 elections. Experts discussed the potential impact of the elections on Mexico’s economy, the country's security and its relationship with the United States and the world.

Enrique Peña Nieto, of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), was elected President of Mexico in the July 1 polls. The National Action Party (PAN) has been in power for the past 12 years.

The Mexican people also elected a new mayor of Mexico City, members of Congress and six governors.

Pablo Gutierrez, who heads the Organization of American States' Office on Electoral Observation, coordinated their electoral observation mission Sunday and gave a presentation on what they found.

Following his talk, four panelists discussed the election, polling process, why Pena Nieto won and what it means for the future.

Panelists included: Mauricio Merino, a former member of the Federal Electoral Institute and an astute observer of the election process in Mexico; Dr. Jorge Buendia, Director General of major polling firm Buendia & Laredo; Dr. Francisco Gonzalez, Associate Professor, Riordan Roett Chair in Latin American Studies, John Hopkins University; and Dr. Joy Langston, Professor and Researcher of Political Studies, Center for Research and Teaching in Economics.

View the Woodrow Wilson Center on Mexico's 2012 Elections video on C-Span

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