In the survey that will determine the presidential candidate for Mexico’s ruling party, Morena (National Regeneration Movement), former CDMX Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum leads among Morena presidential hopefuls in Mexico.
As Mexico gears up for the 2024 electoral process to renew its federal executive, Morena is on the cusp of initiating its candidate selection process, with the candidate’s name slated for announcement between September 4 and 8.
The closure of the support request phase among party members to be polled was marked on August 27.
Multiple polls indicate a preference for Sheinbaum over other candidates like former Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard, former Interior Secretary Adán Augusto López, former legislator Gerardo Fernández Noroña, and former Senator Ricardo Monreal.
El País’s analysis, accounting for various survey indicators, assigns 41.3% preference to Sheinbaum and 34.4% to Ebrard.
On August 27, candidates wrapped up their national tours as presidential pre-candidates, with Xóchitl Gálvez, former Mayor of Mexico City, emerging as a notable potential representative for the opposition.
Gálvez, also a businesswoman, has the endorsement of PAN, PRI, and PRD, whereas the Morena candidate will receive support from PT and PVEM.
In their concluding statements, both Sheinbaum and Monreal advocated for unity amid rumors that some contenders might pursue the presidential nomination from other political parties if they fare poorly in the survey.
According to the National Electoral Institute (INE), as of August 18, 2023, the Mexican electorate consists of over 96 million individuals,
They will cast their votes in the upcoming summer to select a successor to the current President, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, inaugurated in December 2018.
The Mexican constitution prescribes a six-year presidential term, meaning the victor of the forthcoming election will govern the Latin American nation until 2030