Significant Support for President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s MORENA Party in Mexican Regional Elections

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As expected, the Movimiento Regeneración Nacional or MORENA, the party created by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (known as AMLO), did rather well in Mexico’s regional elections on June 2, 2019. Anticipated as the first test of his popularity since taking office in December 2018, AMLO’s party grabbed both governorships on offer, in Puebla and Baja California, in spite of economic instability, continuing violence, and problematic relations with the United States over the question of Central American migrants. Yet there were also warning signs for AMLO and his party. Pundits broke down the election results and looked for meaning.

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