It is almost confirmed that Mexico will elect its first female president, which would be a historic accomplishment in a nation defamed for its high rates of gender-based violence and patriarchal culture, where almost ten women are killed every day.
Claudia Sheinbaum is expected to win with a resounding victory, as the successor to her mentor and departing leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, whose popularity among the impoverished contributed to her election.
Climate scientist and former Mexico City mayor Sheinbaum was predicted by at least five exit polls to win the presidency. Parametria, a pollster, predicted that the candidate of the ruling MORENA party would win a landslide 56% of the vote. According to Parametria, Xochitl Galvez, the opposition candidate, would receive 30% of the vote.
With 5% of the vote counted, preliminary results are beginning to come in, showing Sheinbaum ahead with 59% of the vote to Galvez’s 29%. Galvez has refused to back down and advised her followers to wait for the official findings.
Mexico, which is home to the second-largest Roman Catholic population in the world and is well-known for its macho culture, is taking a significant stride forward with Sheinbaum’s impending triumph. For years, Mexico has promoted more traditional values and roles for women.
Fans of Morena candidate Claudia Sheinbaum are assembling in large numbers in Mexico City’s central plaza, the Zócalo.
Two female candidates are in the running for president: Xochitl Gálvez of the conservative PAN party, who is running on behalf of a coalition of opposition parties, and Claudia Sheinbaum of the leftist Morena party. The third contender is the center-left Citizens’ Movement’s Jorge Álvarez Máynez.
Mexico has the worst rates of femicide in the region, making it a dangerous place for women even though it ranks higher than numerous other nations in terms of the participation of women in parliament.
Even though the National Electoral Institute (INE) has not yet released the official results, both parties have declared victory early.
The biggest election in the nation’s history took place on Sunday. In Mexico, more than 98 million people are registered to vote, and over 20,000 seats will be filled.
