Mexico

Question 1

Chamber of Deputies General

Answer 1

• 500 Deputies
• 3 yr term with a goal of a fresh chamber every election
• 4 yr term limit
• Elections happen halfway through sexenio (midterm election) and at the end of sexenio
• 30% must be female

Question 2

Chamber of Deputies Apportioned

Answer 2

pt 1: 300 come from SM Districts (constituencies; Federal Election Districts)

pt 2: 200 allocated on the basis of each party’s popular vote (proportional rep.). 5 multi-state, 40 seat constituencies.

Question 3

Senate of the Republic General

Answer 3

-128 senators (3 per state)
- 6 yr term (goal of a fresh chamber every time)
- 2 term limit

Question 4

Senate of the Republic Apportioned

Answer 4

!!! pt. 1: 2 from each state from a direct popular vote/FPP majority. Each party runs two candidates

!!! pt 2: the third senator from each state is assigned under the principle of “first minority” (awarded to the party who had won the 2nd highest # of votes)

pt 3: 32 senators are elected at large from a share of parties national vote (proportional rep.)

Question 5

General Election Day

Answer 5

Scheduled, sexenio for President and other offices based on the 6 yr cycle EXCEPT Deputies who are elected every 3 yrs

Question 6

Voter TURNOUT

Answer 6

Presidential: ~62%
Midterm: ~45%

Question 7

Mexico 2015 Election

Answer 7

WHO: Deputies (Mid-Term)
TURNOUT: 47.7%
TAKEAWAY: Not the huge gamechanger, but another hit to the power of the PRI
!!!!!: Emergence of MORENA

Question 8

Mexico 2018 Election

Answer 8

WHO: President, Deputies, Senators, Governors
TURNOUT: 63.4%
TAKEAWAY: Worst defeat for the PRI since 1917 and the 1st majority win for the President since 1988
!!!!!: Complete change of government as the Morena coalition won Executive and both houses

Question 9

Mexico 2021 Election

Answer 9

WHO: Deputies (Mid-Term)
TURNOUT: 52.7%
TAKEAWAY: Morena coalition retains majority and a bounce back for PAN and PRI
!!!!!: 2nd deadliest election since 2000

Question 10

Just like the UK and Nigeria, Mexico operates under a _____________.

Answer 10

Just like the UK and Nigeria, Mexico operates under a MULTI-PARTY SYSTEM.

Question 11

Morena

Answer 11

• Left wing / populist
• Started off as a political reform group
• Socialistic but not taxes on wealth, pro-woman, pro-LGBTQ+, pro-indigenous
• 2.3 Million Members

Question 12

National Action Party (NAP)

Answer 12

• Unseated PRI dominance in 2000 election
• Right (focuses on pragmatism more than ideology)
• Free market, small government, libertarian
• Economic and social conservatism
• Anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-abortion
• 278000 Members

Question 13

Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)

Answer 13

• Dominated from 1929-2000
• No modern, NEW ideology after existing in several forms
• 1.4 Million Members

Question 14

National Electoral Institute (NEI)

Answer 14

An institution whose aim is to ensure free, fair, democratic elections through oversight and organization of elections on all levels.