https://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/5892/all en https://archive2.mrc.org/articles/mexico-conservative-wins-leftists-whine-times-fawns <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> &quot;Last year&#039;s race was a virtual tie, but electoral officials determined that the conservative candidate, Felipe Calderón, had edged out a left-wing populist, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, by 243,000 votes, out of 41 million cast.&quot; A quarter-million votes is a &quot;virtual tie&quot;? </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">From George W. Bush's win over Al Gore to last year's election in Mexico, the Times just can't accept the fact that a conservative can win a close election. </p><br /> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"></p><p><a href="https://archive2.mrc.org/articles/mexico-conservative-wins-leftists-whine-times-fawns" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch Calderon Conservatives Elections JamesMcKinleyJr. mexico NewYorkTimes NYTimes Obrador TimesWatch TimesWatch.org Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:43:00 +0000 admin 5888 at https://archive2.mrc.org