Chamber of Deputies General
- 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
Chamber of Deputies Apportioned
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.
Senate of the Republic General
-128 senators (3 per state)
- 6 yr term (goal of a fresh chamber every time)
- 2 term limit
Senate of the Republic Apportioned
!!! 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.)
General Election Day
Scheduled, sexenio for President and other offices based on the 6 yr cycle EXCEPT Deputies who are elected every 3 yrs
Voter TURNOUT
Presidential: ~62%
Midterm: ~45%
Mexico 2015 Election
WHO: Deputies (Mid-Term)
TURNOUT: 47.7%
TAKEAWAY: Not the huge gamechanger, but another hit to the power of the PRI
!!!!!: Emergence of MORENA
Mexico 2018 Election
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
Mexico 2021 Election
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
Just like the UK and Nigeria, Mexico operates under a _____________.
Just like the UK and Nigeria, Mexico operates under a MULTI-PARTY SYSTEM.
Morena
- 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
National Action Party (NAP)
- 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
Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)
- Dominated from 1929-2000
- No modern, NEW ideology after existing in several forms
- 1.4 Million Members
National Electoral Institute (NEI)
An institution whose aim is to ensure free, fair, democratic elections through oversight and organization of elections on all levels.
