López Obrador cleans up in UNAM mock election, with 83% of student, worker vote

"If only it were this easy," PRD candidate must be thinking

Mexico, D.F. --
If Mexico's 2012 presidential contest was determined by the students, professors and employees of the prestigious National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), it would be a cake walk for Democratic Revolution Party candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

The PRD nominee crushed all three of his opponents, capturing 83.37% of the votes cast yesterday (May 17) in a mock election. Balloting began at 10:00 a.m. and concluded at 6:00 p.m. UNAM officials set up 25 voting centers at various locations around the campus. Only members of the university community, including students, professors and employees, were allowed to participate. UNAM is in Mexico City, in the Federal District.

The Democratic Revolution Party is powerful in Mexico's Federal District, which has a popular PRD governor, Marcelo Ebrard. Ebard was interested in running for president this year, but he stepped aside in favor of López Obrador on Nov. 15, 2011 (http://mexicogulfreporter.blogspot.mx/2011/11/andres-lopez-obrador-is-prds-2012.html).

The other results of the mock election, in which about 28,000 people voted:

PRI - Enrique Peña Nieto: 5.39% (center left)
PNA -Gabriel Quadri - 4.68% (environmental)
PAN - Josefina Vázquez Mota: 4.56% (center right)

AMLO: "Ahora los jóvenes son mi respaldo": http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/d029cc11afc8a4e33cdaa1b8d2d21099.

López Obrador again in 2nd place in post-debate survey: http://mexicogulfreporter.blogspot.mx/2012/05/lopez-obrador-again-in-2nd-place-in.html#more.
López Obrador tops Josefina in recent poll: http://mexicogulfreporter.blogspot.mx/2012/04/lopez-obrador-tops-josefina-in-latest.html.
Mexico's presidential campaign begins: http://mexicogulfreporter.blogspot.mx/2012/03/mexicos-presidential-campaign-opens.html#more.