Anjana Murthy
Research Mentor(s): Kenneth Kollman
Mentor Department: Political Science & International Institute
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Session: Session 4 (1:00pm – 1:50pm)
Presentation Type: Poster 33
Abstract
Mexico’s party system is one that is complex and unique in its party coalition option for voters. Party coalitions in Mexico are alliances between parties that put a candidate up for election for a shared interest or political goal. These coalitions have been successful because they allow multiple parties to share resources and gain a broader voting base. This research project will focus on the success of Mexico’s dominant political party coalition versus single party and other coalition candidates in Mexico’s 2021 and 2024 parliamentary elections. The dominating coalition in between these the 2021 ad 2024 elections changed from “Juntos Hacemos Historia†to “Sigamos Haciendo Historia†as Claudia Sheinbaum, running under the alliance of Movimiento Regeneración Nacional, Partido del Trabajo, and Partido Verde Ecologista de México was elected as Mexico’s president in 2024. While the parties involved in the alliance of both “Juntos Hacemos Historia†and “Sigamos Haciendo Historia†remained constant, the coalition changed its name and adopted new candidates which created a new platform for voters to engage with in 2024.. The paper will compare the percentage of total vote the dominant party received versus the other competing single parties and coalitions between 2021 and 2024 and examine the districts with significant changes in results between 2021 and 2024. The districts examined could include those who, in 2021, had a majority of voters elect a candidate under Juntos Hacemos Historia, but in 2024 did not elect the candidate from the Sigamos Haciendo Historia party coalition or vice versa. The purpose of this analysis is to compare the success of the new Sigamos Haciendo Historia coalition compared to Juntos Hacemos Historia on the national level, and then reveal the patterns of individual districts who had contrasting results in the elected party/party coalition between 2021 and 2024.
