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Lessons to Build On: The 1994 Mexican Presidential Election

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Renee G. Scherlen
Renee G. Scherlen*
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Appalachian State University
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The 1994 presidential election presents a paradox for students of Mexican politics in particular and democratization in general. The year witnessed many numerous and far-reaching changes, both planned and unplanned. An uprising in the state of Chiapas; the assassination of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) candidate, Luis Donaldo Colosio; a sweeping electoral reform; and a hotly contested presidential race marked the unprecedented year in Mexican politics. The election results, however, were the same as in every previous presidential election for more than sixty years: a victory by the PRI candidate, in this case Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León. How to explain this? What significance does the outcome have for understanding the process of regime democratization?

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Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs , Volume 40 , Issue 1 , Spring 1998 , pp. 19 - 38
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Copyright © University of Miami 1998

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