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July 1, 2016

Did same-sex marriage issue help sway regional elections in Mexico?

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto speaks with citizens in late May outside the presidential residence in Mexico City. How much the same-sex marriage issue and Catholic Church intervention, along with the intervention from evangelical congregations, swayed Mexico's recent elections remains disputed.

MEXICO CITY – Mexicans turned out in droves to oust the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party in June 5 regional elections. Exit polls showed voters citing crime and corruption for removing the party of increasingly unpopular President Enrique Pena Nieto in seven of the 12 states holding gubernatorial elections.

Published in International