Mexico's Pivotal Democratic Election

Jorge I. Domínguez is the Director of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University. Chappell H. Lawson is Associate Professor of Political Science at MIT.

• Table of Contents List of Figures List of Tables Preface Abbreviations Glossary of Mexican words and phrases Contributors 1.Introduction Chappell Lawson I.The Electoral Context 2.Citizen Attitudes toward Democracy and Vicente Fox's Victory in 2000 Roderic Ai Camp 3.Mobilized Voting in the 2000 Elections: The Changing Efficacy of Vote-Buying and Coercion in Mexican Electoral Politics Wayne A. Cornelius 4.Political Reform, Electoral Participation, and the Campaign of 2000 Chappell Lawson and Joseph L. Klesner II.Parties and Candidates 5.The Structure of the Mexican Electorate: Social, Attitudinal, and Partisan Bases of Vicente Fox's Victory Joseph L. Klesner 6.The Making of the Mexican President, 2000: Parties, Candidates, and Campaign Strategy Kathleen Bruhn 7.Primary Priming James A. McCann III.Campaign Messages and Voter Responses 8.Television Coverage, Vote Choice, and the 2000 Campaign Chappell Lawson 9.Mexico's Great Debates: The Televised Candidate Encounters of 2000 and Their Electoral Consequences Chappell Lawson 10.The Effects of Negative Campaigns on Mexican Voters Alejandro Moreno 11.Strategic Coordination in the 2000 Mexican Presidential Race Beatriz Magaloni and Alejandro Poire 12.The Issues, the Vote, and the Mandate for Change Beatriz Magaloni and Alejandro Poire 13.Conclusions: Why and How Did Mexico's 2000 Presidential Election Campaign Matter? Jorge I. Dominguez Appendix IMexico 2000 Panel Study Notes Index Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Presidents Mexico Election 2000, Elections Mexico, Mexico Politics and government 1988-Political campaigns Mexico, Political parties Mexico

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