t of the ballots have been counted. More than 400,000 people voted in the PAN primaries. Her victory was greatly anticipated in opinion polls. She was not Calderon's choice to compete for the party, though he appointed her education secretary after she served as his campaign manager in 2006. The party establishment had supported former Finance Secretary Ernesto Cordero. But the party's rank-and-file membership handed her a victory from the polls. Calderon was not the choice of his predecessor,toms shoes sale, Vicente Fox, whose election in 2000 booted the PRI out of office after 71 years of single-party rule. The fact that Calderon still won the party nomination and went on to surprise everyone and defeat Lopez Obrador provides a template for Vazquez Mota to pull an upset, even though she now trails Pena Nieto by nearly 20 points in the polls. By law, Calderon is prohibited endorsing candidates. But his sister, who recently ran unsuccessfully for the governorship of his home state of Michoacan, backed Cordero. Cordero obtained 38 votes, and the third candidate Santiago Creel, a former senator who also ran in the 2006 primaries against Calderon, got 6 percent of the votes. Women have run for president in Mexico before, but not representing any of the three major parties in Mexico. The PAN's choice of Vazquez Mota may have been the wisest, according to political analysts "A PRI victory is still the most likely outcome,cheap toms, but it's almost inevitable the race will tighten," said Pamela Starr, a professor at the University of Southern California who writes on Mexican politics. "It will be an interesting campaign, regardless,toms outlet." Vazquez Mota's party opponents complained she was a weak lawmaker and couldn't push through an educational reform as secretary. She has used her family life on the campaign trail to garner the support of Mexican mothers. Some say Mexico isn't prepared for a woman president, unlike other Latin American countries, but analysts disagree. "I don't think Mexico is any less ready for a female president than Chile for example," Starr said. Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Costa Rica are among the nations in Latin America that have recently elected women to their higher posts. Your comment will be posted immediately, unless it is spam or contains profanity. For more information, please see our Comments FAQ. An insider's guide to politics and policy, available on the iPad or as a PDF download.[标签:标题]
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