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{{Politics of Mexico}}

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A '''general election''' is scheduled to be held in [[Mexico]] on Sunday, [[2 July]] [[2006]]. Voters will go to the polls to elect, on the federal level:

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*A new [[president of Mexico|President of the Republic]], to serve a six-year term, replacing current incumbent President [[Vicente Fox]]. In Mexico, re-election is not allowed.

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*500 [[deputy|deputies]] (300 by the [[first-past-the-post]] system and 200 by [[proportional representation]]) to serve for a three-year term in the [[Chamber of Deputies of Mexico|Chamber of Deputies]].

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*128 [[senator]]s (two per [[mexican state|state]] by [[first-past-the-post]], 1 seat given to the second minority per state and 32 by [[proportional representation]] from national party lists) to serve six-year terms in the [[Senate of Mexico|Senate]].

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| Genre = [[Stoner metal]], [[Doom metal]]

| Years_active = [[200]] - present

| Label = [[Exile on Mainstream Records]]<br/>[[Southern Lord Records]]<br/>[[Outlaw Recordings]]

| Associated_acts = [[Pentagram (band)|Pentagram]]<br/>[[Cathedral (band)|Cathedral]]<br/>[[Spirit Caravan]]<br/>[[The Obsessed]]<br/>[[The Hidden Hand (band)|The Hidden Hand]]<br/>[[Saint Vitus (band)|Saint Vitus]]<br/>[[Trouble (band)|Trouble]]

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| Current_members = [[Victor Griffin (guitarist)|Victor Griffin]]<br/>[[Dennis Cornelius]]<br/>[[Tim Tomaselli]]

| Past_members = [[Scott Weinrich|Scott "Wino" Weinrich]]<br/>[[Lee Abney]]<br/>[[Greg Turley]]<br/>[[Ron Holzner]]<br/>[[Pete Campbell]]

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'''Place of Skulls''' is a doom metal band from [[Knoxville, Tennessee]].

==Biograpy==

Place of Skulls was formed in 2000 by ex-[[Pentagram (band)|Pentagram]] guitarist [[Victor Griffin (guitarist)|Victor Griffin]]. The name is a biblical reference to [[Golgotha]]. The band put out their debut album, ''Nailed'', on [[Southern Lord Records]] in 2002. Four songs were recorded during the ''Nailed'' session that did not appear on the album. These songs all dealt with Griffin's new found faith in [[Christianity]]. These were released as the ''Love Through Blood'' EP in 2005. [[Scott Weinrich|Scott "Wino" Weinrich]] joined the band for their second album, ''With Vision''. This album was released by [[Southern Lord Records]] in 2003. The band signed to Germany's [[Exile on Mainstream Records]] and released their most recent album, ''The Black Is Never Far''.

==Discography==

===Albums===

*''Nailed'' ([[Southern Lord Records]] 2002)

*''With Vision'' ([[Southern Lord Records]] 2003)

*''The Black Is Never Far'' ([[Exile on Mainstream Records]] 2006)

===EPs===

*''Place of Skulls'' ([[Southern Lord Records]] 2002)

*''Love Through Blood'' ([[Outlaw Recordings]] 2005)

==External Links==

Several local ballots will also be held on the same day, most particularly the election of:

*[http://www.placeofskulls.com Official Site]

*A new [[Head of Government of the Federal District|Head of Government]] and new [[Legislative Assembly of the Federal District|Legislative Assembly]] of the [[Mexican Federal District|Federal District]]. See: [[2006 Mexican Federal District election]].

*[http://www.myspace.com/placeofskullsdoom Official MySpace page]

*Municipal elections in the State of [[Nuevo León]], including the metropolitan area of [[Monterrey]] and a renewal of [[Congress of Nuevo León|State Congress]].

*[http://www.southernlord.com/band_PSK.php Southern Lord Place of Skulls page]

[[Category:Doom metal musical groups]]

==Presidential election==

Eight political parties will participate in the 2006 presidential election; five of them have joined forces in two different electoral coalitions.

Competition is expected to be fierce, with the [[National Action Party (Mexico)|National Action Party]] (PAN) eager to hold on to the presidency for a second period, the [[Institutional Revolutionary Party]] equally keen to regain the office it lost in the [[Mexican general election, 2000|2000 election]] for the first time in 71 years (now in coalition with the [[Ecologist Green Party of Mexico]]), and the [[Party of the Democratic Revolution]] (PRD) believing itself with a good chance to win after disappointments in the two previous elections (now in coalition with [[Convergence (Mexico)|Convergence]] and the [[Labor Party (Mexico)|Labor Party]]).

===Presidential candidates===

The 2006 Mexican presidential candidates are:

{| class="wikitable" cellpadding=2 cellspacing=2

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! !! Party/Alliance !! !!Candidate !! Motto

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|| [[Image:Pan logo.PNG|50px]]

|| [[National Action Party (Mexico)|National Action Party]]

|| [[Image:Felipe Calderon.jpg|50px]]||[[Felipe Calderón]]|| ''Para que Vivamos Mejor; (So we can live Better)''

|-

|| [[Image:Logotipo_Alianza_por_el_Bien_de_Todos.jpg|50px]]

|| [[Alliance for the Welfare of All]] ([[Party of the Democratic Revolution|PRD]], [[Labour Party (Mexico)|PT]], [[Convergence (Mexico)|Convergence]])|| [[Image:AM_Lopez_Obrador.jpg|50px]] ||[[Andrés Manuel López Obrador]]|| ''Por el bien de todos, primero los pobres; (For the welfare of all, first the poor people)''

|-

|| [[Image:Alianza por México.jpg|50px]]

|| [[Alliance for Mexico]] ([[Institutional Revolutionary Party|PRI]], [[Ecologist Green Party of Mexico|PVEM]])

|| [[Image:Roberto Madrazo.jpg|50px]] ||[[Roberto Madrazo Pintado]]|| ''Mover a México para que las cosas se hagan; (Moving Mexico so that things get done)''

|-

|| [[Image:Alternativalogo.jpg|50px]]

|| [[Social Democratic and Farmer Alternative]]

|| [[Image:Patriciamercado.PNG|50px]]

|| [[Patricia Mercado|Patricia Mercado Castro]]

|| ''Palabra de mujer; (Word of woman)''

|-

|| [[Image:Nueva Alianza logo.png|50px]]

|| [[Nueva Alianza|New Alliance]]

|| [[Image:Roberto campa on tv azteca.PNG|50px]]

|| [[Roberto Campa Cifrián]]

||

|}

===Polls===

[[Opinion poll|Polls]] show Calderón has recently taken the lead over López Obrador. As of [[May 15]],[[2006]], the 6 most recent polls show Calderón leading by 1 to 10 percentage points in voter preferences. Until 2005, all published [[Opinion poll|polls]] showed López Obrador at the top. The preference for Calderón shows a growing tendency, and that of López Obrador shows a decreasing tendency. However, it is to be noted that as of May 2006, some of the polls show Calderón above by 1 to 3 points, which is within the [[margin of error]] of the poll, and therefore inconclusive. Some

polls even show Calderón and López Obrador with the exact same percentage of votes.

The candidates of small parties have also gained ground at the expense of Roberto Madrazo and López Obrador. The latest poll from [[El Universal]] shows [[Patricia Mercado]] of [[Social Democratic and Farmer Alternative]] has gained enough support for her party to retain its registry.

{| class="wikitable" cellpadding=2 cellspacing=2

|- bgcolor=#cccccc

! '''Date''' !! '''Publisher''' !! '''Source''' !! '''López Obrador''' !! '''Calderón''' !! '''Madrazo'''

|-

|[[November 5]], [[2005]] || ''[[El Universal]]'' || [http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/graficos/animados/presid-nov05.html] || '''34%''' || 22% || 18%

|-

|[[November 21]], [[2005]] || ''[[Reforma]]'' || [http://www.consulta.com.mx/interiores/99_pdfs/11_elecciones_pdf/elec_NA20051113_AsiVan.pdf] || '''29%''' || 28% || 21%

|-

|[[December 5]], [[2005]] || ''[[Univision]].com'' || [http://www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml?cid=739966] || '''34.8%''' || 28.8% || 30.4%

|-

|[[January 8]], [[2006]] || ''[[Milenio]]'' * || [http://www.milenio.com/nota.asp?id=254799] || 28% || '''30%''' || 25%

|-

|[[January 18]], [[2006]] || ''[[Consulta Mitofsky]]'' || [http://www.consulta.com.mx/interiores/11_elecciones/elec_Asivan0106.html] || '''38.7%''' || 31% || 29.2%

|-

|[[January 19]], [[2006]] || ''[[La Jornada]]'' * || [http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2006/01/19/010n1pol.php] || '''39%''' || 27% || 22%

|-

|[[January 19]], [[2006]] || ''[[Reforma]]'' || [http://www.wilsoncenter.org/news/docs/Reforma%20Polls%201.19.06.PDF] || '''34%''' || 26% || 22%

|-

|[[January 20]], [[2006]] || ''[[TV Azteca]]'' || [http://www.todito.com/paginas/noticias/184139.html] || '''38%''' || 31% || 28%

|-

|[[January 20]], [[2006]] || ''[[Parametria]]'' || [http://www.parametria.com.mx/es_cartaext.php?id_carta=118] || '''35.7%''' || 27.4% || 26.2%

|-

|[[January 23]], [[2006]] || ''[[GEA-ISA]]'' ||

[http://www.isa.org.mx/contenido/Gimx0601r.pdf]

|| 35% || 35% || 29%

|-

|[[January 26]], [[2006]] || ''[[El Universal]]'' || [http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/graficos/animados/presid-ene06.html] || '''33%''' || 27% || 20%

|-

|[[February 20]], [[2006]] || ''[[El Universal]]'' || [http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/graficos/animados/presid-feb06.html] || '''30%''' || 27% || 22%

|-

|[[February 21]], [[2006]] || ''[[Reforma]]'' || [http://www.reforma.com.mx] || '''38%''' || 31% || 29%

|-

|[[February 21]], [[2006]] || ''[[GEA-ISA]]'' ||

[http://www.isa.org.mx/contenido/Gimx0602%20r.pdf]

|| '''34%''' || 27% || 22%

|-

|[[February 22]], [[2006]] || ''[[Consulta Mitofsky]]'' || [http://www.consulta.com.mx] || '''39.4%''' || 29.8% || 27.5%

|-

|[[March 13]], [[2006]] || ''[[El Universal]]'' || || '''42%''' || 32% || 24%

|-

|[[March 16]], [[2006]] || ''[[Reforma]]'' || || '''41%''' || 31% || 25%

|-

|[[March 21]], [[2006]] || ''[[GEA-ISA]]'' || || 34% || '''36%''' || 28%

|-

|[[March 27]], [[2006]] || ''[[BIMSA]]'' || || '''31.2%''' || 25.5% || 21.4%

|-

|[[March 27]], [[2006]] || ''[[Consulta Mitofsky]]'' || || '''37.5%''' || 30.6% || 28.8%

|-

|[[April 6]], [[2006]] || ''[[Milenio]]'' || || '''34%''' || 31% || 31%

|-

|[[April 6]], [[2006]] || ''[[Arcop]]*'' || || 33% || '''36%''' || 29%

|-

|[[April 17]], [[2006]] || ''[[El Universal]]'' ||[http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/137387.html]|| '''38%''' || 34% || 25%

|-

|[[April 23]], [[2006]] || ''[[Parametría]]'' || [http://www.parametria.com.mx/es_cartaext.php?id_carta=131] || '''35%'''|| 33% || 28%

|-

|[[May 2]], [[2006]] || ''[[Milenio]]'' ||[http://www.milenio.com/monterrey/milenio/nota.asp?id=79083]|| 33% || '''36%''' || 28%

|-

|[[May 3]], [[2006]] || ''[[Consulta Mitofsky]]'' |||| 34% || '''35%''' || 27%

|-

|[[May 3]], [[2006]] || ''[[Reforma]]'' |||| 33% || '''40%''' || 22%

|-

|[[May 4]], [[2006]] || ''[[GEA-ISA]]'' || [http://www.isa.org.mx/contenido/Gimx0604%20r.pdf] || 31% || '''41%''' || 25%

|-

|[[May 8]], [[2006]] || ''[[Parametría]]'' || [http://www.parametria.com.mx/es_cartaext.php?id_carta=134] || 34% || '''36%''' || 26%

|-

||[[May 15]], [[2006]] || ''[[El Universal]]'' ||[http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/graficos/animados/presid-mayo06.html] || 35% || '''39%''' || 21%

|-

||[[May 19]], [[2006]] || ''[[Zogby]]'' ||[http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1114] || 29% || '''34%''' || 22%

|-

||[[May 24]], [[2006]] || ''[[Reforma]]'' |||| 35% || '''39%''' || 22%

|-

||[[May 28]], [[2006]] || ''[[GEA-ISA]]'' ||[http://www.isa.org.mx/contenido/Gimx0605%20r.pdf]|| 31% || '''40%''' || 27%

|-

||[[May 29]], [[2006]] || ''[[Milenio]]'' ||[http://www.milenio.com/MediaCenter/Fotos/2006/Mayo/29/herasg.jpg]|| '''33%''' || '''33%''' || 30%

|-

||[[May 29]], [[2006]] || ''[[Consulta Mitofsky]]'' ||[http://www.consulta.com.mx/interiores/99_pdfs/11_elecciones_pdf/NA20060529_AsiVan_LaminasTelevisa_Noche.pdf]|| '''34%''' || '''34%''' || 28%

|-

||[[June 5]], [[2006]] || ''[[BGC, Beltrán y Asociados]]'' ||[http://www.bgc.com.mx/] || '''35%''' || '''35%''' || 26%

|-

||[[June 6]], [[2006]] || ''[[Parametría]]'' ||[http://www.parametria.com.mx/es_cartaext.php?id_carta=138] || '''35.5%''' || 34.4% || 27%

|-

||[[June 6]], [[2006]] || ''[[El Universal]]'' ||[http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/graficos/animados/presid-jun06.html] || '''36%''' || '''36%''' || 24%

|-

|-

! '''Date''' !! '''Publisher''' !! '''Source''' !! '''López Obrador''' !! '''Calderón''' !! '''Madrazo'''

|}

:<nowiki>*</nowiki> Polls conducted by Arcop (published on ''Milenio'' and showed the first lead of Calderón over López Obrador) and Covarrubias (published on ''La Jornada'', and the one that showed the highest lead of López Obrador) are internal polls, and generally not as reliable as the others.

===Assets, liabilities and annual expenses===

As of January 2005, only three candidates have made a public declaration of assets, liabilities and annual expenses. These figures were given in [[Mexican peso]]s,the total value of assets of each candidate follows at an [[exchange rate]] of 10.62 pesos to one [[United States dollar]] (Source: [http://www.banamex.com/ Banamex]:

{| class="wikitable" cellpadding=2 cellspacing=2

|- bgcolor=#cccccc

! '''Candidate''' !! '''Assets'''!! '''Liabilities''' !! Annual Expenses''' !! '''As Of (Date)''' !! '''Source'''

|-

| Obrador ||MX$ 1,295,358 / US$ 121,973 || 0 ||MX$ 1,165,650 / US$ 109,760|| [[June 3]], [[2004]] ||

|-

| Calderón ||MX$ 8,803,885 / US$ 828,991 || &ndash; || &ndash; || [[January 19]], 2006 ||

|-

| Madrazo ||MX$ 29,398,668 / US$ 2,768,236 ||MX$ 39,290 / US$ 2,758||MX$ 475,000 / US$ 44,727 || January 19, 2006 ||

|}

===Presidential debates===

A first presidential debate was held on [[April 25]], [[2006]] with the presence of all candidates with the notable exception of López Obrador. López Obrador had refused to participate in all debates, and said he would only participate in one since long before the first debate was scheduled. The rest of the candidates agreed on leaving an ''empty chair'' to symbolize that the fifth candidate was indeed invited.

The ''silla vacía'' (spanish for "empty chair") became the topic of political commentary shows and the press. ''[[Excelsior]]'' called the empty chair a "double-edged sword"<ref name="Excelsior1">[http://www.nuevoexcelsior.com.mx/XStatic/excelsior/template/noticia.aspx?s=1&sl=1&n=4293 ''La silla vacía puede ser arma de dos filos''] ("Empty chair can be a double-edged sword" April 4, 2006 ''[[Excelsior]]''. Retrieved on May 6, 2006.</ref> coinciding with other publications and TV shows that leaving the empty chair could be construed as an insult to the audience and an attack to López Obrador. However, by the date of the debates, the statistical tendency in many polls had confirmed Calderón at the second spot and López Obrador still with a single digit advantage over him.

After the first debate some political commentators, media outlets, and polls indicated that Calderón<ref name="Opinionr">[http://www.laopinion.com/primerapagina/?rkey=00000000000000084330 ''Dan como ganador del debate a Calderón''] ("Calderón seen as the winner of debate" April 27, 2006 ''Prensa Latina''. Retrieved on May 6, 2006.</ref> was seen as the winner of the debate, Mercado as the pleasant surprise of the night.<ref name="Cronica">[http://www.cronica.com.mx/nota.php?idc=238139 ''Gana Calderón; Mercado sorprende; pierde López ''] ("Calderón wins, Mercado surprises, López loses" April 26, 2006 ''La Crónica''. Retrieved on May 6, 2006.</ref> and a nervous Madrazo as the worst performer of the night.<ref name="Excelsior2">[http://www.nuevoexcelsior.com.mx/XStatic/excelsior/template/noticia.aspx?s=1&sl=1&sc=469&n=-4460 ''La opinión de Excélsior en torno al debate''] ("What Excelsior thinks in regards to the debate" April 26, 2006 ''Excelsior''. Retrieved on May 6, 2006.</ref> However, political analysts also said that the debate was unnecessarily full of promises and personal attacks. Analysts considered that López Obrador was negatively affected by his absence and polls later confirmed Calderón having replaced López Obrador as the leading candidate.

A second debate took place on [[June 6]] of the same year, from 20:30 to 22:30,<ref name="Madrazr">[http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/350907.html ''Confirma Madrazo participación en segundo debate''] ("Madrazo Confirms Participation in Second Debate") May 23, 2006 ''El Universal''. Retrieved on June 2, 2006.</ref> Central Time, with the confirmed presence of all candidates, including López Obrador. Media outlets have given results to telephone polls applied post-debate showing a mixed tendency. Most, like Reforma and Presente, give Felipe Calderón the lead, but a few, like Diario Monitor, give it to Andres Manuel López Obrador.

Just before the debate, Carlos Ahumada, a businessman jailed for his involvement in a scandal to bribe Mexico City officials while López Obrador was mayor, threatened to release "tapes showing payoffs to other allies of López Obrador". The release was expected to damage the anti-corruption image López Obrador is trying to create for himself. Before the tapes could be released, however, Ahumada's wife and children were attacked in a shooting.<ref name="Seattle Times">[http://www.kabc.com/goout.asp?u=http://images.radcity.net/5147/ "Shooting adds twist to Mexican elections"]. Retrieved June 11, 2006.</ref>

==Congressional Election==

Eight political parties will participate in the 2006 congressional election to renew all seats in the [[Senate of Mexico|upper]] and [[Chamber of Deputies of Mexico|lower]] houses of the [[Congress of Mexico|Mexican Congress]].

In the [[LIX Legislature of the Mexican Congress|current session of the Mexican Congress]] no party holds a majority.

==See also==

*[[2006 Mexican elections|Full list of elections in Mexico in 2006]]

==Footnotes==

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==External link==

* {{es icon}} [http://www.opinamexico.org 2006 presidential election polls] "Opina Mexico" is a non-profit website sponsored by the Mexican polling industry with the purpose of concentrating survey results as they are published.

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