Former Mexico City mayor Claudia Sheinbaum speaks after being named presidential candidate of the ruling Morena party for next year's presidential election in Mexico City on September 6, 2023.
Voters in Mexico are participating in the country's largest election ever — casting votes Sunday to fill more than 20,000 local, state and federal positions and almost certainly elect their first female president.
But rampant violence has marred the road toward one of the most consequential elections in Mexico's history.
Violence against political figures has also persisted throughout this election cycle, resulting in a 150% increase in the number of victims of political violence since 2021, according to an analysis from Integralia, a public affairs consulting firm that researches political risk and other issues in Mexico.
These have greatly dismayed Mexican voters, leading most of them to cite security as a top issue of concern.
Persons:
Claudia Sheinbaum, Xóchitl, Jorge Álvarez Máynez, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, López Obrador, Tony Payan, Lopez Obrador, Mexico's
Organizations:
Mexico City, Voters, Mexico's National Institute of Statistics, Broad, Citizen, Center, U.S, Rice, Baker Institute for Public, National Action Party, PAN, Democratic Revolution Party, Institutional Revolutionary Party, —
Locations:
Mexico City, Mexico, U.S, Morena, Mexican, United States