Deciphering the worth of Mexican polls

“When a poll doesn’t show Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in first place in the race for the Mexican presidency, the fiery leftist says it must have been cuchareada ”” which means, roughly, a fantasy summoned by the dark forces that conspire against him.

Conspiracy theorists might be disappointed. Although Mexico has an indecorous history of crooked elections and, experts say, crooked polls, the nation’s lurch toward democracy has cleaned up the elections ”” and many pollsters appear to have followed suit.”

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