Elections and Parties
Why is proportional representation used?
What is it gives smaller parties a better opportunity to earn seats/more opportunities to participate in the government
What are two features of political culture in Mexico?
What is answers will vary
What has been one side effect of industrialization in Mexico?
What is answers will vary
How is the legislature structured?
What is it is bicameral
What will smaller parties do if they want a candidate to win the election for president?
What is form a coalition
What is a major ethnic division in Mexico?
What is the cleavage between the Mestizo and indigenous
What are the factory zones in the north known as?
What the maquiladoras
Why is there about an equal share of women to men in the legislative branch?
What is there is a gender quota law
What is the term limit for the president?
What is the sexenio
What movement occurred in Chiapas to push for greater autonomy?
What is the Zapatista
Which company has had more monopoly control over the oil industry?
What is PEMEX
During the PRI rule, how were presidential candidates chosen?
What is by dedazo?
Which parties are left leaning?
What is Morena and PRD
How did the PRI maintain control over citizens?
What is the patron-client system
What is people have moved from the south to north
What is an issue with the presidential system in Mexico?
What is answers will vary?
Which body independently oversees elections?
What is the National Electoral Institute (INE)
How have poorer citizens changed their participation most recently in elections?
What is they have embraced more leftist parties such as the PRD and Morena
What two economic trends did NAFTA lead to in Mexico?
What is privatization and neoliberalism
What is the name for both the lower house and upper house in the legislative branch?
What is the Senate and Chamber of Deputies