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When Mexican voters head to the polls on Sunday, they will in effect be giving a thumbs-up or -down to their president of the last six years, Andrés Manuel López Obrador. AMLO, as he is known, cannot run again since Mexico gives its presidents only one six-year term. But his protegée, Claudia Sheinbaum, is widely seen as the person who will carry on his populist legacy. While polls indicate Sheinbaum will win, a loss will still see Mexico elect its first female president—the candidate running second in the polls is Xóchitl Gálvez, a tech entrepreneur representing three opposition parties.
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