Mexican President Wins 90 Percent Backing in Leadership Vote He Sought

Mexican President Wins 90 Percent Backing in Leadership Vote He Sought
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (R) shows his ballot for the recall referendum on his presidency in Mexico City, on April 10, 2022. Mexico Presidency/Handout via Reuters
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MEXICO CITY—Nine out of ten Mexicans voting on Sunday in an unprecedented recall election engineered by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador backed him to stay in office, underlining his domination of a polarized political agenda.

Both critics and supporters alike had viewed his victory as a foregone conclusion in a ballot that had fed speculation it could open the door to extending presidential term limits, now limited to a single six-year period.