Meme I saw floating around on social media.
In the middle is Ricardo Anaya, presidential candidate for the right-left coalition For Mexico in Front but himself a member and former national president of the National Action Party (PAN).
The PAN, a right of center, conservative party has been Mexico’s main opposition party for decades and ruled the country between 2000 and 2012. It counts on many of the nation’s well-heeled among it’s most fervent supporters.
But this year, the July 1 presidential election clashes with the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. An estimated 30,000 Mexicans were at Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium for the national team’s opening match which resulted in a 1-0 victory against defending champions Germany.
Who are all those Mexicans who have flown to Russia to cheer on el tri, you might ask?
The meme reads:
When you realise that Mexico’s upper middle class went to Russia and won’t be able to vote for you.
My wife heard on the radio last night that some poll has Meade in second place now.