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| Mexico president in mid-term test | Mexico president in mid-term test |
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| Mexicans have been voting in mid-term congressional elections expected to determine the fate of President Felipe Calderon's economic reforms. | |
| Opinion polls put his conservative National Action Party (PAN) behind the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) that had dominated politics until 1997. | Opinion polls put his conservative National Action Party (PAN) behind the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) that had dominated politics until 1997. |
| The campaign has been dominated by the collapsing economy and the president's push against deadly drug gangs. | The campaign has been dominated by the collapsing economy and the president's push against deadly drug gangs. |
| Correspondents say PAN is likely to lose its slim parliamentary majority. | Correspondents say PAN is likely to lose its slim parliamentary majority. |
| Mr Calderon won bitterly fought presidential elections three years ago promising reforms to Mexico's tax system and energy sector to help restore economic growth. | Mr Calderon won bitterly fought presidential elections three years ago promising reforms to Mexico's tax system and energy sector to help restore economic growth. |
| We're in the worst crisis Voter Salvador Zavala Mexicans hit hard by US woes Taking on Mexico's kidnap gangs | We're in the worst crisis Voter Salvador Zavala Mexicans hit hard by US woes Taking on Mexico's kidnap gangs |
| Mexico has been badly hit this year by the global recession and a drop in the amount of money sent home by migrant workers. | Mexico has been badly hit this year by the global recession and a drop in the amount of money sent home by migrant workers. |
| The outbreak of swine flu in April has also scared off tourists, which the government has warned may cost the economy more than $2bn (£1.2bn). | The outbreak of swine flu in April has also scared off tourists, which the government has warned may cost the economy more than $2bn (£1.2bn). |
| "We're in the worst crisis," Salvador Zavala, 66, told Reuters news agency as he voted north of the capital, Mexico City. | "We're in the worst crisis," Salvador Zavala, 66, told Reuters news agency as he voted north of the capital, Mexico City. |
| Government worker Thelma Flores said she was concerned about jobs and education, as she waited to cast her ballot. | Government worker Thelma Flores said she was concerned about jobs and education, as she waited to cast her ballot. |
| "That's what generates the other things, the criminality and organised crime. It's because of a lack of opportunities," she told the Associated Press news agency. | "That's what generates the other things, the criminality and organised crime. It's because of a lack of opportunities," she told the Associated Press news agency. |
| If the PRI is able to form a parliamentary majority, it could block the president's efforts to give more powers to the 45,000 soldiers deployed to root out the country's powerful drug cartels, AP reports. | If the PRI is able to form a parliamentary majority, it could block the president's efforts to give more powers to the 45,000 soldiers deployed to root out the country's powerful drug cartels, AP reports. |
| The PRI was in power for nearly seven decades until losing its majority 12 years ago. | The PRI was in power for nearly seven decades until losing its majority 12 years ago. |
| Mexicans are electing 500 members of the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of Congress, as well as six state governors and hundreds of mayors. | Mexicans are electing 500 members of the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of Congress, as well as six state governors and hundreds of mayors. |