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Significance
The unusual election strategy raises questions over how Mexicans living abroad -- a small but growing voter group that has previously backed the PAN -- will react in 2018.
Impacts
Organisations have lobbied to simplify absentee voter registration requirements, but no changes will materialise before July 1.
Candidates are banned from formally campaigning abroad, but parties will court expats via interviews and social media.
Anaya is a polarising figure and could put many off voting for the FCM if he becomes its presidential candidate.
Keywords:
Mexico,
LA/C,
United States,
international relations,
politics,
social,
election,
government,
immigration,
opposition,
foreign policy,
policy
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2017
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