Sheinbaum responds to EL UNIVERSAL poll: PRI and PAN fail to reach double digits

Claudia Sheinbaum says Mexico’s PRI and PAN cannot even reach double digits in support, while Morena holds a commanding lead ahead of the 2026-2027 electoral process.

At a news conference, the president cited several polls, including one published by EL UNIVERSAL. She said Morena’s support ranged from 35% to 50%, while the PAN stood at about 7% or 8% and the PRI at 6% or 8%.

Sheinbaum also recalled the poor performance of the PRI-PAN alliance in the 2024 presidential election. After that result, she said, the PAN announced it would contest the 2027 election on its own rather than renew its alliance with the PRI. “They are not doing very well, they do not even reach double digits in all the polls, neither the PRI nor the PAN,” she said.

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They are not doing very well, they do not even reach double digits in all the polls, neither the PRI nor the PAN.

The latest national in-home survey by Buendía & Márquez, published exclusively by EL UNIVERSAL, put Morena at 35% if the election for federal deputies were held today. The PAN had 11%, the PRI 9%, Movimiento Ciudadano 9%, the PVEM 5% and the PT 2%. Twenty-eight percent did not declare a preference. The margin of error prevented the poll from clearly establishing which party held second place.

When nonresponses were excluded, Morena reached 48% of effective preferences, compared with 15% for the PAN, 13% for the PRI and 12% for Movimiento Ciudadano. New parties remained marginal in the survey: PAZ received no mentions, while Somos received 1%. The latter was measured under its former name, Somos México, before the National Electoral Institute rejected that designation.

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Today one is published in EL UNIVERSAL, but there are others showing the difference between Morena, it must be said, and the other parties.