Mexican political success story shows what US Democrats might be doing wrong
Mexican ruling partyʼs recent victory shows clear contrast with US Democratic approach. Their focus on wage-increases and pro-poor programs brought strong voter support despite countrys issues
The recent US election results made waves across Latin-america showing how different political approaches can bring varying outcomes.
The Mexican ruling party Morena led by President Claudia Sheinbaum showed a different way — they kept power and made their congress position even stronger (which doesnt happen often for ruling parties these days)
Their success came from some straight-forward moves: they pushed up minimum wages big-time and kept telling people about their poor-helping programs. During voting time back in June voters seemed to care more about these money-related things than other stuff like safety problems
The Democrats didnt come out to vote because there is not a populist and transformative political project
The whole thing shows how Mexican left-wing politics might have some good lessons for US Democrats; especially in terms of talking about real-life money issues that touch everyday peoples lives. Their no-nonsense way of doing things — focusing on basic economic help instead of complex political ideas — seems to work better with voters
The Mexican approach looks pretty straight-forward: promise clear things; do them; tell everyone about it. Its quite different from the more complex messaging often seen in US democratic circles
