1. Legislation
1.1. Chamber of Deputies
1.1.1. deals with fiscal and monetary issues, oversees tax revenue
1.2. Senate
1.2.1. focused on local governments like state governorships and foreign policies/projects. Can impede the president from making certain visits to certain countries.
2. PRD
2.1. Cuauhtemoc Cárdenas
2.2. Andres Manuel López Obrador
2.3. Attracts voters within the intellectual, young and millenial demographics. Biggest area of concentrated support is Mexico City.
2.4. left wing party
2.5. liberals.
3. PRI
3.1. Enrique Peña Nieto
3.1.1. 43 Ayotzinapa students
3.1.2. Economic crisis
3.1.2.1. Currency devaluation
3.1.2.2. Gazolinazo
3.1.3. Ridiculous amount of bad publicity. Lacks a lot of leadership skills that are characteristic of a president.
3.2. Carlos Salinas de Gortari
3.3. 71 year one party dominance
3.4. patron-client relationships
3.5. Center party
3.5.1. will adjust orientation accordingly to what will get them the most votes
3.6. appeal to the rural masses and uneducated individuals.
4. PAN
4.1. Vicente Fox
4.1.1. First ever president to beat the established party after the PRI's seven-decade dominance. Failed to fulfill many of his promises.
4.2. Felipe Calderón
4.2.1. Got to deal with biggest waves of violence and insecurity in the nation as well as the 2008 real-estate bubble burst.