Mexico Trucker Online

On Sunday, voters in Mexico will elect a new president. There are five candidates, including one woman. However, the race is neck-and-neck between two top contenders.

The election outcome will have a major effect on how the United States and Mexico work together in the future.

The election apparently has come down to two candidates. Felipe Calderón Hinojosa with the conservative National Action Party, or PAN. Calderón is President Fox’s former energy secretary.

The other top candidate is Andrés Manuel López Obrador with the leftist Democratic Revolution Party, or PRD; he is the former mayor of Mexico City.

Voters remain deeply divided over the candidates, but agree on many of the issues — especially along the border.

Rogelio Ramirez from the border town of Ciudad Juárez says that a crackdown in violence is needed, and he’s a supporter of López Obrador.

For Claudia Gonzalez, who is a Calderón supporter, creating jobs is critical.

This city is crowded with immigrants trying illegally into the United States.

Both candidates are for U.S. immigration reform and against a border fence. But when it comes to bridge with flags, trucks in line, economic policies, the United States is watching closely to see if voters follow the trend in Latin America and elect a nationalistic, leftist leader like Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez.

Turnout is critical with such a hotly contested election and the leftist party candidate López Obrador has suggested he’ll contest the result is he loses by a slim margin.

It appears that López Obrador may even call on supporters to stage massive demonstrations in streets.

Opinion polls have shown the to candidates are in a virtual tie, as voters hope for a clear victory at the ballot box.