Second presidential debate: verbiage, intensity and evolution of characters

By Sandra Romandía

On a night where the second presidential debate put on a much more vibrant and energetic show than its predecessor, Xóchitl Gálvez, Claudia Sheinbaum and Jorge Álvarez Máynez showed a more aggressive willingness to challenge and be challenged, exposing strategies and vulnerabilities in their political campaigns, but otherwise leaving us with more doubts than answers to the accusations. 

Xóchitl Gálvez, improved, without a doubt, in security and coherence, in an attitude willing to directly confront her rivals using visuals such as posters accusing Claudia of lies, while Claudia, who had predicted to be the target of attacks, irony of fate, was the first to throw darts. For his part, Jorge Máynez showed a more direct approach in his criticism of Sheinbaum, evidencing a tactical shift to position himself more centrally in the debates.