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Which political party's 71-year hold on Mexico's presidency ended with its defeat in the 2000 election?
Answer
Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)
The PRI had governed Mexico continuously since 1929. In the 2000 election, its candidate lost to Vicente Fox of the PAN, ending the longest uninterrupted one-party rule in modern political history.
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Mexico's 2000 election ended 71 years of one-party rule when exit polls proved so accurate that the ruling party conceded defeat before official results.
Other options people guess
- National Action Party (PAN)
- Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD)
- Mexican Green Ecologist Party (PVEM)
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- political-history
- 20th-century
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