Abstract
About one out of every ten Mexican nationals lives in the United States as either a legal or illegal immigrant. This chapter will consider and assess the part that they play in Mexican elections. Although the numbers who have cast a vote are still not significant or definitive in federal electoral processes, migrants have the potential to play an important role.
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Clausen, H.B., Velázquez, M.A. (2007). Migrants, Votes, and the 2006 Mexican Presidential Election. In: Ashbee, E., Clausen, H.B., Pedersen, C. (eds) The Politics, Economics, and Culture of Mexican-U.S. Migration. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230609914_18
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