Approval Tracker: Mexico's President AMLO

This tracker was initially published March 19, 2019 and has since been updated.

Ever since he began his six-year term in December 2018, Andrés Manuel López Obrador has been described as the “teflon president" with good reason. Despite Mexico facing high violence rates and a slow-growing economy, López Obrador—or AMLO—still commands approval levels north of 60 percent. While his party, Morena, and its coalition lost a two-thirds lower house majority in the June 2021 midterms, it gained territory when it comes to governorships, mayoralties, and local legislatures. Then, in a new round of June 2022 gubernatorial votes, Morena won four of six states up for grabs. With those victories, the party controls the governorships in 22 of the country's 32 states.

Mexico is already looking ahead at who might succeed AMLO in 2024, given that presidents cannot seek reelection. See the polling below to view the frontrunners from both the governing and opposition parties.

AS/COA Online tracks AMLO’s approval ratings from top pollsters.