Until a year ago, López Hernández assured that he did not “I was sweating someone else’s fever” and he did not see himself as a candidate for the presidency. Months later, everything changed and he is now considered one of the “corcholatas” of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
In April 2022, he was “uncovered” by his countryman and political boss, nine months after the head of government, Claudia Sheinbaum, and the secretary of Foreign Relations, Marcelo Ebrard, had already been enlisted, which left him behind in the competition. that she was already on the run.
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In a first stage, the purpose was for his name and image to be recognized by Mexicans, which he achieved through tours of the country, either to accompany candidates for governor or visiting state congresses to defend constitutional reform with which it was proposed to expand the presence of the Armed Forces in public security tasks.
His name also began to be noticed in the states, especially after the display of spectacular mobile phones in favor of him, to which was added his closeness to the president, for example, during the march led by López Obrador last November, in which the Secretary of the Interior flanked him.
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Now, the efforts of López Hernández’s team are focused on making him grow among the presidential candidates and providing him with political capital that will allow him to negotiate and be the faithful of the balance at the moment that the “corcholata” of the president is elected.
“Adán Augusto is not going to reach Claudia and Marcelo in the polls, they already have a pre-campaign started for months, but what it will generate is to be a bargaining chip. In politics, this is very important, Augusto is going to have the balance, that is, whoever Adán Augusto is positioned with can be the winner of the Morena survey, ”says José Antonio Carrera Barroso, professor-researcher in the Bachelor of Science UAM policy.
Adán Augusto López has little time and he knows it. Next July the national leadership of Morena, headed by Mario Delgado, will issue the call for those interested in the presidential candidacy to register.
According to the last survey of El Financiero , during January, Adán Augusto López Hernández advanced in the electoral preferences. When asked who he prefers to be the candidate of Morena for president of the Republic in the 2024 elections, the head of government obtained 25%, the chancellor 23% and the person in charge of internal politics 14%.
Sheinbaum Pardo had a decline of five percentage points, while Ebrard and López an advance of 1 and 3%, respectively.
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In a survey conducted by the Enkoll Consultant the Secretary of the Interior enjoys an effective preference of 10%, well below Sheinbaum who has 48% and Ebrard 33%.
