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Pena Nieto opened the debate by describing Mexico's economic performance under Vazquez Mota's party as the worst in 80 years, saying "there aren't enough jobs, and the ones that exist don't pay well." Vazquez Mota went on the attack minutes later, saying the state of Mexico had one of the country's worst economic records under his administration. "It doesn't cease to surprise me that he talks about objectives that he was never able to achieve in the state of Mexico," she said. She emphasized her role as the only woman in the race, and sought to de-emphasize her ties to the party that has governed for the last 12 years. "I want to be president because I have the sensitivity, as a woman, to listen," she said. "I'm a different candidate ... different because I don't belong to powerful, privileged groups, because I'm honest." Another presidential debate is scheduled for June 10. Lopez Obrador portrayed both parties as bastions of an unjust socio-economic order in which billionaire businessmen enjoyed luxuries amid widespread poverty. Pena Nieto's rivals allege hat his party has not changed its autocratic and corrupt ways during its 12 years on the sidelines. "This dominant group has privatized the government," Lopez Obrador said. "Do you think things will get better if the PRI comes back? Let's take a totally new path." A survey by polling company Buendia & Laredo released Sunday in El Universal had Pena Nieto with 39.2 percent support, Vazquez Mota with 22.1 percent, Lopez Obrador with 17.5 percent and Gabriel Quadri of the New Alliance with 1.1 percent. The remaining people were undecided. The poll surveyed 1,000 adults across Mexico and had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
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