Leftist Andrés Manuel López Obrador Wins Mexican Presidential Election in Landslide Victory

In Mexico, leftist politician Andri(C)s Manuel Lopez Obrador, known as AMLO, has claimed victory after winning Sunday's presidential election by a landslide, vowing to transform Mexico by reducing corruption and violence. Preliminary election results show Lopez Obrador, the former mayor of Mexico City, capturing 53 percent of the vote-more than twice that of his closest rival. His three main rival candidates have already conceded. His victory comes after the most violent electoral season in modern Mexican history. At least 136 politicians have been assassinated in Mexico since September. For more, we speak with Christy Thornton, assistant professor of sociology and Latin American studies at Johns Hopkins University. She was an election observer for the Scholar and Citizen Network for Democracy. She is currently writing a book about Mexican economic history.