Presidential Campaign Events in Mexico, 2024 Municipal Visits

The 2024 Mexican presidential election was historically exceptional, featuring women leading all major candidacies for the first time. This dataset systematizes one component of the campaigns: candidate visits to municipalities, detailing the distinct territorial strategies of Claudia Sheinbaum, Xóchitl Gálvez, and Jorge Álvarez Máynez. It was created by Alejandra Armesto and hosted on Harvard Dataverse.

Use Cases

• Analyze campaign resource allocation based on the density of events per state.
• Compare candidate strategies based on event type, such as mass rallies versus targeted sector meetings.
• Map the geographic focus of campaigns based on municipal visit locations.
• Study voter mobilization tactics based on the described objectives of appealing to loyal and undecided voters.

Strengths

• Focuses on a historically unique election with women leading all major candidacies.
• Description provides concrete event counts for two candidates (491 acts for Sheinbaum, ~100 for Gálvez) and a detailed strategy for the third.
• Captures differentiated campaign strategies, from high-density tours to targeted university visits.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified; last metadata update was 2026-05-11.

Provenance

Source

Harvard Dataverse

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official campaign event registries, such as the INE's SIF portal mentioned.

Time Range

2024 presidential campaign period

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-11 15:01:13

Geography

Municipalities across Mexico's 32 states