Citizens' Movement (Mexico)

Citizens' Movement (Spanish: Movimiento Ciudadano) is a political party in Mexico. Dante Delgado Rannauro was its first leader. It was initially known as Convergence for Democracy (Spanish: Convergencia por la Democracia), but the name was shortened to simply Convergence (Spanish: Convergencia) in August 2002. In July 2011, it was reformed as the Citizens' Movement. Since the 4th of December 2018, Clemente Castañeda has been the head of the party as part of a new wave of young leaders.

Citizens' Movement
Movimiento Ciudadano
LeaderDante Delgado Rannauroa
FounderDante Delgado Rannauro
Founded1 August 1998 (1998-08-01)
(Convergence)
31 July 2011 (2011-07-31)
(Citizens' Movement)
Split fromPRI
NewspaperEl Ciudadano
Youth wingYouth in Movement
Membership (2023)Increase 384,005[1]
IdeologySocial democracy[2][3]
Progressivism[4]
Participatory democracy[5]
Social liberalism[6]
Political positionCentre-left[7]
International affiliationProgressive Alliance[8]
Continental affiliationCOPPPAL
Colours  Orange and White
Chamber of Deputies 
28 / 500
Senate
12 / 128
Governorships
2 / 32
State legislatures
37 / 1,124
Website
Party website

Convergence was founded as a "national political grouping" in 1997. It attained registered party status in 1999 and participated in federal elections in the 2000 general election as a component in the "Alliance for Mexico" (Alianza por México), whose (unsuccessful) presidential candidate was Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas. In that election, as its part of the alliance's share, it was awarded one Senate seat and two in the Chamber of Deputies.

  PAN
  PRI
  PRD
  MC
  Morena
  Independent

State governors by party (2022)

The party describes itself as social-democratic.[9] The electoral colours of the party before 2011 were blue and orange, and the party logo was a blue circle, superimposed by an orange eagle and the word Convergencia. The party was renamed the Citizens' Movement and reformed on 31 July 2011, with its new official logo becoming an orange square with a white eagle.

The party is positioned to the right of Morena. They are squarely pro-business, and believe in restructuring the economy by reducing regulation and state-owned monopolies.[10]

History
Convergencia logo

The party contested the 2003 mid-term congressional election as an independent (unallied) party, and was rewarded with 2.3% of the popular vote and five seats in the Chamber of Deputies. As of 2004 it governed 28 municipalities in various parts of the country.

In the 2006 general election, Convergence allied itself with the Party of the Democratic Revolution and the Labor Party to form the Alliance for the Good of All coalition, whose presidential candidate was Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The party won 17 out of 500 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 5 out of 128 Senators. It is known for its song "Movimiento Naranja" which has 41 million views on YouTube, which became a popular meme in the Hispanic community.[11][12]

Electoral history

Presidential elections
Election year Candidate No. votes  % vote Result Note
2000 Support PRD candidate; coalition: Alliance for Mexico
2006 Support PRD candidate; coalition: Coalition for the Good of All
2012 Support PRD candidate; coalition: Broad Progressive Front
2018 Support PAN candidate; coalition: Por México al Frente

Chamber of Deputies
Election year Constituency PR No. of seats Position Presidency Note
Votes  % Votes  %
2000 See: Party of the Democratic Revolution
0 / 500
 Minority Vicente Fox Coalition: Coalition for the Good of All
2003 603,392 2.3 605,156 2.3
5 / 500
 Minority Vicente Fox
2006 See: Party of the Democratic Revolution
18 / 500
 Minority Felipe Calderón Coalition: Alliance for Mexico
2009 851,639 2.5 854,347 2.5
6 / 500
 Minority Felipe Calderón
2012 58,096 1,943,855 3.99
16 / 500
 Minority Enrique Peña Nieto Coalition: Broad Progressive Front
2015 2,421,164 6.40 2,431,908 6.09
26 / 500
 Minority Enrique Peña Nieto Coalition: Broad Progressive Front
2018
27 / 500
 Minority Andrés Manuel López Obrador Coalition: For Mexico to the Front

Senate elections
Election year Constituency PR No. of seats Position Presidency Note
Votes  % Votes  %
2000 See: Party of the Democratic Revolution
1 / 128
 Minority Vicente Fox Coalition: Coalition for the Good of All
2006 See: Party of the Democratic Revolution
1 / 128
 Minority Felipe Calderón Coalition: Alliance for Mexico
2012 2,025,045 4.3
1 / 128
 Minority Enrique Peña Nieto Coalition: Broad Progressive Front
2018
7 / 128
 Minority Andrés Manuel López Obrador Coalition: For Mexico to the Front

References
  1. https://www.ine.mx/actores-politicos/partidos-politicos-nacionales/padron-afiliados/
  2. https://movimientociudadano.mx/storage/magazines/pdfs/2974/nobis-numero-01-digital.pdf/
  3. https://repositoriodocumental.ine.mx/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/106773/CGex201903-21-rp-10-a1.pdf/
  4. "Archived copy" (PDF). movimientociudadano.mx. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. http://www.bibliotecautopia.mx/images/PROCESO%20ELECTORAL/MOVIMIENTO%20CIUDADANO.pdf/
  6. http://www.bibliotecautopia.mx/images/PROCESO%20ELECTORAL/MOVIMIENTO%20CIUDADANO.pdf/
  7. "Frequently Asked Questions" (PDF). Elections in Mexico: 2018 General Elections. International Foundation for Electoral Systems. 25 June 2018. p. 3. Retrieved 2 September 2019. While PAN has often been considered center-right, and PRD and MC center-left, the three have formed a big-tent coalition…
  8. "Parties & Organisations - Progressive Alliance". Progressive-alliance.info.
  9. "Y a todo esto, ¿de quién es la canción Movimiento Naranja?" [And to all this, whose song is the Orange Movement?]. Nacion321.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  10. "Commentary: Mexico's new political movement could transform relations with the U.S." Fortune. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
  11. "Movimiento Naranja, el video que se ha convertido en un fenomeno viral". Hipertextual.com.
  12. "Movimiento Naranja - Yuawi - Movimiento Ciudadano". YouTube. 18 December 2017. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12.
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