female president. the frontrunner, claudia sheinbaum, and her main rival, xochitl galvez, are well ahead of the only male candidate in opinion polls. ms sheinbaum, who is a former mayor of mexico city, has the backing of the outgoing president, lopez obrador. it s been the most violent election campaign in modern mexican history. over 20 local candidates have been killed across the country during the campaign, and two people were killed in separate attacks at voting centres in the central state of puebla. our correspondent in mexico city, will grant, before we get into the candidates, tell us what it s been like covering this campaign, considering how violent it has been. if campaign, considering how violent it has been.- violent it has been. it has been very violent it has been. it has been very violent. - violent it has been. it has been very violent. i - violent it has been. it has been very violent. i made violent it has been. it has l been very violent. i made it out t
is set to be a historic election for mexico, because they are most likely on track to elect their first female president. to elect their first female president- to elect their first female resident. , , . ., president. yes, very much. you have claudio president. yes, very much. you have claudio sheinbaum, - president. yes, very much. you have claudio sheinbaum, the i have claudio sheinbaum, the former mayor of this city, the front runner who has always had a healthy lead in the polls leading up to voting day. and when i spoke to her on the campaign trail, it was clear she was very confident of victory. she is offering the electorate a sort of extension of president lopez obrador, as you said in your introduction he backed her, the outgoing president. he has put down six years of what they call the force transformation of mexico. essentially a policy of social programmes. fourth transformation of mexico. intended to lift the poorest from poverty, and has had some success. 5 millio