Francisco I. Madero

Procesos electorales y reforma política.

Abstract

With the resignation of Porfirio Díaz, in May of 1911, there began a period of great hopes for change in Mexico. The government program proposed by Francisco Madero, winner of the election and leader of the Ante-reelectionist Party, fomented the adhesion of broad social sectors and political parties. Nevertheless, fifteen months after Madero assumed the Presidency, the government fell, practically without a single voice being raised to defend it. How is it that an administration that had received such broad support was abandoned in such a short time? First, the article reviews the answers which have traditionally been proffered. Then new answers are sought through an examination of the errors committed in the application of Madero's program for democratic reform of the political system.