, Columnist
The Kids Have Their Say
Young voters around the world are rejecting inept and corrupt leaders.
Twentysomethings have carried older candidates like Lopez Obrador to victory.
Photographer: Manuel Velasquez/Getty Images
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The landslide victory of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in Mexico’s presidential elections comes two months after the startling return to power in Malaysia of Mahathir Mohamad and, on a smaller scale, a week after the wholly unexpected triumph in a New York Democratic primary of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year-old novice politician.