That said, Mexico’s political institutions have survived hard times, the middle class rejects extremism, and the US is close by. One would prefer to see Mexico’s presidential candidates offer platforms with ideas and proposals that respond to the challenges facing the country, but this substance deficit occurs everywhere now, almost all the time.
尽管如此，墨西哥的政治体制挺过了艰难时期，中产阶级反对极端主义，美国就在身边。有人更愿意看到墨西哥的总统候选人能够借此平台提出想法和提议，应对本国面临的挑战，但是现在各地都缺乏这种实质性的东西，几乎也总是如此。