mexico city former mexico finance minister jose antonio meade resign seek presidential nomination rule party lag far behind public support ahead next year election accord newspaper poll publish wednesday meade widely expect receive nomination centrist institutional revolutionary party pri come third two scenarios poll mexican newspaper el universal leftist andres manuel lopez obrador maintain strong lead instance survey find 31 percent respondents would vote lopez obrador lead national regeneration movement morena party follow conservative national action party pan ricardo anaya lead coalition party 23 percent meade come third 16 percent mexico city mayor miguel angel mancera enter mix coalition obrador 32 percent support follow mancera 22 percent meade 15 percent poll conduct dec. dec. meade resign seek presidency meade serve pri pan administrations reputation honesty pri officials hope help party recover spate corruption scandals remain unknown much mexican public victory combative nationalist-leaning lopez obrador promise revive economic growth battle graft could stoke tensions trump administration unite state mexico canada seek seal renegotiation north american free trade agreement support morena pan slip percentage point previous poll november support pri hold steady 16 percent accord el universal survey pollster buendia laredo include 744 face-to-face interview +/- 4.1 percent margin error mexico 's rule party presidential hopeful trail leftist poll