From before the elections, the sentiment among most netizens was that it would be a close race between Enrique Peña Nieto (EPN) from the Institutional Revolutionary Party and Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) from the Party of the Democratic Revolution, although supporters of Josefina Vázquez Mota (from the current ruling party) did not lose hope. 
Kabla ya kuanza kupiga, hisia za watumiaji wa mtandao zilionyesha kwamba uchaguzi huo utakuwa na ushindani wa karibu kati ya Enrique Peña Nieto (kwa kifupi, EPN) wa chama cha mageuzi ya kitaasisi na Andrés Manuel López Obrador (kwa kifupi AMLO) wa chama cha mageuzi ya kidemokrasia, ingawa wafuasi wa Josefina Vázquez Mota (kutoka chama kinachotawala sasa) hakupoteza matumaini ya kushinda.