Mexico presidential hopeful Lopez Obrador widens lead - Reforma poll

Leftist front-runner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) addresses supporters during a campaign rally in Zitacuaro, in Michoacan state, Mexico May 28, 2018. REUTERS/Alan Ortega

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador widened his poll lead ahead of an election on July 1, following the country's second televised debate, a survey by newspaper Reforma showed on Wednesday.

The May 24-27 voter poll showed Lopez Obrador with 52 percent support, up 4 percentage points from a Reforma survey carried out in late April. The poll was the first one conducted by Reforma since the May 20 debate.