Want to be the next president of Mexico? There is now an app for that

In the end, who makes it onto the ballot may have less to do with popularity than with Mexico's incredibly user-unfriendly election smartphone app

When Mexicans go to the polls to elect their next president in July, their choices will include — for the first time in history — independent candidates with no political party affiliation.

Last fall, 48 independent aspirants threw their hats in the presidential ring, hoping to cash in on widespread anger at the Mexican political establishment. But only three currently have a credible shot of getting onto the ballot in July, all of whom have previous ties to one of Mexico’s three mainstream parties.

With less than a month left, Jaime “El Bronco” Rodríguez Calderón –