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The referendum left the country divided: 51 against 49%. The subsequent election, called to strengthen the Conservative government, left it with fewer deputies and engaged in a bitter dispute over the outcome. The Labour Party had its own internal war: the base of the party and its leader (the left) were confronted with the deputies. Cameron had not prepared for a negative vote. Confusion, resentment and blind negotiations characterize the next two years. The importance of the consequences of the result was such that it caused a crisis of ideologies, class loyalties, political positions and socioeconomic expectations. In a new development, an autonomous political organization of renewal and change with a clear goal emerged: Momentum. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

San Juan del Rio is the second municipality of the State of Queretaro, Mexico. It was also the first city ruled by a party different from the PRI. During four trienniums, from 1991 to 2003, the City council was presided over by panistas. That last year, the PRI recovers it. The paper analyzes, to the light of diverse theories of the electoral behavior and the statistical series of the results, the paper of migration, party identification and rational choice, particularly non-voting role in this recovery. The lack of consolidation of a left option like third possibility also stands out. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]