In the absence of a tradition of political parties , Mexican elites sorted themselves into rival rites of the Freemasons in the mid 1820s .
Mexicans had no experience with electoral democracy , not least those considered their leaders .
In the absence of a tradition of political parties , Mexicans elites sorted themselves into rival rites of the Freemasons in the mid 1820s .
Mexicans had no experience with electoral democracy , not least those considered their leaders .