Francisco I. Madero was an elitist who had great support from the middle class who were not dealing with the struggles that the poor peasants and working-class people had to deal with. People had felt for a long time that their power had been given to foreign leaders, which was partially how Madero became so popular. He was the chance for local power and for things that had been wrong for so long to change for the better. Madero never made specific promises, only stating of vague ideas of changing how the land had been distributed and returning stolen land.

Madero had never wanted to change the system greatly, just slightly adjust it. He never intended to return the land to the people it was stolen from. It became obvious that it was simply a play for power, with no follow through. The only way that any workers had hopes of getting their land back was by fighting through the court, which historically was an unsuccessful venture. Madero was slowly going to lose the trust of his people, especially because he lied to them about his plans.

After Madero lost the trust of his people there was little he could do to gain in back. He had lost so much support that he was struggling to do anything political. People did not want to give him a chance after such a blatant lie, and Madero was unwilling to solve the issue. Madero’s loss of trust brought people fighting for the power he possessed. The working class began to think that they would be better off with anyone else in power, even if that meant looking to each other as leaders. Upper class people just could never understand the lower classes, which meant they saw their neighbors as their political leaders. This brought so much instability in the political system, with so many fighting for power, and those who had it were squandering it away. This majorly impacted Mexico during the revolution.