Mexico City ? Mexico’s conservative presidential candidate hasn’t smoked pot. But he’s OK with miniskirts in the office.

The country’s five presidential hopefuls, all trying to garner the key youth vote before the July 2 presidential election, showed a more personal side when they went on the Latin American version of MTV and talked about whether their spouses would be making the decisions if they were elected, and about the use of antidepressants by world leaders.

It was a new concept in a country where politics is just starting to get interesting. MTV and two other groups – Tu Rock Es Votar, inspired by U.S.-based Rock the Vote; and Fundacion Todos Participando (The “Everyone Participating” Foundation) – tried to make things a little more hip.

They recruited the candidates – minus the suit and tie and the rehearsed answers – and had them field questions from rock stars and actors on a program called “We are 30 Million: Chats with the Candidates.”

Each candidate participated in 30-minute chat, and each segment aired separately, from May 29 to June 2.