The Christian Democrats' vote seems to have fallen by about 1 percent.

The votes seem to be there in the House.

But that did not matter much, because their votes seemed to be evenly divided among the top three candidates.

The vote, which surprised many here, seemed to set a national call for reform against a legislature clinging to the past.

But in North Beach, the vote seemed to be nearly unanimous.

But the close vote seemed to leave that in doubt.

This campaign and vote seems to be going on for a long time.

The idea that "devout liberals" only get one vote, just like everyone else, seems to have been missed.

"These votes seem to show that the members of Congress are not very astute about opera."

Still, in some ways, the vote seemed a bit anticlimactic.