1.   But more than electing a mayor Tuesday, the vote seemed to be about making a statement.

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

3.   If a yes vote did not seem in doubt, more uncertain was whether the referendum would draw a turnout large enough to give the document indisputable validity.

4.   It is a small percentage in this precinct, but in such a close race every wasted vote seemed to cause great misery.

5.   Prior to Thanksgiving, the impeachment votes seemed to tilt in favor of averting an impeachment trial by having Clinton face censure and a fine.

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

7.   States whose electoral votes seem to hang in the balance are still compelling targets, but increasingly the itinerary is filling with states with close House and Senate races.

8.   The final vote rejecting censure seemed to restoke passions for the looming floor debate.

9.   The hard-line anybody-but-Cuomo vote seems to be an exception in Queens.

10.   The modern vote certainly seems to be behind Putin.