1.   Recent elections have shown significant gains by right-wing groups.

2.   This provocative election showed that dissatisfaction with the government had spread from intellectuals to the privileged.

3.   And recent elections here have shown that the most socially conservative candidate does not always win Republican primaries.

4.   As for the rest of us, we keep hearing that this election has shown that every vote counts.

5.   A surge of undecided votes broke her way after some polls two days before the election has shown her trailing by double digits.

6.   But this election showed, once and for all, that coattails are more imagined than real.

7.   But this election showed that you continue to have a significant number of whites who appear to be comfortable voting for an African-American.

8.   Election monitors said the election had shown that the Montenegrin people remained very divided over the main issue of independence.

9.   If conducted fairly, the elections will show that warring factions can become successful political parties and that Salvadorans can work out their differences peacefully.

10.   Just as nail-biting games are seared into our memories, this election showed us how every last vote matters.