Partial results announced showed a sharp swing from Labour to the Conservatives in seats in northern England that had been Labour strongholds for decades, with voter shifts from one party to the other that ranged from 5 to 11 percent.
But the trends do seem to reflect many of the voter shifts in the primary over the last month.
Presidential races do "shape up" after voting begins, as candidates drop out and voters shift allegiances or form them for the first time.
If their voters shift to Mr Iohannis, he may have a chance.If Mr Ponta wins, he is likely to consolidate his power base and reorient Romania's foreign policy towards Russia and China, much as Viktor Orban has done in Hungary.
A12 Danish Voters Shift to Right Danish voters concerned that immigrants are exploiting the welfare system shifted to the right in parliamentary voting, handing the Liberal Party-led opposition a big victory over the Social Democrats, the party of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, who has led the country since 1993.
As the younger voters shift in their opinions, more gay people are also willing to live openly in parts of the country where they would not have done so before, adding further moral complications to those firmly opposed to same-sex marriage.
Other states, too, have seen their voters shift away from the old pattern of excessive sentencing of nonviolent offenders.
Sometime around 2004, though, older voters began moving right, while younger voters shifted left.
But now it is different!" The voters shifted their weight from one foot to another, waiting in line.
When canvassers didn't talk about their own sexual orientations, voters' shifts in opinion were unlikely to last.
