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The Party of Brazilian Social Democracy, the main opposition to Ms Rousseff, could also draw consolation from the vote.
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The latest polls for parliamentary elections in April, which will be followed in July by a nationwide presidential vote, show Indonesia's two largest Islamist parties are on track to draw a combined 7% of the vote this year, down from nearly 16% in 2004.
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The main conclusion they are likely to draw is that the presidential vote will be a close-run thing.
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Despite their success, opposition parties then piously declared that it would be wrong to draw broader conclusions from the vote.
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Rubio would put a Hispanic on the ticket for the first time, and might draw a lot of Hispanics, who typically vote Democratic, to vote Republican.
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The Irish government insists a "yes" vote is essential if Ireland needs to draw on EU funds in the future.
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However when the European elections draw closer expect to see a return to the traditional "vote for us" broadcasts.
BBC: Northern Ireland
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Before Saturday's vote, the opposition had an incentive to display peaceful resistance to try to draw in the U.N.
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The two senators want to see the establishment of a bipartisan commission that would draw up a programme of budget reform to be submitted to Congress for a straight up or down vote, with no possibility of amendment, since amendments would surely cause the whole thing to unravel.
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Once there, the case might not draw the usual 5:4 split for such politically sensitive questions, with Justice Anthony Kennedy casting the deciding vote.
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