Both Mr Hollande and Mr Fabius insisted before the poll that this was not a personal vote of confidence.
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Labour's overwhelming victory in 1997 was clearly to quite a large extent a personal vote for Mr Blair, and the size of his majority has protected him during his first term in government.
At the general election, Lib Dem MPs, including party leader Nick Clegg, signed personal pledges that they would vote against any increase in tuition fees.
As with New York's battle between Hillary Clinton and Rick Lazio, this is a race where everyone knows the candidates and will vote according to personal, not party, preference.
Lawmakers have a free vote on the bill, meaning they can vote according to their personal convictions rather than the party line.
In no case did any state that does not tax personal income lose a single Electoral College vote.
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For those people, their vote could still be determined by more personal issues like their pocketbooks and ability to take their kids to a good doctor.
The AK Party, which was re-elected last year with a convincing 47% of the vote, says it is a matter of personal and religious freedom.
Older politicians in rural seats still practise trusted methods, securing a hard vote with hard cash channelled through a network of personal connections.
Labour MP Katy Clark said she was pleased to hear there may be a free vote and that "the secretary of state has so little personal enthusiasm for this policy".
About 120 Democrats, including Nancy Pelosi, the speaker, could well vote against the bill (the latter presumably only in her personal capacity, though the change of tack was driven by Harry Reid, the majority leader in the Senate).
But I would prefer to vote for a candidate based on issues of their policies rather than their personal lives.
And successive governments have become adept at creating not-quite-ministers who become part of an unpaid payroll vote...an MP who is the prime minister's personal envoy on this, or policy advisor on that, will think carefully before ditching their role.
On Monday, the judge said he had no recollection of the press release, but added an MP's vote in favour of a bill did not necessarily amount to an expression of a passionate personal belief.
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