>>Unless by that you mean deliberately voting against what you believe in (erroneous voting?), that *is* voting for your "personal interest."
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>>Again, philosophically speaking, voting against your "personal" interest, putting the "good of the country" ahead of your own personal gain, is in that person's "personal interest."
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>Of course, I should have said that many of us vote against our personal financial interests (or shortening that, many of us vote against our pocketbooks).
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>Tamar

That's what I figured you meant... just want to avoid placing words in your mouth. If you replace "many" with "not nearly enough," I agree while sticking with the original bribery observation.