Oh, well that's another issue - voting irregularities due to errors or corruption are a big problem in some areas. But I'm more talking about... here in the UK

Oh, well that's another issue - voting irregularities due to errors or corruption are a big problem in some areas. But I'm more talking about... here in the UK just before the general elections all of the main commentators and polls were predicting a lot of huge wins for our third party, the liberals. As it turned out, they had a terrible election - and are only "kingmakers" because the public was divided over the lead two parties. The outcome of the election was radically different to what was predicted - because it was only a vocal minority that was making their voice heard before the election. The vast majority of people are either apathetic or prefer to raise their voice via the ballot. Which is why it is always dangerous to quote "public opinion" :)