I don't vote, I don't pay community tax

[venta]

If we assume that:

(a) most people don't bother voting in elections[*]
(b) people are more likely to complain when they don't like something than offer praise when they do

does it follow that parties like UKIP will always do well in elections for MEPs ?

[*] Turn-out figures show that about 1 in 3 people voted in the European elections last week.

Comments

[cardinalsin.livejournal.com]

If I'm not mistaken, UKIP has some council seats. This demonstrates the irrationality of UKIP voters (and indeed, the party itself) even more effectively than what you say above.

Of course, you could argue that in reality UKIP are more than a single-issue party, in that they represent xenophobia and opposition to anything the EU might actively do. In that case, voting for them in EU elections might make a lot more sense (assuming they actually attend the European Parliament, that is - last I heard they didn't).