Don't have the mindset that...
 

you don't need to vote because they have enough people voting to win.

I'm victim to this and I think it's reason why favourites in reality television don't win. For example, if people had the mindset that Ashleigh's got a huge fanbase and didn't vote then that would mean less votes for Ashleigh. Someone else who has a considerably smaller fanbase like Pav, for example, no one would really have that mindset and will vote for Pav because he's unlikely to win.

I sound like a fool and this probably isn't necessary but this is the first time in a show I've picked the phone up to vote. I always thought that my favourites would win and I didn't need to vote but I was always proven wrong.

Am I the only one who was stupid enough to think like this?

Nah I think many people thought like that. That year in IAC when Joey&Amy both left the jungle in a double exist is a good example of that.