Is it normal I am always voted out from what I want.

It sucks to be the only intelligent one in a crowd. The others are pretty much sheep, following the popular, if wrong, idea.
My solution was to become an excellent mariner, a boat captain. My choices are what everyone must follow; there is no democracy aboard a boat! I'm the boss and as the saying goes, "the captain's word is law!" and disagreement is neither welcome, nor allowed.
Now get out that mop and scrub the deck til she shines, matey.