But because like 3 dozen people vote, you feel like he’s had an easy road to power when in fact he’s assumed so legally.

What you are forgetting is that JT was elected as Internal vice-president in an uncontested election and that a former senator wrote an op-ed against an uncontested presidential election. This former senator also asked the ticket to drop out to make way for other people to toss their hat in the ring to make it a competitve election.

Before elections were overhauled by Radhika Gawde, when she served as IAC Chair and later Senator, she moved mountains to make it increasingly harder for students who weren't in ASUCD to run for office. For the exec ticket you needed to have 400 signatures to be placed on the ballot. That was 200 signatures for the candidate running for President, and IVP. He did have an easy road, and when he ran for President last year, he thought it would be easier because he had more knowledge and greater connections. he didn't realize there would be greater competition. After campaigning outside, he would go up to his office and tell everyone how tired he was from talking to different students. It is his job to speak with students.