Elections, AKA Popularity Contests

Today was the first day of elections for leadership positions in various organizations on campus. These are the trends that I have observed observed so far:

1. The VP positions seem to be more popular than the president-elect position, which in both of the elections that I have attended today, have been run, unopposed.
   
2. Many other positions also have single candidates so no voting was necessary for those seats. There are WAY TOO MANY organizations in this school and not enough people willing to sacrifice the time for leadership positions, which is understandable because of the additional IPPE requirements this year.
3. Voting is supposed to be a democratic process where the most qualified candidates are chosen for each leadership position. However, the most popular individuals among the people present for the elections usually win. Decisions are usually not based on how qualified the candidates are but on emotions and personal affiliations; sad but true.