From a certain point of view you can see these as people who don't have much skin in the game -- so they are willing to sell their votes. A more insidious way

From a certain point of view you can see these as people who don't have much skin in the game -- so they are willing to sell their votes. A more insidious way for this to work is that Uber could slightly favor candidates who are likely to vote their way during the on-boarding process -- varying their strategy on a month by month basis, depending on what issues are coming up for vote. You don't need a crushing margin -- and maybe don't want one -- just a good solid 3-4%.