If leverage is even necessary when a working partnership already exists.
Jill is only in it for the money and the glory, Joe doesn't know what day it is, or where he is for that matter, and Hunter has to be terrified of being the one left holding the bag. It's the players behind the curtain that are so worrisome. They matter a lot more than the demented pedo face they've put on the ticket, and the Party.
Joe the Pedo may not make it past the first month if he's elected, while the rest of the O'Bastard crew (including ValJar) will be back in charge.