"People from the U.C. are obviously really involved in the issues, so they play an active role," he said.

All candidates interviewed said council members who support campaigns will not gain politically kudos by joining their team.

"There's not necessarily a direct political advantage," Stone said. "Which is really nice because you know people are working for you because they want to."

Many candidates actively recruited council members to join their campaign teams, with mixed results. Redmond said there is a definite advantage come election day to having strong council support among campaign staff.

"I think often students who don't know that much about the election will ask U.C. members who they know who to vote for," she said.

Although Stone and others found some council members hesitant to commit to a team, he said refusal "breeds no animosity." King sactually actively focussed outside of the council in recruiting a camapaign team.

"The majority of people are not on the U.C.," he said. "There's a great deal of diversity in the number of people that are helping us."