Most of the 33 candidates are running nodes in more than one region. So we have enough nodes. I myself am running only one node, for example. But I am the exception.
Gotcha. I'm still just having trouble grasping why there might need to be such a big cut down on the number of elected individuals as KomodoPlatform mentioned. Especially when the number of candidates is significantly less than the number of available spots. And as you mentioned, some individual candidates are even running nodes in different regions to have those regions covered.