Thanks for the response and the support!

I'm still learning a lot about the underlying network and digesting the entirety of the whitepaper is taking longer than I anticipated. Is the system set up in a way that a user's influence is based more on their personal rating, or their Steem Power? For instance, can a new account come in, buy a significant amount of Steem Power and then immediately have enough influence to do this type of downvoting? Or does their personal rating outweigh their SP?

Thanks again for your response!