let c = await api.getVotes('') // returns bot info  


  const myObject = {}
for(const item of c) {
  if(!myObject[item.id]) {
    myObject[item.id]  = 1;
  } else {
    myObject[item.id]++
  }
} 
let noice = Object.entries(myObject)
let hi = noice.sort((a, b) => b[1] - a[1]);
  console.log(hi)  


//your code 
for (const a[1] in hi) { //pretty sure here a[1] is wrong 
  message += `${index + 1}) ${userVotes[index][0]}\t\t${userVotes[index][1]}` 
} 
  
channelId.send(message)