They are generally too uninformed to vote in high school elections.
I ran for my HS class president in 1971.
There were three others.
1. The perennial class president that had basically been in for years.
2. A nerdy girl.
3. A guitar playing surfer dude hippy type.
The class had a auditorium speech session.
We all gave our speeches, each lasting about 10 minutes.
Except the surfer dude, who was last, just stood up, grinned like a possum, waved and said, “Ya’ll all vote for me!” and sat down.
He won by a landslide..........................
As a former high school student body president, I resemble that remark!