I think a lot of these meaningless title elections in high school end up as a big joke. People voted for a boy out of the Beevis and Butthead-brand humor.
I think the kids voted for “it” so they could mock and laugh at the stupid, deluded teachers and administrators who praise the drag queen and pretend everything is normal.
And the moron educrats fall for it.
Probably a coping mechanism by the students, like prisoners messing with the guards any way they can.