They didn't vote to not seem like hicks. College students don't care or know whats going on with anything. Publicity thing? Maybe. Either way, nobody cares lulz.
She was suppose to be in a runoff with 4 others(I believe) but due to a miscount/miscalculations, a runoff wasn't needed and she didn't make it. https://vote.tamu.edu/results/index/election_id/3/ election.tamu.edu
The campus has 40,000 students. You just didn't look hard enough. Also, maybe some of those people who "didn't share your outlook on life" would have surprised you if you gave them a chance.