I love how student government teaches you how government really works. The election is a popularity contest for a puppet regime with no real power, but you can pat yourself on the back and take price in the democratic process.
In k12, while it's not really meaningful, It's still an extracurricular activity, and at the same time it shows that you can work with others (theoretically) and that people like you enough to put you there.
Unless you're in an anime. The student council in anime not only has power in the school, but outside political and military power besides.
Nope.
> and that people like you enough to put you there.
This. This is all it shows.