This post was written by Hatchet reporter Husna Kazmir.

Election officials at the Precinct 2 Smith Center polling location said that their relatively low turnout of 25 percent came as no surprise considering that the Foggy Bottom area is not as residential as other parts of D.C.

While other polling locations throughout the District boasted long lines of voters throughout the day, officials at Smith reported that the most traffic came at 6:30 a.m., with a small line forming before polls opened at 7 a.m. Officials said, however, this tapered off about an hour later and the rest of the day was characterized by a steady, but small stream of voters.

Of the 1,602 voters registered to vote at the Smith Center, officials estimated that about 400 turned up to vote. Officials said the fairly low number could also be due to a fair amount of people voting absentee.

Kiah Smith, one of the voting clerks, said the early morning rush is fairly typical for polling locations.

“Most people come before work,” she said.

Smith added that the crowd was fairly mixed, with elderly voters and some GW students, who registered to vote at the Smith Center location. The longest wait was about 20 minutes for the early morning voters, Smith said.

She said, “We also got a lot of tourists from other countries, coming in to see what voting here is all about.”