Decorated with campaign posters and flyers, “The Hive” became the center of political buzz during Tuesday night’s election party sponsored by ASI.

Despite the 15 televisions relaying various poll results of all the candidates and propositions, the event failed to attract a significant number of students according to ASI Executive Vice-President Artemio Pimentel.

“I think we got a good showing for a typical Tuesday night,” said Pimentel. “Some people came to eat and check out the results on the TV.”

Lobby Corps, the sponsor of the event, is a non-partisan ASI committee dedicated to voter education.

For the past few weeks Lobby Corps has invited several local candidates to speak on-campus, marking its first time effort to educate student voters on regional issues, said Pimentel

“We were hoping to get a lot more student participation, but there’s a lot of apathy on campus towards politics,” said Pimentel. “Nevertheless, the candidates said they were happy with their turnout as well as the interest of the students that attended.”

Past guest speakers included Superior Court Judge candidate Trena Burger and her opponent Don Steed. State senate candidate Mike Machado was also invited to speak.

ASI Executive Director Carole Ackerson said the committee has traditionally focused on campus elections but decided to make a push for this year’s “get out the vote effort.”

“We’ve had a larger group participating this year than we’ve ever had before and so I think the interest is beginning to build,” Ackerson said.

She also said that with 25 members, many of them involved in the registration drive, the ASI committee hopes to continue to grow and make further efforts in educating voters on the important issues of Sacramento and California.

“In the end it was a great first step,” she said.

For those who did attend Tuesday’s election party, many were disappointed with the poor turnout.

“I think it just goes to prove that Sacramento State is not a politically active campus,” said senior Matthew Rust.

Even though some students saw the lackluster attendance as a reflection of overall student apathy towards politics, Lillian Winrow, graduating senior, said she was “pretty upbeat” and enjoyed casting her vote.

“I’m proud that I went to the booth,” said Winrow. ” Because I can stand tall and let everyone know I voted.”