Things were a bit slow at PS 86 in the Bronx’s Kingsbridge Heights neighborhood this morning as Primary Day in the 13th Congressional District got started. Polls are open 6 a.m. to 9 p.m., but four hours in, at 10 a.m., only 34 people had showed up to vote for their representative in Congress.

Despite it being three months earlier than voters are used to going to the polls, apparently turnout at PS 86 is already better showing than the previous primary.

“The last one was a disaster. Maybe sevent to 10 people showed up the whole day,” said one poll worker, who added that he thinks the public is mostly unaware of the election and focusing on September and November. Although it was slow, the poll worker was optimistic, saying he could see around 100 people coming in to vote throughout the day.

Redistricting has reshaped Charlie Rangel’s congressional district, shifting it into the Bronx and gaining more Latino voter. But the same poll worker said he believes voters will still choose the incumbent over his four Democratic challengers.

Although signs and posters promoting Rangel’s most prominent challenger, State Senator Adriano Espaillat (the only Latino candidate in the race), are everywhere in the Bronx, the poll worker said “people who already know [Rangel] don’t need all that publicity.”

Now in his 21st term since he was elected in 1970, Rangel, 82, is the third longest-serving current member of the House of Representatives.

Espaillat, 57, has been using his relative youth to his advantage, running around the district, talking to the public. He aims to become the first Dominican-American congressman.

While Espaillat’s posters were out on the streets, volunteers were outside the site handing out fliers encouraging passersby to go in and vote for Rangel. Also on the ballot for the Democratic primary are Joyce Johnson, Craig Schley, and Clyde Williams.