Butler County voters gave little more than a collective yawn at Tuesday’s primary election.

Just one of four eligible voters took the time to take to the polls.

The 26 percent turnout, according to unofficial results, made county elections director Shari Brewer out to be a seer. She predicted a 25 percent turnout days before the primary.

But she took no pleasure in the prognostication prowess.

“I’m disappointed but not surprised,” she said. “It’s the same as usual. I wish everyone would exercise their right to vote. But they don’t.”

And all the no-shows can’t blame the weather this time.

“It was a beautiful day,” Brewer said. “You couldn’t ask for much better.”

Among the two parties, the Republican turnout of 29 percent was a bit better than Democratic showing of 22 percent.

Some political observers hoped that with such a competitive field of candidates for county commissioner on both tickets, the participation at the polls would exceed past off-year primaries.

That wasn’t the case, even in Cranberry Township, home to two of the 10 Republican candidates.

The township and its nine precincts, notorious for racking up some of the lowest turnout numbers among the county’s 89 precincts, did not buck history.

Of the six precincts with the lowest turnout, half of them were in Cranberry.

Slippery Rock Township, however, had the worst showing of all, with a 13 percent turnout. The Buffalo Township 3 precinct had a 14.5 percent and the Cranberry West 1 and West 3 precincts each showed a 14.7 turnout.

Among Democratic voters in Cranberry West 1 and West 3, only 7.8 and 9.4 percent, respectively, showed up to cast ballots.

But not all precincts experienced a paucity of voters. The best showing was tiny Cherry Valley and its 37 registered voters. The borough’s turnout was 43 percent.

In the Butler Township 4 and 3 precincts, turnout was 41 and 38.8 percent, respectively. Eau Claire also had a relatively good turnout of 37.9 percent.

A hard-fought for district judge in Butler appeared to have helped boost polls participation in the city, where turnout normally lags.

Two city precincts, Butler 4-2 and Butler 4-1, had turnouts of 37.5 and 36.8 percent, respectively.

Brewer, meanwhile, reported that for the voters who cast ballots, there were minimal or no problems at the polls.