The few people trickling in and out of Koch Chapel yesterday may have had their prayers answered when Steve Forbes won the Arizona primary yesterday.

Of the 1,734 Republicans registered to vote at Our Savior's Lutheran Church at 1949 E. Helen Street, less than 10 percent had come to vote by 1 p.m., said Don Albert, marshal of elections for the Pima County voting nearest the University of Arizona campus. Polls opened at 6 a.m.

But, Albert said, the area is a predominantly Democratic area. In Arizona, only registered Republicans may vote in Republican primaries.

Albert said he expected no more than about 250 Republican voters at his polling station yesterday.

But those who voted felt strongly about their picks.

Management and information sciences sophomore Trina Schwimmer and communications senior Paul Nalabandian said they voted for Bob Dole.

"His experience in Senate can help him pass legislation through congress because he's been compromising with Democrats for a long time," Nalabandian said.

"He's the best candidate because he can beat Clinton in the fall," Nalabandian said.

Mike Broyles, freshman studying biochemistry and German, said he also voted for Dole.

Broyles, who worked for Dole's campaign during the weekend, said "He's not in there to offer simple answers like Steve Forbes and Pat Buchanan."

"Getting up close to Dole, he doesn't look like he's 72. Age is a non-issue," Broyles said, about claims that Dole is too old to be President.

Unlike Buchanan, Broyles said, Dole welcomes immigrants, though he plans to use stricter border patrol policies to crack down on illegal immigration.

But Thayne Jensen, biochemistry senior, and Jolene Jensen, accounting graduate, said he supported Buchanan's immigration policies and evaluations on foreign trade.

"He'll do the best thing for America rather than try to make them look the best like Bob Dole," Jensen said.

"He seems to be the one that will go in and turn Washington on its ear."