And to most of these New York college students, Tuesday's primary election is an exhilarating first chance to cast a vote in a contest of national import — even though they have already acquired, on the cusp of adulthood, a nagging sense that presidential politics is rarely a vehicle for profound change.
And politically, at least, this problem was made more acute by the very words in which the fight has been cast -- a contest between good and evil, in which ideals of freedom are at stake.
The first is cast in a contest for 80 percent of the seats in the regional council, which are awarded on a proportional basis.
The Detroit bankruptcy case has been cast as a contest between bondholders and pensioners that can be resolved only by shared sacrifice.
The budget fight in Washington, which entered a new round last week as Senate Democrats and House Republicans introduced dueling plans, is usually cast as a contest between raising taxes and cutting spending.
In May, a federal judge forced Georgia to extend its registration deadline for a special election, a move that allowed thousands of voters to cast a ballot in the contest.
A full two-thirds of the youth surveyed said that they were either extremely or very likely to cast a ballot in the presidential contest, a bump of 7percentt.
The poster contest has cast a spotlight on a pressing and continuing debate about energy resources in Utah -- a state that is heavily reliant on nonrenewable fossil fuels and that some environmental activists say is in the pocket of Big Coal and the fossil fuel industry.
There have been predictions that fewer than 15% of the electorate will cast a ballot in the PCC contests.
Except tor the bi-partisan budget, the presidential and congressional election contests of 2016 have cast a paralyzing shadow over Congress.
Both teams came in with 52 turnovers and both committed 16, at times casting a sloppy tone to a contest attended by 208.
