The NBA will not schedule any games on Election Day this season, to promote civic engagement and encourage people to vote in the midterms.
If we do something that some might call a symbol, I would say that’s a good symbol. If we were talking about getting out, registering, voting, making your voice heard in whatever way you think is most important, those are symbols that I think most people can and would support.
The league plans to partner with cities where its teams play to use arenas and other facilities for election-related purposes — similar to what it did during the 2020 presidential election. NBA teams didn’t play on Election Day in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Many players and teams used the cancellation of games to encourage people to vote, andIn the six presidential and midterm election cycles preceding the COVID-19 pandemic, the league played an average of five games on Election Day each year,Midterm election years typically have a low turnout, but turnout may increase this time around due to the importance of this year’s races.
was around 36.7 percent. In the 2018 midterm, turnout reached 50 percent, the highest rate seen in a non-presidential election in over a century.
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