The United States has one of the most crucial mid-term elections ever remembered.
Sporting associations team up together to help the US Democracy. The NBA will not have any games during the mid-term elections, and of course, Republicans were mad about it.
Why are stadiums used as polling places?
According to the Harvard Kennedy School, stadiums are arenas are the best places to hold elections.
Stadiums across the United States have cconnected public transportation, enough room to host tens of thousands of people, and are the most effective polling places available.
Arenas don’t polarize the vote
According to the co-author of Voting In 2020: Professional Sports Stadiums & Arenas As Polling Places, Tova Wangthere’s no polarization in a professional sports arena or stadium.
“Just as important, our polls and surveys showed that large majorities of people from both parties support stadium voting. In other words, it’s not a polarizing, controversial, or partisan thing to do,” Wang mentioned. “It’s simply something that teams can do to better serve the communities in which they live.”
Knowledge to interact with a high volume of people
You want people to attend the polls on election day, except if you are a Republican candidate.
You need a massive space to make people more comfortable and efficient near “mass transit”. Plus, the teams’ staff know how to control the traffic for a big event, and they have it knowledge and the preparation.
“The teams know how to do this – that is, put on an event, move large numbers of people, make efficient use of space, and make sure lines move,” Wang mentioned.
“That also meant wait times were shorter at stadiums, and using them may have alleviated lines at other voting sites.”
Society likes a team involved with US Democracyand sporting organizations know that.
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