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“But it cuts down on the stress. The dead time is actually sitting behind the wheel. I can read, do some work or just relax on the bus. It’s more productive and less frustrating.”

Republicans in the state legislature purposefully scheduled the vote for August—a notoriously dead time for civic engagement—in hopes of a low voter turnout.

The dog days of summer are also a historically dead time in Hollywood, when power brokers take lengthy vacations and the pace of deal-making stalls.

“It’s cut out a lot of dead time, there’s not a lot of waiting around, it’s what fans say they want,” he said.

In January — that is, during the NFL, NBA and NHL seasons but in a dead time for MLB — Ipsos polled 1,035 American adults and asked whether they were fans of 13 sports.