Caitlin Clark and the WNBA are getting ready to start the 2025 regular season.

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The 2025 WNBA regular season begins next month. Clark and the rest of the league are coming off a historic 2024 season.

Clark went No. 1 overall in the 2024 WNBA Draft, landing with the Indiana Fever. She went on to average 19 points and 8 assists per game, while leading the Fever to the playoffs. The WNBA experienced record-high attendance and monster TV ratings throughout the season.

It’s clear that Clark is well on her way to becoming a LeBron James, Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Tom Brady, etc. type figure. Those legendary athletes all have different approaches to politics. Clark, who starred collegiately at Iowa, has made it pretty clear where she stands.

Caitlin Clark in Iowa.

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA – MARCH 07: Current WNBA Player and Former Iowa Hawkeye Caitlin Clark reacts to a play during the second half of a Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinals game between the Iowa Hawkeyes and the Ohio State Buckeyes at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on March 07, 2025 in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Ohio State Buckeyes won the game 60-59. (Photo by Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images)

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Clark has made it pretty clear that she leans to the left. She “liked” and shared Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Kamala Harris for president back in 2024.

The WNBA star is encouraging people to vote. While she took heat from some for her support of Taylor Swift’s Kamala Harris endorsement, she refused to back down.

“I have this amazing platform, so I think the biggest thing would be to just encourage people to register to vote,” Clark said last September. “That’s the biggest thing I can do with the platform that I have and that’s the same thing Taylor did.”

She wants everyone to express their opinion and use their voice.

“Continue to educate yourself on the candidates that we have, the policies that they’re supporting – I think that’s the biggest thing you can do,” Clark said.

UNCASVILLE, CONNECTICUT - SEPTEMBER 25: Caitlin Clark #22 of the Indiana Fever looks on during a press conference after losing 81-87 to the Connecticut Sun in Game Two of the 2024 WNBA Playoffs first round at Mohegan Sun Arena on September 25, 2024 in Uncasville, Connecticut. (Photo by Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images)

UNCASVILLE, CONNECTICUT – SEPTEMBER 25: Caitlin Clark #22 of the Indiana Fever looks on during a press conference after losing 81-87 to the Connecticut Sun in Game Two of the 2024 WNBA Playoffs first round at Mohegan Sun Arena on September 25, 2024 in Uncasville, Connecticut. (Photo by Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images)

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The WNBA star has also admitted to her “white privilege” after winning TIME Athlete of the Year.

“I definitely have privilege,” Clark said, via SI.com. “I’m obviously white, but I think I’m somebody who grew up a huge fan of this league.

I grew up watching this league, going to games, supporting this league. So I know where this league comes from—a lot of Black women that grew up making this league what it is.”

She added, “That’s kind of the shoulders that we stand on. So I think that was something I’m very aware of, and something I’m very thankful for.

And they deserve all the credit, and the more we can give credit to them, the better. I’m very aware of that, and I know that, and I think there is responsibility in acknowledging that.”

Clark, who plays in a majority Black league with a lot of gay players, understands her platform and what she can do with it.

It’ll be interesting to see how much more outspoken she gets as her profile rises heading into the 2025 season.