Democratic Convention's TV Ratings Beat Donald Trump-Led Republican Event
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When former US President Barack Obama stepped onto the stage at the Democratic National Convention (DNC), the atmosphere was electric. It was none other than Michelle Obama, the former first lady, who introduced the 44th President to the attendees, calling him "the love of my life". The two, all smiles, then hugged before Mr Obama, one of the most charismatic speakers, took to the dais.
It wasn't just the delegates and the supporters of the Democratic Party who patiently listened to the former president. People at home, too, watched him speak, data show. The second night of the Democratic Convention reached an average of 20.6 million viewers on Tuesday, courtesy of the Obamas.
The average viewership of the Democratic National Convention was 20 million on Monday, according to Nielsen.
Like the night before, data from 12 networks -- ABC, CBS, NBC, Scripps News, CNN, CNNe, FOX Business, FOX News Channel, MSNBC, Newsmax, NewsNation and PBS -- were compiled.
DNC's maiden night averaged 20 million viewers across 13 networks. It surpassed the audience for the first three days of the Republican National Convention (RNC) held last month in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The Nielsen data show that the DNC's viewership on the second day jumped above the night's average to reach 21.6 million when former US President Barack Obama addressed the crowd.
Viewership for the RNC stood at 18.1 million, 14.8 million and 18 million, respectively, during the first three days, as per Nielsen. Donald Trump, who is eyeing another term as US president in the November 5 elections, headlined the final night of the convention. At the time, the viewership averaged 25.4 million, with the peak recorded at 28.4 million.
On Tuesday, Barack Obama said, "We do not need four more years of bluster and bumbling and chaos."
Referring to Trump's first term as US president, he stated that people have seen that movie before, and "we all know that the sequel is usually worse".
As the audience started to boo Trump, Obama recalled the popular phrase from his 2016 DNC speech, when Trump competed against Hillary Clinton: "Don't boo. Vote."
According to TV analyst Michael Mulvihill, the DNC also witnessed significantly higher viewers percentage-wise.
Mulvihill, who is the president of insights and analytics at FOX Sports, FOX Entertainment and Tubi, shared on social media site X that the DNC had 11.9 per cent of sampled households watching across 44 major metro areas on Tuesday, while the RNC earlier had 7.7 per cent rating, which is a difference of over 50 per cent.
Further, he pointed out that the DNC beat the RNC on the maiden night by 21 per cent in the overnight figures, besides 10 per cent in the full nationals.
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You just know DNC ratings beating his is killing Trump's fragile ego...
That is so funny and I have tears in my eyes.
What about last night?
Trump said that just like his stolen erection/election past, that Pollers have swung X ratings, and triple X ratings towards Kamala just Biden her time, as Trump again stubs his Kamala while she tows the Democratic line, The GOP via Trummp is continued a D find MESS, that only F a nother replaces 45, will they B stayin alive. stayin alive, ah ah ah la king Only Trump can unclean up his mess,
N he WON"T ...b stayin al ive just his normal bs jive
Viewership increased again as people tuned in to see the Obamas!
Let's see it
11.7million
Thanks but not according to the seeded article.
That's 50.9 million. DNC, according to the article and your numbers, 20 million, 20.6 million and your 11.7 million is 52.3 million not huge when you note, from the article, 25 million on the fourth night for the RNC with a peak of 28.7 million. We shall see what happens tonight.
Wednesday night wasn't in the seeded article.
That's probably all you needed to type.
I don't think it's that important in the scheme of things because you don't know for certain how many actual voters are in a household or if they really need Stevie Wonder or Oprah or Beyonce's approval to vote for anyone. I have appreciated the live performances, the DJ and other entertainers as opposed to the RNC convention.
Viewership for the RNC stood at 18.1 million, 14.8 million and 18 million, respectively, during the first three days, as per Nielsen.
Yeah, that tends to happen when you start your coverage at 9 or 10 pm and end it at 11 pm for the RNC, compared to starting as early as 7 pm and going to 11 or even midnight for the DNC.
And then this:
The second night of the Democratic Convention reached an average of 20.6 million viewers on Tuesday, courtesy of the Obamas.
Compared to:
Donald Trump, who is eyeing another term as US president in the November 5 elections, headlined the final night of the convention. At the time, the viewership averaged 25.4 million, with the peak recorded at 28.4 million.
Just saying.
As if the voters give a damn about crowd size and TV viewership.
As long as it's reported fairly and comparing apples to apples there's no harm in it depending on the mentality of the people
measuring each others junk.
Unfortunately Trump is one of them, especially lying about crowd sizes when it's so unnecessary.
thats like saying, as if the voters give a damn about a non stop fckn liar with a Porn star desire that thinks women and minorities are below him and his maga nanomous way of letting them know ,no ?