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Donald Trump & RNC Top Hillary Clinton & Final Night Of DNC In Viewers
Dominic Patten ~ July 29, 2016
AP (UPDATED WITH FINAL NUMBERS): It looks like Donald Trump is going to take the lead over Hillary Clinton this e******n – at least when it comes to how many people watched the last night of the Republican National Convention and how many watched the last night of the Democratic National Convention.
With figures in from NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News Channel and MSNBC, the ex-Secretary of State’s historic acceptance speech as the first woman to be the P**********l nominee for a major American political party drew 27.8 million viewers. That 10 PM – 11:40 PM ET coverage is down 2.4 million from what Trump and the RNC got on the same outlets on July 21 from 10 – 11:45 PM ET.
Or to put that in percentile perspective, last night’s DNC numbers on the broadcasters and top cable news outlets saw an 8 percent dip in total viewers from what the RNC snagged the week before.
When you add the coverage on Fox Business Network, CNBC, Univision and NBC Universo, the RNC figure goes up to 32.2 million. With all the numbers in from all the outlets, including PBS, the last night of the 2016 DNC had 33.3 million viewers to the RNC closing night’s 34.9 million. Which means Donald Trump’s speech of July 21 beat Hillary Clinton’s of last night by 5 percent in total eyeballs)
Now all those numbers are likely to look like small change when Clinton and Trump face off in their first head-to-head debate of the e******n on September 26 at Hofstra University. The two will meet up two more times on October 9 in St. Louis and on October 19 in Las Vegas. I’m not much of a betting man, but with ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, FNC and MSNBC, not to mention the always reliable C-SPAN, covering the encounters, expect the ratings bank to break.
If you're old enough to remember...Paul Harvey, pa... (
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My wife and I watched all nights of both conventions. Most of the conservatives I know couldn't stomach watching Hillary. The difference in viewership is simply because conservatives vomit anytime they think of Hillary...