Presidential Debate Audience Down 30% from 2020

Saturday, June 29, 2024

The count of those who watched Thursday night's debate on TV marks a 30% decline from 2020, when more than 73 million people watched the first debate between Biden and Trump across all TV networks. In 2016, a record 84 million people watched the first debate between Hillary Clinton and Trump.

Posted by retort at 04:11 PM | 11 COMMENTS | permalink

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TV?

#1 | Posted by look_inward at 2024-06-29 04:51 PM

hosted by CNN and simulcast on an additional 16 television networks reported

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#2 | Posted by mattm at 2024-06-29 05:09 PM

Lots of us haven't turned on ANY television network in years.

#3 | Posted by DarkVader at 2024-06-29 06:06 PM

Being able to debate someone without referring to notes or your aides is nice but NOT a requirement for the job. Being an honorable and at least semi intelligent person aware of our history aware our place in the world and aware of how the U.S. government works is.

#4 | Posted by donnerboy at 2024-06-29 07:51 PM

Most of us didn't bother watching as a knew how it would go down - and it went as we suspected.

#5 | Posted by MSgt at 2024-06-30 12:38 PM

that surprises me. I had the feeling that it was going to be a 'blockbuster'

but as an aide advised me....everyone's not addicted to that ---- like those DR people ( and you ). lol

#6 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2024-06-30 06:20 PM

Most of us didn't bother watching as a knew how it would go down - and it went as we suspected.

#5 | Posted by MSgt

even better than I expected because it exposed for all to see the level of lying trash that

work at the democrat arse kissing media ho's who lied for months and last week got caught

so much that Morning joe had had to talk ---- to his old lady at one point just to save

what little he had left.

#7 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2024-06-30 06:23 PM

I love it when the DR republicl0wns chime in on what all this means...

Here's what happened. Two men running for office were asked about policy issues. Only one answered questions extemporaneously... the other blathered off theatrical catchphrases he's been repeating for the last 8 years because he can't answer a question. The entire world saw him do this spout off like an automaton. Nobody admires him for what he did.

All you have is bluster...
This is going to make crushing you... and we will... so much more delicious... then you'll whine again like you were doing all last week... because you're afraid of everything... and you have no policy.

#8 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2024-06-30 07:51 PM

Most of us didn't bother watching as a knew how it would go down - and it went as we suspected.

#5 | POSTED BY MSGT AT 2024-06-30 12:38 PM | REPLY | FLAG:PPPFFFTTTT

You're lying... you watched it. You were relieved.

You think it meant something.

#9 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2024-06-30 07:54 PM

Biden's cognitive ability also seemed down by 30%!

#10 | Posted by e1g1 at 2024-06-30 09:18 PM

The last debate I watched had McCain in it, and I only watched because it was at a watch party. Kinda like the last Oscars I watched, only because it was a watch party. I will never attend an election night party ever again, haven't since 2004

#11 | Posted by hamburglar at 2024-07-01 07:17 AM

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