Saturday, August 24, 2024

Convention ratings up from 2020, down from 2016

Ratings for the RNC and DNC were up from the pandemic-era conventions in 2020, but they were down significantly from 2016, per Nielsen.

Posted by lamplighter at 02:24 PM | 3 COMMENTS | permalink

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More from the article...

... Why it matters: Even with all of this election cycle's unexpected twists and turns, nothing comes close to the ratings bonanzas that were set off during Barack Obama's and Donald Trump's first national contests.

Zoom in: Fewer viewers watched the RNC on average across all four nights this year (19.1 million) compared to the DNC (21.8 million). ...


[good chart in the article showing viewership data since 2008]

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-08-24 02:26 PM

A lot fewer people have cable than in 2016. I listened to all the speeches on an MSNBC podcast, and watched the Obama, Clinton, Biden, Walz and Kamala speaches on YouTube.

#2 | Posted by _Gunslinger_ at 2024-08-26 07:45 PM

@#2 ... A lot fewer people have cable than in 2016. ...

Good point.

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-08-26 08:22 PM

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