You would think that with all the lockdowns and partial lockdowns in place because of the pandemic, the DNC would see record ratings for their convention. Especially on the first night with speakers like Bernie Sanders and media darling Michelle Obama. But the exact opposite occurred. DNC ratings were down 40% on the dinosaur networks CBS, NBC and ABC. If you add in cable news ratings, the DNC ratings were down about 28% overall from 2016 when Hillary Clinton was the nominee. By comparison, the Trump rally in Oklahoma was watched by 8 million people.
| DNC convention night one fail ratings crash: Down 28% over 2016 even with pandemic |
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DNC TV RATINGS PLUNGE: Initial ratings numbers now coming in show an approximate 50% drop in the DNC’sTV audiences from 2016 on the broadcast nets. Final numbers, including cable news, are due later, but they are expected to show a 40% fall. pic.twitter.com/zy2vZMMNUr
— TV News HQ (@TVNewsHQ) August 18, 2020
DNC RATINGS: Adding the cable viewers, the first night of the DNC convention from 10-11:15 p.m was watched by 18.6m viewers, which is 28% down from 4 years ago, per Nielsen. The broadcast audience is down around 50%. pic.twitter.com/RQLI893z9C
— TV News HQ (@TVNewsHQ) August 18, 2020
Last night was an unmitigated disaster for the Democrat in ratings and presentation. I guess so called “Republicans” like John Kasich didn’t draw over Republicans to vote for Biden.