[UPDATED NUMBER] DNC Day 4 TV Ratings Dems 33.7 million (Last week RNC Day 4 34.9 million)

[piechartking]

Last edited Sat Jul 30, 2016, 12:29 AM - Edit history (1)

Just shy of Trump's ratings. Maybe some updates later on will push it higher???

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/tv-ratings-hillary-clintons-dnc-915706

[scheming daemons]

1. Here's the whole picture:

DNC
Day 1 — 28.4 million
Day 2 — 28 million
Day 3 — 27 million
Day 4 — 33.3 million

RNC
Day 1 — 23 million
Day 2 — 23 million
Day 3 — 19.8 million
Day 4 — 34.9 million

[underpants]

28. D 116.7 R 100.7

[tonyt53]

2. People were likely waiting for Trump to say something really crazy, He didn't disappoint.

[treestar]

14. Exactly!

It does not mean people are going to vote for him. They just want to watch him to see what he will do/say.

[Orangepeel]

22. Yep. "Convention ratings are a poor predictor of election results"

"Convention ratings are a poor predictor of election results; since 1960 the party with the higher-rated convention has won the presidency seven times and lost seven times."

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2016/07/28/dnc-night-3-ratings-on-par-with-previous-night-stay-ahead-of-rnc/

[grossproffit]

19. Or something far worse.

[marlakay]

30. I only watched that night to see what he would say

I bet others did too.

[piechartking]

3. Yes, but Big Orange

will brag about how Thursday was HIS night. Ugh.

[Johnny2X2X]

4. 16 million more viewers for DNC

Over the 4 days. Wow.

[Democat]

5. "the DNC upped the ratings game by a strong margin over the first three days of its convention"

Overall numbers for the DNC much higher than the RNC.

[TreasonousBastard]

6. Meh. Notice RNC viewers were lower until the last day...

could be tuning into Trump for the show was on a lot of people's minds.

Was C-SPAN included in the PBS numbers? How did they handle recordings?

[Cattledog]

7. This is not the final #

The first sentence is "With nearly all ratings in across networks..."

[Historic NY]

8. The don't count CSPAN where many wen to avoid...

the bullshit spewing FOX, MSNBC, CNN talking heads.

[oswaldactedalone]

9. In on Cspan

NO Rachel or Thug apologist BS to listen to.

[ananda]

13. I watched it on the DNC channel.

No interruptions at all.

But I don't know if I was counted in the ratings.

[auntpurl]

15. No, it wasn't.

Ratings counts broadcast and cable only.

[Historic NY]

20. I know a lots of people flipped over the networks....

my twitter feed was full of people going to CSPAN as @MSNBC has become unwatchable.

http://www.mediaite.com/online/msnbc-now-openly-bragging-about-abandoning-its-liberal-brand-in-new-ad/

http://crooksandliars.com/2016/06/dear-msnbc-what-hell

[Beaverhausen]

31. That's what I did

[geek tragedy]

10. Trump draws rubberneckers.

Fortunately, his speech was much more poorly received by viewers

[auntpurl]

11. How many RNC vs DNC viewers watched on a laptop/tablet/phone?

I bet that makes up a huge amount of the difference.

Also, the talking heads on the networks got more obnoxious as they went on, so people switched over to CSPAN or the youtube feed.

[global1]

12. I Watched On Direct TV Channel 347....

to avoid the talking heads and the spin.

[longship]

16. It is the same reason why folks downloaded the 9/11 videos.

They like to see an utter meltdown, mayhem.

No worries folks. No worries.

[Warren DeMontague]

17. I also have to wonder if we dont have a higher viewership of streaming/online people

I would imagine our demographic skews a bit more tech savvy and less inclined to listen to the bullshit "analysis" of cable and network talking heads.

[anneboleyn]

18. The Cheeto is lying right now, claiming he beat Hillary by "millions and millions" of viewers

He is so full of shit it is embarrassing. He is blaming everyone but himself for the overall ratings failure but then he is claiming that he beat Hillary by "millions and millions" of viewers. Shut up loser.

[Onlooker]

21. It doesn't include C-Span, PBS, and online streaming ...

... and we all know Hillary got more of those viewers than Trump did. So, I think she won the viewing contest easily.

[dsc]

25. It does include PBS per the article.

[texanwitch]

33. I watched the convention on youtube on my smartphone.

How millions of us watched without a tv.

I was at work watching.

[B Calm]

23. Out of 300 million + citizens.

[Moostache]

27. YUP...my thought exactly...barely 10% of the population cares enough.

Generously call it 15% because there is surely a Venn intersection of us who watched both...and some who watched one only.

GOTV is the only way to ensure victory.
GET
OUT
THE
VOTE!

[LAS14]

24. Tonight NPR or PBS (I forget)...

...chose a clip of Trump crowing about beating the dems in viewership. Nothing from public broadcasting about this being false except for the last night.

[Fresh_Start]

26. Its my fault. I watched exclusively on CSPAN

I'm sorry for not considering the implications of my viewing choice

[unitedwethrive]

32. Sorry...me too

[piechartking]

29. Well this makes me feel better -

"In 2000, the Democrats’ convention was the TV audience champ by 15.3 to 13.9, according to the Nielsen, representing households watching the party shows during prime time. Still, Republican George W. Bush defeated Al Gore that fall, albeit narrowly. In 2008, the Republican convention was the leader on the tube, 21.9 to 19.9. Then Democrat Barack Obama handily outpaced John McCain in the November election."

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-beat-clinton-tv-ratings-221552617.html;_ylt=AwrSbnLFKpxXzf4ANIHBGOd_;_ylu=X3oDMTByNWU4cGh1BGNvbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzYw--


Also, if you go look at the updated numbers, we added 400,000 to the number so the final number is 33.7 to 34.9.