Tuesday's vice presidential debate was watched by more than 43.15 million viewers on 15 networks, according to Nielsen ratings.
The debate had the fourth lowest ratings of the 12 vice presidential debates held throughout the presidential cycle.
The four major broadcast networks: CNN, Fox News, MSNBC Accounted for For over 38 million viewers. hollywood reporter I wrote:
Before Tuesday, the average audience for the 11 vice presidential debates from 1976 to 2020 was about 46.5 million viewers (there was no vice presidential debate in 1980).
CBS News The debate, moderated by Norah O'Donnell and Margaret Brennan, attracted 9.14 million viewers, the biggest audience for any individual broadcaster, based on preliminary figures. Fox News ranked second with 7.69 million viewers, followed by ABC (6.1 million), NBC (5.44 million), MSNBC (4.65 million), CNN (3.18 million), and Fox Broadcast Network (2.42 million). It continued. Fox Business' viewership increased by 255,000 viewers. The remaining viewers were spread among Merit Street Media, Scripps News, CNNe, NBC Universo, Newsmax, NewsNation, and PBS.
Past vice presidential debates ranged from a high of 69.9 million viewers in 2008 (Joe Biden and Sarah Palin) to a low of 26.6 million viewers in 1996 (Al Gore and Jack Palin). Kemp). Since 1976, the average audience has been about 25 percent smaller than the presidential debate audience.
Wendell Husebo is a political reporter for Breitbart News and a former RNC war room analyst. he is the author of politics of slave morality. Follow Wendell “×” @WendellHusebø or society of truth @WendellHusebo.
