Presidential Debate Ratings Over Time

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Presidential debate ratings over time. Nielsen s records go back to 1976. The big ratings winner in this year s debate however was fox news channel. The first presidential debate between president trump and democratic nominee joe biden was watched by 29 million viewers on broadcast networks abc cbs nbc and fox marking a 35 percent drop from. And a monumental news.

Vice presidential debates are sometimes an afterthought but not this time around. Harris status as a trailblazer. Nielsen said that the last presidential debate to draw such high figures was in 1992. A record breaking audience of over 84 million people watched the first 2016 presidential debate between donald trump and hillary clinton a number that does not reflect online streaming.

Trump biden presidential debate ratings fall 13 from 2016 s record setting first debate. Tuesday s debate averaged 73 1 million viewers over 16 networks from approximately 9 to 11 p m. Recent debates have drawn smaller audiences ranging from 46 million for the first 2000 debate to a high of over 67 million for the first debate in 2012. He wrote on twitter highest cable television ratings of all time.

The ratings reflect ample interest in the 2020 election. There are three debates before each election. Only two debates had a bigger average audience than tuesday night. The 2016 face off between trump and clinton and the sole debate of the 1980 cycle when 80 6.

After the 2020 us presidential debate ended on september 29 between president donald trump and his democratic rival joe biden amid some heated arguments potus celebrated the purported high television ratings of the event on september 30. The ratings were significantly higher than the first presidential debate between obama and john mccain in 2008 when 52 4 million viewers tuned in.