Ratings For The Debate Last Night

Debate rules required that each candidate using the honor system had tested negative prior to the cleveland event but trump spoke in circles when asked when he last tested negative.

Ratings for the debate last night. Tuesday night s so called debate between donald trump and joe biden was seen by a whopping 73 1 million viewers tuesday according to nielsen. More than 15 million viewers tuned in for part one of the 2020 presidential election s first primary debate on television wednesday night. Last night s debate made clear that additional structure should be added to the format of the remaining debates to ensure a more orderly discussion of the issues the debate commission. Still viewership on tuesday night topped all of the debates in 2000 2004 2008 and 2012 and all but one of.

Trump refused to participate in a virtual second debate with biden after getting the coronavirus so biden scheduled a town hall for that evening oct. It was reported earlier today that last night s debate ratings were abysmal compared to 2016 but those were just preliminary numbers. You can also read a full recap of the debate. 73 1 million people watched the debate on tv last night.

Nbc reports the viewership for last night was a little more than half of the first debate while livestream viewing was about a third as much. The ratings were actually much higher than initially reported. Cnn money more than 65 million people watched the first debate between president donald trump and former vice president joe biden tuesday night. John koblin koblin september 30 2020.

Here is a look at some of the biggest moments. Twelve candidates debated for three hours last night so we can t blame you if it was hard to keep up. Night 1 of cnn s democratic presidential debate on tuesday attracted 8 7 million viewers according to the cable network a significant decline in ratings from the first debate of the 2020 election cycle. Many critics said afterward that it was the worst debate in modern american history.

That s a huge number more than triple the.