Final Clinton-Trump debate audience rises; 3-debate average highest ever

[Blue_Adept]

Source: TVbytheNumbers

The three presidential debates between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton will go down as the most-watched series of debates in television history.

An audience of 71.46 million people watched Wednesday’s third and final face-off between the Republican and Democratic party nominees, based on figures from 11 channels that aired the debate.

Wednesday’s crowd was about 7.5 percent larger than the second debate’s audience of 66.5 million — which didn’t air on NBC due to the network’s NFL obligations — and still well short of the record-setting 84.4 million for the first contest.

Together, the three debates averaged about 74.1 million viewers, the biggest audience ever in an election year where more than one debate took place. Prior to this year, only one previous debate (the lone contest between Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan in 1980) drew more than 70 million people.

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[mnhtnbb]

1. I watched the last one--and none of the others---hoping to see the Donald's meltdown.

It was tough. I was yelling at the TV. He is such a lying a$$hole. Such a mean person. So ignorant. So arrogant.
And the projection is unreal. He is a nasty man.

[Proud liberal 80]

2. Although they are important States

The media focuses too much on Ohio and Florida. This article proves that a republican MUST win those states just to have a chance at winning, but the democrat could lose both and still win.

[groundloop]

3. Everyone was waiting for a Donnie Meltdown - we love a good comedy

[BumRushDaShow]

4. Considering the U.S. population in 1980 was almost 100 million LESS

than now, to get the equivalent would have probably required almost 15 million more viewers this last go-around of debates). But then people streaming may not have been captured completely.

[sarcasmo]

5. Because the second and third debates became drinking games.