Almost 4 MILLION more viewers of DNC first night compared to RNC first night!
And I bet the numbers keep rising, since the first night started out with such a bang.
Thank you Michelle, Patrick, Julian, Harry, etc., etc., etc. !
Please note: You may see other articles claiming lower Nielsen numbers, with a smaller gap between the Dems and the GOP. That's because those lower numbers don't include PBS and other smaller stations, and the larger figures do. (Apparently more Dems watch PBS!) I've included a link on that below.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20120905/us-cvn-tv-ratings/
The Nielsen Co. said about 26.2 million people watched the opening night of the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday in Charlotte, N.C., where the first lady was the featured speaker.
Last week, Nielsen said 22.3 million watched the first night of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., where potential first lady Ann Romney talked about her husband, Mitt. The same number of viewers watched the Democrats' first night in 2008, when Michelle Obama was also the featured speaker.
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Michelle Obama was a big hit Monday in a measurement by the social media network Twitter. The company said she was responsible for at least 28,003 tweets per minute shortly after she delivered her speech.
By contrast, the peak moment at the GOP convention was 14,289 tweets per minute during Mitt Romney's acceptance speech, Twitter said. Ann Romney's peak was 6,195 per minute, said Elaine Filadelo, Twitter spokeswoman. The company measures the volume of tweets through the use of hashtags, names and phrases, so it's possible the number could be larger in all cases.
http://entertainment.time.com/2012/09/05/what-were-learning-from-the-convention-ratings-or-lack-thereof/
*Update: The above figures are for the three broadcast and three cable networks (ABC, CBS, CNN, FNC, MSNBC and NBC). Nielsen has also posted full viewing figures including smaller networks and PBS, totaling 22.3 million for the RNC and 26.2 million for the DNC.
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