The fourth and closing night time of the Democratic Nationwide Conference averaged 26.2 million viewers and peaked at 28.9 million viewers, pushed by presidential candidate Kamala Harris’ speech.
That marked a major enchancment from strong scores over the primary three nights: Nielsen estimated 20 million folks tuned in on Monday, 20.8 million on Tuesday and 20.2 million on Wednesday.
General, the Democratic Nationwide Conference acquired extra consideration than the Republican Nationwide Conference. The RNC’s closing night time averaged 24.5 million viewers, peaking at 28.4 million throughout Donald Trump’s speech, simply shy of Harris’ peak. The RNC opened with 18.1 million viewers the primary night time, dropped to 14.8 million viewers the second night time, and climbed again to 18 million viewers the third night time.
Of the 26.2 million common on Thursday, 1.4 million had been aged 18 to 34, up from 968,000 the night time earlier than.
Every estimate takes under consideration a broad community. Monday’s programming consists of ABC, CBS, NBC, Scripps Information, Univision, CNN, CNNe, FOX Enterprise, FOX Information Channel, MSNBC, Newsmax, NewsNation and PBS, whereas Tuesday and Wednesday’s programming is similar, however not Univision. Thursday’s estimate included Univision, Telemundo and different networks that had beforehand measured it.
“In some ways, Donald Trump is an unserious man,” Harris mentioned in her speech. “However the penalties of returning Donald Trump to the White Home are extraordinarily critical. This election shouldn’t be solely crucial of our lifetimes. It is without doubt one of the most necessary occasions within the lifetime of our nation.
