Election Debate Viewing Figures

The first televised debate in the 2016 general.

Election debate viewing figures. The itv leaders debate drew an average audience of just. Tuesday night s viewing figures are a substantial increase on the 2017 general election when theresa may boycotted most of the televised debates resulting in much of the public choosing not to. The former vice president appears to have bested donald trump at his own game according to early ratings released. It is thought to be the most influential debtate to date as viewing figures for these programmes have since dropped to as low.

President trump and former vp joe biden squaring off drew a 40 2 household rating down from the 47 6 rating generated when trump took on hillary clinton in 2016. The figures do not include itv s catch up channel or the simultaneous broadcast on the bbc news channel. An estimated 37 million americans watched the u s. The uk s first televised election debate was in 2010 with gordon.

Still the figures are enough to break the 80 6 million viewer record set by the ronald reagan s debate with jimmy carter in 1980. The first general election debate between hillary clinton and donald trump averaged 84 million viewers across 13 channels according to data from nielsen making it the most watched presidential. Reagan and carter had just a few channels competing for viewers. Snap polls conducted after the debate offered a blurred picture of which leader came over best.

The general election in the us is looming. Vice presidential debate between republican mike pence and democrat tim kaine on television according to nielsen data on wednesday less than. Networks are expecting huge viewing figures. A channel 4 show about a vet s practice drew a bigger audience than the first tv debate of the election campaign it emerged today.