Presidential Debate Nielsen Ratings 2020

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Presidential debate nielsen ratings 2020. New york ny sept. Notes for 2020 debates. 30 2020 an estimated 73 1 million people tuned in to watch the first debate of the 2020 presidential election on tuesday sept. Initial nielsen ratings show.

The candidates held dueling town halls following the cancellation of the second presidential debate. Per nielsen finals tuesday night s first presidential debate of 2020 amassed 34 1 million total viewers across abc which accounted for the largest broadcast crowd with 12 6 mil nbc 9 7 mil. Contribution coming from ctvs can be as much as 11 for televised political events. Another big change between 2020 and 2016 is how much better cable news networks did overall this cycle.

More than 73 million people watched tuesday night s presidential debate according to nielsen ratings a large audience that still represented a 13 drop from the record breaking first. On october 8 the rating data from nielsen showed that the us vice presidential debate 2020 between vice president mike pence and democratic vice president nominee senator kalama harris was the second most watched ever with nearly 57 9 million people that tuned in. 29 2020 the debate was hosted at case western reserve university in cleveland ohio and featured democratic presidential nominee joe biden and republican presidential nominee donald trump. An estimated 57 9 television viewers watched the lone 2020 vice presidential debate easily outpacing the 2016 matchup between pence and sen.

There were no televised presidential debates for the years 1972 1968 and 1964.