Us Presidential Debate Tv Ratings

The presidential debate had lower ratings compared to 2016.

Us presidential debate tv ratings. According to nielsen the debate averaged a total of 84 million viewers across 13 of the tv channels that carried it live. The first presidential debate of 2020 was widely panned by most observers and drew a smaller tv audience than the record setting first debate four years ago. More than 57 million people watched the vice presidential debate the vice presidential debate between mike pence and kamala harris was a much bigger audience draw than the vp. Notes for 2020 debates.

The president of the united states first debate with democratic challenger joe biden drew fewer looky loos than trump s first 2016 face off with hillary clinton but still delivered a sizable crowd. But deadline doesn t expect the number to reach close to that year s first debate. More than 73 million people watched the first debate between president donald trump and former vice president joe biden tuesday night. In comparison the presidential debate was down compared to the 2016 election according to deadline.

The big ratings winner in this year s debate however was fox news channel. Out of home viewing as well as connected tv ctv viewing are included in the 2020 total figures for this advisory. Contribution coming from ctvs can be as much as 11 for televised political events. There were no televised presidential debates for the years 1972 1968 and 1964.

Many millions also watched the debate via live streams on the web.