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The Numbers Are In And They Are Stunning — Read’em And Weep Dems
Patterico's Pontifications —
... which has gone on and on about Obama bringing new voters into the system — drew an amazing 38 million viewers. Biden’s speech was seen by 24 million.
To put that in perspective, here are some numbers from past elections:
Bush 2004 — 27.5 million
Kerry 2004 — 24.4 million
Hillary 2008 — 26 million
Fred Thompson — 21 million
So, what about Palin last night?
Drudge says 37 MILLION!!!!! http:thrfeed.com
McCain’s pick certainly caught the nation’s ...
37,200,000
Stubborn Facts —
... That's how many people watched Palin's speech last night - "[t]hat's 55% higher than Day 3 of the DNC, when her Democratic counterpart, Joe Biden, and President Clinton took the stage (24 million) ... [and] came close to upsetting Obama's historic address on Thursday -- the most-watched convention speech in history (38.4 million viewers)." You always wonder how much of an effect these things can have - who's watching. I guess Lorie Byrd was right ...
Governor Sarah Palin–Fact Checking Goes Wild
The Hostages: Planning A Code Red Since April 2007 —
... So…I clicked on Drudge’s 37,244,000 WATCHED PALIN … [24,029,000 BIDEN; 38,379,000 OBAMA]…, which took me to Sarah Palin scores huge viewership at RNC. Read the article–interesting. Following the article are several links. I clicked on the though the AP says some lines in the speech didn’t pass their fact check. ...
September 4, 2008
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
Previous “Deep Thoughts”
1:32 P.M.
About 38 million people watched Palin’s speech last night.
“Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s highly anticipated speech at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday night nearly matched the record-setting numbers of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.
Palin pulled in 37.2 million viewers across broadcast and cable networks, according to Nielsen Media Research.
That’s 55% higher than Day 3 of the DNC, when her ...
Ratings Giant!!!
California Conservative —
... Last week, a little over 38 million people tuned in Sen. Obama’s speech. Yesterday, I speculated that 30 million people might tune Gov. Palin’s speech in. According to this article, I underestimated Gov. Palin: ...
Palinmania
A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days —
I still have not watched the Palin speech--I hope to be able to do so tonight. But by all accounts, it was a huge forensic hit amongst its audience. And its audience was huge . ...
Big Viewership for Controversial Sarah Palin
Daily Kos —
Just short of Obama's record-setter: Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's highly anticipated speech at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday night nearly matched the record-setting numbers of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. Palin pulled in 37.2 million viewers across broadcast and cable networks, according to Nielsen Media Research. That's 55% higher than Day 3 of the DNC, when her Democratic counterpart, Joe Biden, and President Clinton took the stage (24 million). It's also up a sharp 99% from the ...
Big Numbers for Palin
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts —
Via the Live Feed: Sarah Palin scores huge viewership at RNC
Palin pulled in 37.2 million viewers across broadcast and cable networks, according to Nielsen Media Research.
blockquote>That’s 55% higher than Day 3 of the DNC, when her Democratic counterpart, Joe Biden, and President Clinton took the stage (24 million).
blockquote>It’s also up a sharp 99% from the Republican convention’s third day in 2004 (18.7 million) and easily bests the numbers viewers attracted by George W. Bush when he accepted the ...
