RNC 2020 opening night ratings on
C-SPAN blow away DNC viewership
by
Ebony Bowden
Original Article
Posted By: StormCnter,
8/25/2020 2:27:53 PM
The opening night of the 2020 Republican National Convention blew last week’s Democratic snoozefest out of the water, drawing in six times more viewers on C-SPAN’s livestream.
Approximately 440,000 people tuned in to watch the first night of the virtual GOP convention on Monday, compared to just 76,000 views for the first night of the DNC, according to a Hill report.
While the Democratic gathering boasted speeches from big names such as former first lady Michelle Obama, who gave a rousing endorsement of Joe Biden and drew the ire of President Trump, far more people tuned in to see Donald Trump Jr., Nikki Haley and the gun-wielding McCloskeys bash Biden.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Avikingman 8/25/2020 2:40:36 PM (No. 520590)
IMHO part of that increase may have been due to Fox's patchwork coverage, buttinsky talking heads, especially Brayzille, and Williams, et. al.
Deciding what we wanted to watch, and missing the early speakers.
24 people like this.
Yes, I left FOX and found C-Span.
36 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
droopydog 8/25/2020 2:50:36 PM (No. 520599)
I usually skip these conventions but not this year.
20 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
earlybird 8/25/2020 2:59:14 PM (No. 520606)
We foolishly tried to watch on Fox News. Hannity and whoever runs his program destroyed the event by cutting into various speakers with “commentary” from various Hannity regular guests. Big mistake …. We moved over to CSpan. Will go there for the rest of the Convention. Shame on Fox...
31 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
Jesuslover54 8/25/2020 3:04:56 PM (No. 520611)
Production values, even without an audience, far superior to Dems.
Plus, the speakers not being aggrieved whiny losers also made a difference.
18 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
ncva 8/25/2020 3:17:47 PM (No. 520617)
Only saw the last night of the Dems' convention to see what Biden had to say, but Julia Louis-Dreyfuss' pathetic attempts at humor and the also ran's chatfest nearly drove me back to comedy reruns on MeTV. By comparison, the first night of the RNC made me wanting to come back for more tonight.
17 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
VAPMAN 8/25/2020 3:19:55 PM (No. 520621)
Can’t handle Juan Williams, so went first to C Span and the to better HD picture on One America News. No cut ins from them.
20 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
Imright 8/25/2020 3:22:42 PM (No. 520623)
Also watched on One America News....No Fox!!
It was GREAT!! Loved it all.....MAGA!!
16 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
Phantomll 8/25/2020 3:25:36 PM (No. 520624)
We, too, switched from Fox to C-Span. Much better coverage.
13 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
justavoter 8/25/2020 3:28:27 PM (No. 520625)
I recorded C-span and watched fox so it would count in both places as viewership. Kinda like voting twice, heh, heh, heh.
14 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
Maggie2u 8/25/2020 3:30:34 PM (No. 520627)
Fox sucked. We won't be watching them tonite. I really wanted to see the couple who defended their home and Fox cut to Hannity a few minutes into their talk, who gives a flying fig what he has to say to Bongino, or whatever his name is.
14 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
BeatleJeff 8/25/2020 3:30:35 PM (No. 520628)
Of course more Republicans watched their convention than did DemocRats. While the DNC event was, their voter base was out looting TV sets, not watching them.
18 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
HotRod 8/25/2020 3:36:25 PM (No. 520629)
Most of the DNC convention watchers were MSM hacks and Chinese spies. Both support Biden.
9 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
judy 8/25/2020 3:44:36 PM (No. 520635)
I watched cspan & Newsmax...I turned Fox off.
5 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
Toby Ten Bears 8/25/2020 3:44:43 PM (No. 520636)
I'm taping C-Span and try to endure FOX for a while.
5 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
SavageRider 8/25/2020 3:49:58 PM (No. 520645)
"and the gun-wielding McCloskeys bash Biden" I heard the "home protecting" McCloskey's and others warn of the disasters to come if the Dims and Hiden Biden got power.
8 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
3XALADY 8/25/2020 4:31:25 PM (No. 520699)
My take away from last night: 2024 DON JR. FOR PRESIDENT. He didn't need notes to let us know he loves this country.
5 people like this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
Daisymay 8/25/2020 4:31:34 PM (No. 520700)
Take that Democrats! And for those who stuck with watching FOX talk over everyone last evening, I would say to to C-Span tonight! You will get to see the whole show instead of the bits and pieces that FOX thinks you should see. Shame on them!!
10 people like this.
Reply 19 - Posted by:
Goose 8/25/2020 5:50:37 PM (No. 520763)
Of course. Thousands of Dems were watching hoping to fact check every word.
1 person likes this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
navybrat 8/25/2020 5:59:01 PM (No. 520768)
I will keep watching on One America News (OAN) They have complete coverage.
6 people like this.
Optimism TRUMPS pessimism again. (Play on words absolutely intentional)
4 people like this.
Reply 22 - Posted by:
udanja99 8/25/2020 6:44:04 PM (No. 520795)
No wonder Brazile had her panties in a wad this morning. The demonrats are terrified and desperate.
3 people like this.
Reply 23 - Posted by:
jeffkinnh 8/25/2020 8:37:20 PM (No. 520846)
At least some of those numbers reflect the higher interest and excitement surrounding the Trump campaign.
The only reason the dems really have for voting for them is that they hate Trump and they want to get control of the government back. The rest of it is the typical dem whine about issues that they say have existed for a long time but the dems have never done anything about when they have been in power before. If racism is really a problem, Socialism will NOT fix it. If fair treatment of women is an issue, Socialism is about power and control and men are more dominant under Socialist conditions and they do NOT share power. Socialism DOES equalize opportunity. Everyone has a lousy job and low pay. Misery for all.
Americans aren't as stupid as dems think they are.
2 people like this.
Reply 24 - Posted by:
red1066 8/25/2020 9:04:12 PM (No. 520859)
Maybe this is a vision of what will happen on election night. Blow out, with the MSM crying with shocked faces by 9pm eastern time.
3 people like this.
Reply 25 - Posted by:
Penney 8/25/2020 11:51:54 PM (No. 520954)
We watch on OANN. They show it all.
2 people like this.
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