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Posted on 09/05/2008 8:16:50 AM PDT by B Knotts
Presidential candidate John McCain's acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention drew more television viewers than his rival Barack Obama attracted at the Democratic party's event last week, according to preliminary ratings from Nielsen Media Research.
Across all broadcast networks Thursday, Sen. McCain’s speech ended the night with a 4.8 rating/7 share, compared to Sen. Obama’s 4.3/7 average, according to overnight numbers from metered households in 55 U.S. markets measured by Nielsen. These ratings are preliminary, however, and are subject to change.
NBC’s coverage of Sen. McCain’s speech started directly at the tail end of the opening game of NFL season, with the speech pulling in a 6.3 rating/10 share, topping Sen. Obama’s speech last week by 26%. That lead-in may have boosted audiences who last night turned out in droves to watch Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin introduce herself to the country.
ABC’s showing of the McCain speech averaged a 4.5/7, down 2% from the same night of the Democratic convention last week, while CBS’ coverage took in a 3.4/5, an increase of 3%.
Not really. The MSM has thrown so much mud at Gov. Palin and, by inference, McCain that people tuned in to see if they really do bite the heads off chickens and sacrifice goats.
Exactly what I thought. I've not watched a political speech in years. I was curious enough about Palin to tune in and was not disappointed. She set the stage for McCain beautifully.....C
The New York Times has already declared that McCain’s speech was a dud!
Jaw drops.
Code Pink should be water-boarded. Kudos to McCain for handling the disruptors with humor.
Who?
The #1 thing that tells us that Obama has NOT sealed the deal.
What part of Texas? I’ve got a friend in Austin (which I thought was Rat infested) and he maintains there is NO way Obama will win.
I did both. I was AT the game last night and TiVo’d McCain’s speech. Watched it at 2am after I got home. I thought he did fine.
Hmmm....
Yet another meme put on its head.
“The football game will hurt ratings....blah blah blah....”
Turns out it was a great lead-in...... ;-)
Huh? Is this a third-world cultural ritual that I'm not aware of?
Don't put a lot of stock into it.
As a result of having watched Clinton in 1992, then coming to the realization that there was no point in listening to him because everything was a lie, I did not watch any of the rat submerged-hate fest.
But I did watch the republicans.
My wife, a blue dog, watched both.
The increased numbers for McCain are only the people he had anyway who would not watch a rat anything.
I don’t think anyone was expecting much from McCain, as he isn’t a great orator, but that last part was excellent. I don’t recall a response like that to Obama’s speech.
McCain/Palin are members of the “No guts no glory” crowd. Unlike the Obama litigators.
re#81 True. The curiosity factor carried over. Maybe too a lot of husbands wanted another look and Sarah and told their buddies what a hottie she was. ;^)
I saw the proof of that this morning. That's all McCain needed to close the deal.
SCORE!
“The videos were very moving of Cindy, Sarah, and John.”
I’ll say. I really haven’t heard much about Cindy McCain, and I was just stunned at what she has accomplished. The video brought tears to my eyes!
JOHN MCCAIN!!!
Wasn’t the Reagan-Carter race a virtual tie in the media polls on election day?
And wasn’t that revealed as a landslide within the first hour?
Are we seeing the same thing here?
Anybody got numbers on that?
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