[Mr Rogers]

I’ll bet $40 to FreeRepublic that viewership does not go down 83%.

[mac_truck]

I'll bet $40 to FreeRepublic that viewership does not go down 83%.

Down 83% from what number?

[PJBankard]

Total viewership has dropped every debate; however, the last debate which was the smallest this election cycle still pulled in over 11M viewers and was still approximately 50% larger than the the largest viewership in 2012 which had 7.5M and double the viewership for the debate on Jan 26, 2012 which was at 5.6M.

So an 83% drop is unlikely. A 50% drop though is very possible.