Breaking: McCain beats Obama by 500,000

[SUBMAN1]

Woo hoo! Palin should be at the top and looks like she is heading that way!

-Dan

John McCain has won the ratings race.
The Republican nominee beat Democratic challenger Barack Obama's record-setting convention speech viewership by 500,000.

McCain's address at the Republican National Convention on Thursday night was seen by about 38.9 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research. Obama received 38.4 million.

That means McCain's speech is now the most-watched in convention history -- 41% higher than President Bush's acceptance speech four years ago, and 1% higher than Obama's address last week.

Looking at the speech's audience demographics, McCain drew significantly more male viewers than Obama (16.2 million). McCain also drew more white viewers (32.2 million), while Obama was seen by more African Americans.

Though anticipation has been running high for McCain's address, the speech also may have benefited slightly from a strong NFL lead-in on NBC. Initially Republicans feared McCain might have to compete with the game for viewers' attention. But the NFL match started early, then put about 13.6 million viewers on the doorstep of NBC's 10 p.m. coverage of McCain's speech.

Still, NBC has aired the most-watched convention coverage among the broadcaster nets all week, and its numbers compared to rivals were not much different than on previous nights. In other words: the game may have helped, but it wasn't a major factor in McCain's massive viewership (even with the NBC receiving an NFL lead-in, Fox News is expected to win the network-by-network breakdown).

Also, with interest in his running mate Sarah Palin spiking viewership for the RNC on Wednesday, the convention was able to gain some significant momentum after losing its first night to Hurricane Gustav coverage. McCain received 5% more viewers than his running mate.

http://www.thrfeed.com/2008/09/mccain-rating-1.html

[mrbeast]

Wow......and McCain was duely elected President of the United States of America.......didn't know the US had switched to a TV ratings based voting system. Hows that working out for ya? :hmm:

[Peto]

Comedy's always get high viewer turnouts.

(Everyone can feel free to take a shot at me for this one ! I deserve it ).

[Digital_Trucker]

Originally Posted by Peto

Comedy's always get high viewer turnouts.

(Everyone can feel free to take a shot at me for this one ! I deserve it ).

:rotfl:Tragedies get high ratings, too. That's why the Democratic nominee's speech was only half a million behind in viewers.

[Peto]

I hate getting trumped :rotfl: !!!

[SimNut]

Originally Posted by Digital_Trucker

:rotfl:Tragedies get high ratings, too. That's why the Democratic nominee's speech was only half a million behind in viewers.

I didn't think either speech was a comedy or tragedy. I thought they were both Fiction.

[Digital_Trucker]

Both speeches are a little of both. The comedy is that we are expected to believe speeches and the tragedy is that too many of us will.

[STEED]

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

Woo hoo! Palin should be at the top and looks like she is heading that way!

WONDER WOMEN.

Plan B The new British Prime Minister in 2010.

[Platapus]

"That means McCain's speech is now the most-watched in convention history"

I hear that people like to watch train wrecks and auto accidents too.