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Big Numbers for Clinton-Obama Debate
Friday, February 1, 2008
An estimated 8.3 million television viewers watched Hillary Clinton and
Barack Obama debate Thursday night in California, more than double the
audience for Republican candidates the night before.
The CNN audience for Clinton and Obama's debate, the first one-on-one
contest for Democrats now that John Edwards has dropped out, was second only
to the 9.4 million people who watched the Democrats on ABC Jan. 5, according
to Nielsen Media Research.
CNN also televised a Republican debate Wednesday night, highlighted by
contentious exchanges between John McCain and Mitt Romney, that was watched
by 4 million viewers, Nielsen said.
The Democratic debate eclipsed, by far, any other political debate ever
shown just on cable television. The previous high was the Democratic debate
in South Carolina on Jan. 21, seen by 4.9 million people.
Big Numbers for Clinton-Obama Debate
Friday, February 1, 2008
An estimated 8.3 million television viewers watched Hillary Clinton and
Barack Obama debate Thursday night in California, more than double the
audience for Republican candidates the night before.
The CNN audience for Clinton and Obama's debate, the first one-on-one
contest for Democrats now that John Edwards has dropped out, was second only
to the 9.4 million people who watched the Democrats on ABC Jan. 5, according
to Nielsen Media Research.
CNN also televised a Republican debate Wednesday night, highlighted by
contentious exchanges between John McCain and Mitt Romney, that was watched
by 4 million viewers, Nielsen said.
The Democratic debate eclipsed, by far, any other political debate ever
shown just on cable television. The previous high was the Democratic debate
in South Carolina on Jan. 21, seen by 4.9 million people.
