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Well the ratings are tallied and it appears that, to everyone's surprise (including the Biden camp it seems), Biden topped Trump of the ratings battle on network television for their respective town halls.
Biden's town hall was watched by 13.9 million viewers on ABC alone while Trump's was watched by a combined 13 million from NBC, MSNBC and CNBC (NBC was 10.9 million).
Biden also had a comfortable lead on the YouTube feed which should account for the bulk of the online feeds.
It would be unwise to make conclusions in relation to the November 3rd vote, but with early voting seeing record numbers and it appears states and counties with a history of voter suppression and in cases where people were waiting more than 10 hours in line to vote, these aren't encouraging signs for the GOP.
Sources on ratings:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-draws-more-viewers-than-trump-in-town-hall-ratings-11602882047
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/10/trump-biden-town-hall-ratings
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/16/business/media/biden-trump-town-hall-ratings.html
Sources on early voting:
https://thehill.com/homenews/campai...e-record-early-voting-turnout-amidst-pandemic
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommyb...g-early-voting-in-2020-election/#423497361715
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/10/2020-election-turnout/616640/
Biden's town hall was watched by 13.9 million viewers on ABC alone while Trump's was watched by a combined 13 million from NBC, MSNBC and CNBC (NBC was 10.9 million).
Biden also had a comfortable lead on the YouTube feed which should account for the bulk of the online feeds.
It would be unwise to make conclusions in relation to the November 3rd vote, but with early voting seeing record numbers and it appears states and counties with a history of voter suppression and in cases where people were waiting more than 10 hours in line to vote, these aren't encouraging signs for the GOP.
Sources on ratings:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-draws-more-viewers-than-trump-in-town-hall-ratings-11602882047
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/10/trump-biden-town-hall-ratings
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/16/business/media/biden-trump-town-hall-ratings.html
Sources on early voting:
https://thehill.com/homenews/campai...e-record-early-voting-turnout-amidst-pandemic
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommyb...g-early-voting-in-2020-election/#423497361715
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/10/2020-election-turnout/616640/
