Tag: ratings

Joe Biden town hall drew more viewers than Trump, early ratings show

October 16, 2020
Joe Biden’s town hall drew more TV viewers than President Trump’s competing event on Thursday night, according to early figures. A total of 12.7 million viewers tuned in to ABC to watch Biden field questions from voters from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m., compared to 10.4 million who watched Trump do the same on NBC,

Flat Polls. Weak Ratings. Do Political Conventions Have a Future?

September 6, 2020
They help fire up the party’s most fervent voters (though perhaps not so much this year) and can gin up contributions from viewers. Joseph R. Biden Jr., the Democratic nominee, had one of his best nights of fund-raising the night he gave his acceptance speech. And they can be fun for attendees: There is a

Just how tough is life getting for Republicans? All of our new race ratings changes favor Democrats

August 17, 2020
Perhaps most importantly, though, surveys also show Donald Trump in considerably worse shape in South Carolina four years after he carried it by a wide 55-41 margin: FiveThirtyEight’s polling average currently shows him ahead just 50-44 there. It would still be a massive surprise if Joe Biden carried the Palmetto State, but the better he