Michelle Obama's Democratic Convention Speech Draws 26.2million TV Viewers
Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from Target Market News
First Lady Michelle Obama wows crowd at Democratic National Convention. PHOTO: Khalid Naji-Allah/Trice Edney News Wire
(TriceEdneyWire.com) According to Nielsen data, an estimated 26.2 million people watched the opening night of the 2012 Democratic National Convention on Tuesday, September 4. The kickoff night of the DNC was carried live from Charlotte, North Carolina across nine networks and featured prime time speeches by First Lady Michelle Obama and San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro.
The audience size is based on those watching ABC, CBS, NBC, BET, CNN, Current TV, FOX News, MSNBC and PBS.
While coverage varied by network, all nine aired live coverage from approximately 10:00 PM to 11:00 PM. The chart below highlights the sum of the average audience for these networks during common coverage.
Barack Obama's audience for his 2008 acceptance speech topped 40 million people, and the Democratic gathering that nominated him was a more popular television event than any other political convention in history.
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2012 Democratic National Convention |
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Sum of Networks Live + Same Day |
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Day 1-Sept 4th, 2012 |
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Rating |
Number of Viewers |
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All Households |
17.3 |
19,707,000 |
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Persons 2+ |
9.1 |
26,245,000 |
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Persons 18-34 |
4.7 |
3,163,000 |
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Persons 35-54 |
8.6 |
6,923,000 |
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Persons 55+ |
19.5 |
15,219,000 |
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