First Night Of RNC Gets Nearly Six Times More Views On CSPAN Than DNC A Week Prior

The first night of the Republican National Convention drew nearly six times more viewers Monday than the first night of the Democratic National Convention the week prior on C-SPAN, The Hill reported.

The C-SPAN live stream of the start of the RNC had roughly 440,000 views, compared to the DNC’s opening night, which brought in 76,000 on Aug. 17, Nielsen Media Research recorded according to The Hill. 

Nielsen’s data showed that 18.7 million people watched the first night of the DNC, which included speakers such as Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, and former First Lady Michelle Obama, who delivered the closing address with an emotional plea to vote for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. 

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