Day three of Democratic convention drew more than 24 million viewers.
By on Aug 28th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
Day three of Democratic convention drew more than 24 million viewers.
Neilsen reports, “More than 24 million people watched the third night of the 2008 Democratic National Convention — a 7.5% decrease from 26 million viewers on day two of the convention. … In comparison to day three of the 2004 convention, which drew almost 18 million viewers, the audience for day three of the 2008 convention was still significantly larger (up by a third to 24 million viewers).”
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Tonight, it’s gonna be off the charts!!
August 28th, 2008 at 5:30 pmHey, I did my part. I’m a Nielsen participant.
August 28th, 2008 at 5:31 pmOf course, the Reichwingers will just start screaming about “brainwashing” and “herd mentality”.
August 28th, 2008 at 5:37 pmBut, but, but, Karl Rove says they could have said they love Amurika better.
August 28th, 2008 at 5:37 pmThe latest Gallup Daily Tracking poll, after having the candidates basically tied for the last few weeks, now has Obama up 48 to 42, and this isn’t even the post-convention poll. I’d say the convention is going well.
August 28th, 2008 at 5:38 pmAnd a third more are going to be voting for Dems this Nov.
You know, all us who have cell phones and no home phone…the ones the polls can’t call.
The only Repuke I know is also voting Obama, he thinks John is too old and too old school.
August 28th, 2008 at 5:39 pmI couldn’t be more proud of my country this day.
But, I’ll be even more proud on November 5th, after we’ve elected this great man as our next president.
PEACE
August 28th, 2008 at 5:39 pmI was one of the watchers, but I felt cheated out of the roll call. Not only was it conducted early, before I could get home from work, but it wasn’t even completely conducted.
I understand why it was done this way (political theater), but I always enjoyed seeing the top Democrats from each state get their moment in the spotlight (plus, it was always fun to hear how each state advertised itself — I don’t think Idaho has EVER failed to mention potatoes!).
Tonight, while being more political theater, will be good. You can bet I’ll be watching.
August 28th, 2008 at 5:39 pmWord from Denver is there’s a huge line and they’ll fill Invesco easily with 75 to 80K people.
Meanwhile, word from the Twin Cities is that Republicans are having to give out free tickets to fill a 10,000 seat arena.
August 28th, 2008 at 5:40 pmThis politics crap’s been a GREAT investment for marketers of shitty soft-drinks and industrial spies who collaborated with the fascisti to break the law and snoop on US citizens…
If these conventions were such a good deal for the parties, you’d think they could figger out a way to sponsor ‘em without selling out to the phucquing CorpoRats…
I haven’t watched a runny minute of it, and I won’t.
August 28th, 2008 at 5:40 pmBuckie Boy: “You know, all us who have cell phones and no home phone…the ones the polls can’t call.”
Some statisticians are saying that you need to add 5 to 8 points to any given poll to account for this, especially since the Obama campaign knows the technology. They’ll even be texting people to remind them to vote.
August 28th, 2008 at 5:42 pmBuckie Boy Says
August 28th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
The only Repuke I know is also voting Obama, he thinks John is too old and too old school.
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I know a few Republicans who are going to vote for Obama. Even though they usually vote for whatever candidate goes their way on God, guns, and gays, they are feeling the economic pinch bigtime and they are sick of the warmongering.
All McCain has to do is continue with the “bomb Iran” theme and continue demonstrating how out of touch he is with the middle class and their pain, and he will be chasing his base over to Obama in droves.
August 28th, 2008 at 5:43 pmlibrul: “I haven’t watched a runny minute of it, and I won’t.”
To each, his own. All you’re expected to do is vote for the candidate most likely to get you closest to the public policy you want for our society.
August 28th, 2008 at 5:44 pmI will watch Barack’s speech, but it’s hard to leave the huge money “suck-up” surrounding the event. A $50 million event, sponsored by 140 corporations? It’s hard to stomach.
August 28th, 2008 at 5:46 pmI wasn’t here last night to comment on Obama’s nomination being made official, but I left a thought on-topic after reading RHF’s derailing post and everyone’s subsequent postings displaying their anger, and find myself worried that TP will continue to do nothing about the extremist, apparently racist troll with overbearing wishful thinking.
On-topic, I can’t wait for tonight. Even more so, I can’t wait for next week, where we can really rub the failures in the faces of the neocons during their exclusive party of celebrating the damage they’ve done to our country. I think we’ll do well to seize the moment.
August 28th, 2008 at 5:51 pmTonight will be electric! BO has something JM will never have- gravitas.
August 28th, 2008 at 5:51 pm49erDem Says
August 28th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
They’ll even be texting people to remind them to vote.
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The Obama campaign has done an excellent job of reaching people in as many different ways as they can. Text messaging and e-mails, to be sure, but also old fashioned telephoning and doorbelling.
Here in North Carolina, we have early voting available. We text and e-mail Obama supporters to make sure they know about early voting and where the polling places are. We also ring lots of doorbells (that’s one of the things I’ll be doing) and hand out information to voters as to where and how they can vote early. This is a battleground state, and the lines at the polls will be very long.
August 28th, 2008 at 5:51 pmBuckie Boy Says:
And a third more are going to be voting for Dems this Nov.
You know, all us who have cell phones and no home phone…the ones the polls can’t call.
Yeah, I don’t have a land line at all, just a cell phone. I haven’t needed a land line for years now.
August 28th, 2008 at 5:58 pmI heard yesterday that McCain has NO ground game. Obama has volunteers every where and is still recruiting more to get out the vote.
I finally did get my first call for a poll and I took the time to answer it but most young families with kids to take to soccer and gymnastics and all the other responsibilities would never have time to answer. Half of them don’t even answer their land lines.
August 28th, 2008 at 6:05 pmMeanwhile…
Flippy McSpin says: “My friends. We are holding our Convention here in the great state of…” “Joe. Where are we”?
Joe: “Minnesota”
McSpin: “Do I live here”?
August 28th, 2008 at 6:06 pmMeanwhile, obama is down in the polls….oh well….
August 28th, 2008 at 6:13 pmusers Says:
Meanwhile, obama is down in the polls….oh well….
How sad your life must be that you had to find a British news article from August 21st to try to make a point.
I’m guessing you don’t follow pollster.com, pollingpoint.com or electoral-vote.com. But don’t look now, or it’s just blow your whole theory of doom and gloom to hell.
PEACE
August 28th, 2008 at 6:21 pm49erDem Says:
Word from Denver is there’s a huge line and they’ll fill Invesco easily with 75 to 80K people.
Meanwhile, word from the Twin Cities is that Republicans are having to give out free tickets to fill a 10,000 seat arena
Hehe, this brought a huge smile to my face, can’t seem to stop smiling about that.
August 28th, 2008 at 6:28 pmIt’s going to be interesting to see what kind of an audience the Republicans get for their “rich white man’s” convention. I suspect it might be something like the voting ratio of Democrat to Republican. That’s why I am not worried about the lying polls. If the Democrats outvote the Republicans 4-1, the election is going to be out of bounds for the Republicans to steal.
August 28th, 2008 at 6:29 pmspencers mom Says:
users Says:
How sad your life must be that you had to find a British news article from August 21st to try to make a point.
I’m guessing you don’t follow pollster.com, pollingpoint.com or electoral-vote.com. But don’t look now, or it’s just blow your whole theory of doom and gloom to hell.
Hey Spencers mom, go easy on the poor fool. It’s the only good news it has been able to find in a very long time. Let’s let him have his fantasy for a day or two before reality comes out to slap him in the face.
August 28th, 2008 at 6:31 pm49erDem Says:
The latest Gallup Daily Tracking poll, after having the candidates basically tied for the last few weeks, now has Obama up 48 to 42, and this isn’t even the post-convention poll. I’d say the convention is going well.
Actually, according to the Republicans that will show how badly it is going. Because they (the Republicans) are saying he should get a 15 point boost in the polls.
So, I say that George McCain should get a 20 point boost in the polls. Then when he doesn’t, I can point to how disappointing his performance was.
August 28th, 2008 at 6:36 pmWhat else would you expect – Elvis was appearing!!!
Bill – more gorgeous than ever!!!
Oh, how I miss him!!
August 28th, 2008 at 6:48 pmSpeaking of polls, the Jerusalem Post shows 63% of Americans support an Israeli attack on Iran, should diplomacy fail.
The Israel Project commissioned the poll. They have 22 representatives at the DNC, pushing their latest marketing campaigns. Their campaign on the Iranian threat says, “the time to act is now”.
The Israel Project’s advisory board. It’s made up of:
Sen. Evan Bayh (IN), Sen. Ben Cardin (MD), Sen. Saxby Chambliss (GA), Sen. Tom Coburn (OK), Sen. Norm Coleman (MN), Sen. Susan Collins (ME), Sen. Judd Gregg (NH), Sen. Joe Lieberman (CT), Sen. Ben Nelson (NE), Sen. Gordon Smith (OR), Sen. Arlen Specter (PA), Sen. Ron Wyden (OR), Rep. Rob Andrews (NJ), Rep. Shelley Berkley (NV), Rep. Tom Davis (VA), Rep. Eliot Engel (NY), Rep. Frank Pallone (NJ), Rep. Jon Porter (NV), Rep. John Sarbanes (MD), Rep. Jim Saxton (NJ), Rep. Brad Sherman (CA), Rep. Joe Wilson (SC), Actor and Director Ron Silver
August 28th, 2008 at 6:55 pmusers says, something completely stupid what WERE the odds?
Gallup has Obama 48 to 42, USA today Gallup has Obama up 47 to 45, Hotline FD has Obama up 44 to 40 and CBS/Washington Post has Obama up 49 to 45 Rasmussen and CNN have them tied so NO the polls do NOT have Obama down. What a tool you are.
August 28th, 2008 at 7:00 pmAfter reading posts here, there, and everywhere………….I’ve come to the conclusion there are either some easily entertained people or the polls are messing with people’s heads.
Talking to some older vets wives todays……..response…………we’re screwed with no one to vote for. Both parties elected the bottom of the list.
August 28th, 2008 at 7:01 pmThe democratic convention is a home run. 24 million viewers is very impressive. On the other side, the Republicans will be lucky to have 24 thousand viewers. I mean, who the hell wants to watch McCain fall asleep again and all the neocons speak like neo-nazi propagandists??
August 28th, 2008 at 7:04 pmI blame the ear splitting chatter of our great media for driving away eyeballs.
I have added c-span to my channel list and plan on watching tonight’s speeches there.
someone kindly send me an e-mail if joe scar and dave schuster have a cage match, or if Keith O slaps tweety upside the head tonight.
That would be “Must see TV”
August 28th, 2008 at 7:07 pmI bet if they added youtube views they could get another 1/2 to 1 million. This is how I’ve been watching. Internet Tivo :-)
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=democratic+national+convention+2008&search_type=&aq=1&oq=democratic+national+con
Michelle’s speech was massive!
August 28th, 2008 at 7:12 pmThe question is how many McCain ads will run during DNC coverage on the major networks? His latest got reported on in the Jerusalem Post. It’s a stink bomb:
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1219572144500&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
August 28th, 2008 at 7:17 pmI think most people will come back for today. I’ve not watched it too much personally thanks to the Internet, but I will be watching Barack’s speech.
August 28th, 2008 at 7:19 pm49erDem at 5:40 pm
“Word from Denver is there’s a huge line and they’ll fill Invesco easily with 75 to 80K people.”
Some years from now, there will be a million people who will claim they were there. Like Woodstock, it will be a defining moment of history to which people will want to attach themselves.
August 28th, 2008 at 7:36 pmThat’s because there’s substance here, not lies and broken promises. That’s because Dems have a candidate and VP that finally are addressing the real issues. That’s because America is hurting from all the looting, war and cheating from the Republican Party.
Pure and simple, it’s just good entertainment. Let’s see the Republican’s top this next week. I doubt they’ll even come close.
August 28th, 2008 at 7:37 pmspencers mom Says:
I couldn’t be more proud of my country this day
I’m with you spencer. Also, being a Denver native I am just “busting buttons” being proud of this city. This has been an incredible week – and tomorrow morning we’ll get to work to put an end to the neocons and their “1000 year plan” for dominance.
The phrase around town today is “Barack-n-Roll” – ya gotta love it.
August 28th, 2008 at 7:44 pmp.s. and the “focus on everybody’s family but your own” nuts in Colorado Springs didn’t get their torential rain in Denver wish – it’s a beautiful 80 degree day – bright blue sky. Sorry Dobson – go fcuk yourself.
August 28th, 2008 at 7:54 pmI’m keeping track of these stats so they can be compared
August 28th, 2008 at 8:45 pmto the Republican Convention stats. Do you all think they’ll even be close? I don’t.
49erDem Says:
Word from Denver is there’s a huge line and they’ll fill Invesco easily with 75 to 80K people.
Meanwhile, word from the Twin Cities is that Republicans are having to give out free tickets to fill a 10,000 seat arena.
I think the official capacity of Mile hi is 74K plus or minus a couple that’s using the field for football not people There had to have been 90K plus there last night and what a treat they got got
August 29th, 2008 at 8:41 am