Well he can't catch a break - Ratings 17% lower than Obama's First Speech

[titaniumsalute]

Overnights are in...

ON EDIT: A 27.8 million Household Rating means that 27.7% of HHolds in the US watched the Speech. That also means that 72.3% of Hholds in the US DID NOT watch the speech. Please keep that in mind.


Trump’s First Address to Congress Draws Smaller Crowd Than Obama in Early Ratings

President Trump delivered his first speech to a joint session of Congress Tuesday evening, and while the pundit class may be heaping praise on the performance, Nielsen’s metered market overnight ratings indicate that he likely didn’t draw as big a crowd as his predecessor.

Across seven networks — ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC — Trump’s speech notched a 27.8 household rating in those early ratings. Across these same networks, President Obama’s first address of a joint session of Congress on Feb. 24, 2009, drew an overnight household rating of 33.4, a difference of about 17%.

http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/tv-ratings-donald-trump-first-address-congress-obama-1201999788/

[Cha]

1. Haha.. trumpLiar will lie about it and the m$m will

praise him some more.

[underpants]

2. Trump - 83% of America watched me make it great again

[Stuart G]

3. I didn't watch...and didn't miss anything. nt

[JCinNYC]

4. I've read this a few times

Cant figure out what I'm missing
How is 33.4 vs 27.8 a difference of about 17%?

"Believe me" - I'd love it to be higher - but not getting the math here.

[titaniumsalute]

5. See below

27.8 divided by 33.4 is 0.832.

Take 100% and subtract 83.2% and you get about 17%.

[JCinNYC]

6. ugh

thanks - I cant believe I missed that - jeez, maybe its time for ginkgo.

[ProfessorGAC]

7. And That Is Still Bad Math

I agree with you that they did it that way, but i should be the inverse, or:

33.4/27.8 which is 1.2014. So, the audience for BHO's speech was 20.14% higher, not 17%. It would be roughly 17 over 83, that way.

Like i said, you pegged how they came up with that number, but they're actually understating the difference.

[titaniumsalute]

9. It is in the wording

Change of percentage.

If we are saying that BO had a TV rating of 33.4 and Dickhead had a 27.8, that is a fall of 16.8% or rounded to 17%.

If you want to imply lift it is the opposite. It's all about that base...

[ProfessorGAC]

10. Nope

A relative change is a mathematical concept
There's no excuse
If you hate math good for you
Republicans hate math too

[titaniumsalute]

12. My friend

I do math for a living in survey measurement and research. I'm correct on this one as is my math. And your post is highly uncalled for and rude at the same time.

[ProfessorGAC]

13. I"m A Mathematician Too

You're defending the indefensible. Their wording is wrong and you're defending it.

[ismnotwasm]

8. Good

#Blackouttrump

[Achilleaze]

11. Sad

He really is a loser.