65.6 Million Watched Second Debate, Slightly Less Than First

[DonViejo]

Source: TPM

65.6 Million Watched Second Debate, Slightly Less Than First

IGOR BOBIC 5:30 PM EDT, WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 17, 2012

The second presidential debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney drew an estimated 65.6 million viewers on Tuesday night, according to Nielsen, slightly less than the 67.2 million who tuned in to the first debate.

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[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. This is tremendous news! In 2008 there was a big drop. Lots of voters saw the smackdown! nt

[gabeana]

2. that is awesome news

i am surprised it was that big
what is the normal drop off between 1st and 2nd debate

[budkin]

3. I think people wanted to see if Obama would hit back

And they saw him do just that!

[StevieM]

4. Great news!! The Yankees-Tigers game probably drew 6 million and took some viewers away.

But the debate still did very well, which is great given how many people we needed to see Obama destroy Romney.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

16. some northerners were fighting wild animals?

[flamingdem]

5. Wow! Let's hope they don't try to make a reality tv show out of it..

[hrmjustin]

6. great news!

[bemildred]

7. And next time it will be the whole planet.

If only for the rhetorical gore.

[magical thyme]

8. at least some of the people who skipped this one were like me

Couldn't bear to. Didn't want to jinx the President. Instead, I 'watched' through DU's eyes, cheered along and sent good vibes every step of the way!

[Cha]

11. I don't even have a tv.. I couldn't even

watch through DU eyes last night until it was almost over. Watched an episode of Castle and send Mega Good Vibes to Pres Obama!

I didn't jinx it!

[Cha]

9. Thanks for the total, DonViejo!

I'd read there were more last night but not so.

Not too many less..relatively speaking..2 millionish.

[VirginiaTarheel]

10. Each time there is a debate, the original ratings numbers are adjusted upward as time goes by to

include more cable and PBS viewers. These numbers could go up in the next couple of days.

[Third Doctor]

12. This isn't counting the people who watched it online.

That total is probably a lot more.

[Ztolkins]

13. CLEARLY, these numbers are made up

Trust me, no one saw Romney get his ass kicked. I know

[SemperEadem]

15. no, you don't.

just stop.

[uppityperson]

17. I did. You don't know. wtf?

[SemperEadem]

14. those numbers are still good, but I'd say that perhaps

since debates are for "those who haven't made up their minds yet", after the 3 so far, if someone still hasn't made up their mind, they're a ninny.

[YOHABLO]

18. And Who Hadn't Made up their mind before the debates?

Anyone who hasn't been keeping up, should be ashamed. This is about hanging on to what fragments of our Democracy we have left .. Still too many apathetic uninformed citizens we live with. How can we get people in this country to participate in the process? This is why we have a majority of Republicans in the House and a Supreme court stacked against the working men and women in this country.

[SemperEadem]

23. yep. they vote

the way their emotions dictate, not the way reason in light of their own economic situation should dictate.

if someone saying "marxist, kenyan, no birth certificate releasing, unamerican", then guess what emotion they're building their entire decision on? If the least someone can say is "fear", then a scared person should stay the eff at home on election day. Cowards don't belong in a voting booth.

[Onlooker]

19. I bet more of them watched the whole debate than watched the entire first debate

I have to admit that I stopped watching the first debate after about 45 minutes, when I realized that Obama was not going to get into gear. This debate was far more exciting and more interesting.

[MaffraMan]

20. I watched it live in Australia Obama wiped the floor with Romney

Keep it up right to the end Barack. We want a landslide to the Democrats!

[Terra Alta]

21. Welcome to DU!

I agree, Obama had a terrific debate performance last night. I'm so proud of him!

[TomCADem]

22. Yet, the Media is now arging the debates don't really matter...

...and pushing the its a tight race meme or that Romney still has momentum.