boastful programme for Clinton - Obama III ?
The two remain popular candidate take the stage tonight for one terminal debate before the March 4th primaries . People everywhere are talking about this race " “ and by ' everywhere , ' I mean my barbershop , selected supporter ' Facebook profiles and on MSNBC . But where will tonight ’s competition rank and file historically ?
Last hebdomad ’s Austin debate drew roughly 7.7 million viewers , while last month ’s showdown in Hollywood was seen by 8.3 million . These numbers intelligibly pale in comparability to viewership for general election debates . allot to Nielsen Media Research datum supply to theCommission on Presidential Debates , the heavy debate audience descend in 1980 , when 80.6 million people watched Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter . Here ’s the top ten :
1.Reagan - Carter , October 28 , 1980 ( 80.6 million)2.Clinton - Bush - Perot , October 15 , 1992 ( 69.9 million)3.Carter - Ford , September 23 , 1976 ( 69.7 million)4.Reagan - Mondale , October 21 , 1984 ( 67.3 million)(tie)Bush - Dukakis , October 13 , 1988 ( 67.3 million )
6.Clinton - Bush - Perot , October 19 , 1992 ( 66.9 million)7.Kennedy - Nixon , September 26 , 1960 ( 66.4 million*)8.Reagan - Mondale , October 7 , 1984 ( 65.1 million)(tie)Bush - Dukakis , September 25 , 1988 ( 65.1 million**)10.Carter - Ford , October 6 , 1976 ( 63.9 million )
- The four Kennedy - Nixon debates were seen on a larger percentage of televisions in 1960 than other debates on this inclination . But there were far few televisions .
- It ’s a little unknown to me that the 1984 and 1988 debate had virtually monovular rating . A second sourcebacks it up .
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