{"id":5734,"date":"2008-09-05T22:12:52","date_gmt":"2008-09-05T22:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/09\/republican-convention-was-the.html"},"modified":"2008-09-05T22:12:52","modified_gmt":"2008-09-05T22:12:52","slug":"republican-convention-was-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/09\/republican-convention-was-the.html","title":{"rendered":"Republican convention was the most-watched convention in history"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Republicans beat the Democrats in viewership<\/a>!<\/p>\n

The Republican convention was the most-watched convention on television ever, beating a standard set by the Democrats a week earlier.
\nThree times in two weeks, political speeches were watched by more people than the “American Idol” finale, the Academy Awards and the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics this year.
\n[…]
\nThis week’s ratings, with an average of 34.5 million viewers watching the GOP convention over three days, proved people are becoming more interested in what the Republicans have to say. The Democrats had an average audience of 30.2 million over four days, Nielsen said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And Obama and McCain either tied<\/a> or McCain was slightly ahead depending on who you believe. Either way it was pretty impressive and shocking \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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