The First 2020 Presidential Debate Scored Massive Ratings + watch Trump in 1st Rally day after!
The First 2020 Presidential Debate Scored Massive Ratings, and Trump holds ‘Great American Comeback’ event following first debate in Duluth, MN. Tuesday night’s so-called debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden was seen by a whopping 73.1 million viewers Tuesday, according to Nielsen. That’s a huge number more than triple the audience of this year’s Oscars but it wasn’t quite the blockbuster as the first debate of the 2016 general election. That Trump vs. Hillary Clinton opening slug fest drew a record 84 million viewers. It seems likely the 2016 debate was something of a unicorn, given it marked the first time Trump had faced off against a Democratic opponent in a debate and the first time a woman had been in a presidential general election campaign. Indeed, the 2020 tune-in easily beat the numbers for the 2012 showdown between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, which was seen by 67.2 million viewers. On the other hand, the 2020 numbers include viewing done outside homes and vi