Why do you think over 500,000 more people watched the RNC?

Question

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain beat Democratic rival Barack Obama in the crucial battle to attract U.S. television viewers during their race to the White House, according to figures released on Friday.

Nielsen Media Research said a record 38.9 million TV viewers watched McCain accept the Republican nomination on Thursday, slightly more than the 38.3 million people who tuned in for Obama's speech last week.

McCain's tally was believed to be the biggest commercial TV audience every for a single night of a U.S. political convention, Nielsen said.

The Republican convention in St. Paul also attracted more average viewers overall than the Democratic Party convention in Denver last week.

McCain, 72, trails Obama only slightly in most national opinion polls

Answer 1

Because there were 84,000 people listening to Obama live and I have no idea how many watched him on tv McCain did not even fill up the seats at his convention I watched him just to see what he would say and I would guess a lot of other people listened to him for the same reason and most of his speech was taken up with stories of his past.

Answer 2

I think Democrats are more likely to watch the opposing side than the Republicans are.

Answer 3

Simple. Most americans are decent people who recognize a bit of themselves in McCaim & Palin. Obama's a glory hound.

Answer 4

less koolaid and cult rally.... more straight talk...

Answer 5

I think the extra people were stand-up comedians looking for new material.

Answer 6

You also have to figure in the viewers who watched the reruns after work at like 2am (central)  and figure in how many hard working people are rooting for Obama,  we all don't own 7 houses

I watched the McCain speech (at 2am) to see what his goals were for fixing the economy and he didn't mention the economy.. it was a waste of precious sleep time

I didn't learn anything new from his speech and it didn't pull me toward voting for him either, it just made me real cranky in the morning

More people may have watched but does it count the number of times it was tivo'd?

Answer 7

Because the team of McCain and the lovely Gov. Palin are Mavericks who keep their word and are about a real change, not just rhetoric! Also Palin is pleasant to the eye

Answer 8

actually obama topped mccain's speech by about 1,000,000 viewers.

either that or palin's speech, not sure. maybe you're right.

people were interested to see what the republicans would have to say after obama bashed john mccain.

Answer 9

Because contrary to what the lunatic leftist would have the American People believe there are more christian conservatives in the United States than there are liberals.

McCain/Palin 08

Answer 10

Probably has more to do with Palin being considered more popular than Obama or McCain...

Shows what popularity truly means... Not much (and yes, I've said this from the beginning)

I'm just happy that the real real McCain made an appearance last night and not the guy pandering for delegates.

Answer 11

Democrats are more willing to hear what the other side has to say.

Answer 12

All that means is the democrats tuned in. Its called being aware of your competition or enemy............ you choose!

Answer 13

I Smell fear, the Democrats got there pantys in a wad and are sore losers.

Answer 14

Curiosity, they were attracted to the convention after the riots made headlines, they've been a fan of his for years (such as myself), any number of reasons, I suppose.

I have to say, these conventions have been more entertaining than ever.  They are usually "kill me now" bores.

Answer 15

i predict that by sept. 12 mccain will be ahead in most reliable polls by six to eight points...

Answer 16

You've got to hear it both ways.

Plus I think everyone's pretty interested in Palin. She's all brand-new and such.  

Answer 17

There are more Conservatives in the US than Liberals.

Answer 18

people wanted to see mccain die on live tv

Answer 19

Because Obama is such a huge threat to the Republic.  Even people who have just a passing knowledge of the Constitution are afraid that Obama might get elected.  I doubt the election win for McCain will be a landslide, but it'll be substantial.

Answer 20

McCain is making people start to believe

Answer 21

Well,I watched it because I wanted to watch both conventions. Some Republicans last week probably watched the DNC last week for laughs just like some Democrats this week probably watched the RNC for laughs

Answer 22

I personally think it's because they wanted to see what Sarah Palin had to say. I know that's why I watched it. I must be one of those retards with a TV, right??

Answer 23

I wanted to hear what they had to say.  I am not sure who to vote for and I needed to hear both sides.  I think adding Palin to the ride might have made many others watch,.

Answer 24

Comedies always do better than drama.

Answer 25

To prove there are at least 500.000 retards in this country that own a TV!

Answer 26

They wanted to see if he could top the DNC which they didnt

Answer 27

Because we are smart and wanted to see how dumb they think we are.