WHOOPS: Donald Trump Nomination Speech Ratings Fall Far Below GOP Record

After all he's such an engaging speaker...not.

With all the lights, the balloons and the ‘USA’ chants, the TV ratings for the final night of the Republican National Convention and Donald Trump’s acceptance of the party’s nomination for president, viewers just weren’t turning on their televisions in comparison with past conventions.

Variety reports:

Donald Trump did indeed lose out to John McCain in the battle for biggest RNC audience. Coverage of the last night of the 2016 RNC drew 32.2 million total viewers across ABC, CBS, NBC, UNI, CNN, Fox Business Network, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, CNBC and NBC Universo. While technically these are “Big T.V. ratings!” as Trump promised in a tweet, it’s worth bearing in mind that was the collective audience of 10 networks….

That’s slightly less than the 30.25 million that tuned in to Mitt Romney’s acceptance speech in 2012; however, that figure includes viewership across ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, Fox News, Current, Mun2, PBS and Univision. The extra networks provided a lift of almost 2 million viewers when all was said and done, so it’s likely Trump will see some sort of lift when the final tally comes down.

Less that Mitt Romney. Sorry but that needs to be repeated. Most of us remember Karl Rove’s epic meltdown after President Obama handily defeated Romney in 2012. And to win, Donald would need even more support from minorities and women than Romney received. Do the math.

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