Biden's DNC speech draws SMALLER audience than Hillary Clinton's in 2016

Joe Biden's speech Thursday night accepting the Democratic presidential nomination was the highest-rated event of the week for the Democratic National Convention, while drawing a smaller audience than Hillary Clinton's speech at the convention in 2016, according to early estimates from Nielsen Media Research.

Biden's speech was watched by 21.8 million people on TV, according to initial figures from Nielsen, beating out the early numbers for other major speeches at the convention earlier in the week. The figure, which does not include online streaming of the speech, is expected to grow when additional networks are added.

The early estimate for Thursday's TV audience is a slight uptick from the previous night, when Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) delivered her acceptance speech to be Biden's running mate and former President Obama spoke in support of his former vice president.

Still, the initial numbers mark a 21 percent drop from Clinton's speech at the convention in 2016, when she accepted the Democratic nomination that year.... (Read more)

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