Convention ratings

According to Nielsen:

1) Hillary’s night (26.0 million viewers) had higher ratings than Michell’s night (22.3 million viewers).

2) African Americans continue to watch the convention in a higher proportion than the rest of the population (the African American rating, or percentage of the African American population watching, was 12.7 vs. a 9.0 for the population as a whole)

3) Almost five times as many people (26.0 million) watched Day Two coverage in 2008 vs. Day Two in 2004 (5.9 million) when only the cable networks covered the convention.

more