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Michelle Obama has bragging rights over Ann Romney in one early measurement — television ratings.


The Nielsen Co. said about 26.2 million people watched the opening night of the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday in Charlotte, N.C., where the first lady was the featured speaker.


Last week, Nielsen said 22.3 million watched the first night of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., where potential first lady Ann Romney talked about her husband, Mitt.






http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/world/54837430-68/million-viewers-obama-convention.html.csp
 
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President Barack Obama can beat rival Mitt Romney as a television draw...


The Nielsen company said 35.7 million people watched the final night of the Democratic convention on Thursday between 10 and 11 p.m. Eastern time.


That’s when the president delivered his nomination acceptance speech.


Last week, Mitt Romney had 30.3 million viewers for his speech at the GOP convention, with an assist from Clint Eastwood.



http://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...93700e-f941-11e1-a93b-7185e3f88849_story.html
 
On social media, the number of tweets about the Democratic convention blew away similar figures from the Republican National Convention a week earlier.

The president's speech prompted 52,756 tweets per minute just after it ended, a new record according to Twitter.

The peak tweets per minute, following some of Obama's most memorable lines, exceeded all other moments for any speaker during either the Democratic or Republican conventions.

The biggest reactions came when Obama declared, "I'm no longer just the candidate. I'm the president," followed by a promise that "I will never turn Medicare into a voucher."

The Democratic convention's final day, on which Obama spoke, generated 4 million tweets, about equal to the total number of tweets for the entire Republican National Convention.



http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...paign-mediabre886192-20120907,0,1448459.story


 
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