AS BETWEEN THE TWO, debate and financial situation, i assure you the rank and file are MORE interested in the financial crisis. I’m an attorney, granted my colleagues are more interested in the financial situation than say, the support staff, but the debate? no one, save hard core political junkies are interested in the debate. If i overstated the interest in the financial situation, fine, that’s my experience, but no way the rank and file are interested in this debate, which was your contention.
You must know a very atypical group of people. Presidential debates draw some of the biggest audiences ever, and this one Friday was expected to be one of the most watched ever. Check these audience figures for the top 10 presidential debates ever:
People are definitely interested in presidential debates, and it’s silly to argue otherwise. That’s the primary decisions making time for many voters, and they are credited with making or breaking more than one nominee in the past.