[Perdogg]

You have to remember,

1. last year the GOP convention was after Labor Day, not before.
2. 500,000 viewers in red states were out of power.
3. The majority of people have made up their minds.

[SamAdams76]

I think it's actually a good thing that the network viewers are down 17m over 2008. It means that less people are tuning into the lamestream media with their biased commentary, the split screens and the incredibly annoying ticker that constantly runs along the bottom of the screen.

With most people in the country on a high bandwidth internet connection, it is easier to stream video and I don't think they measure that when they compile their ratings. I also don't think they are counting C-SPAN viewers.