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Biden draws the worst viewing figures for a President's first State of the Union in 30 years
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Posted on 03/03/2022 6:24:59 PM PST by algore

President Joe Biden had the lowest viewership for his State of the Union than any of his four predecessors first addresses with less than 40 million tuning in, according to Nielsen ratings.

In a tracking of the 16 networks that aired live coverage of the address on Tuesday evening, 38,197,000 individuals were watching from 27,408,000 different households in the U.S.

The figures from Biden's speech come amid an ongoing war in Ukraine and increasingly dire approval rating numbers for the president and Democratic lawmakers going into the 2022 midterm elections.

Donald Trump's first State of the Union address in 2018 had 45.5 million viewers from 32.1 million households

The first State of the Union after the attacks on January 29, 2002 garnered 51,773,000 viewers from 35.5 million households and his remarks the year after saw 62,061,000 people tune in for the speech, the second most ever since Clinton's first address to a joint session of Congress.

Joint Session addresses are delivered just months after a president is elected so the new Executive Branch leader can lay out to the legislative body their plans for the country. It is not considered the first 'State of the Union,' that comes around a year after inauguration.

The marks for Biden's speech Tuesday evening were a noticeable improvement from his joint session address last year, where only 26.9 million viewers tuned in from 19.95 million households, which was the lowest of any address since tracking started in the early 90s.

Biden's Tuesday figures just edged out Trump's last State of the Union in February 2020, which drew just over 37.1 million people.

The first 12 minutes of the president's address on Tuesday, March 1, 2022 was aimed at Russia following its invasion of Ukraine

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hairsniffer; kiddiediddler; potato; sotu; whoops
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1 posted on 03/03/2022 6:24:59 PM PST by algore
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To: algore

The people who did watch were waiting for an “accident”.


2 posted on 03/03/2022 6:27:08 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: algore

Nancy’s gumming and chemical induced divining.........along with Harris who looked like a trained seal, caused millions to click the off button.


3 posted on 03/03/2022 6:29:23 PM PST by blackberry1
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To: algore

People just aren’t drawn to retards who mix up countries in their foreign policies 🤪


4 posted on 03/03/2022 6:30:03 PM PST by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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To: blackberry1

The Hoe looked like a bull-necked wrestler.


5 posted on 03/03/2022 6:30:50 PM PST by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: algore

In other news, a record number of views watched in chicken suits.


6 posted on 03/03/2022 6:31:08 PM PST by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
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To: algore

And yet I read dems saying he’s the greatest president ever.

I only hope we still HAVE our country in 3 years.


7 posted on 03/03/2022 6:31:26 PM PST by Beowulf9
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To: algore

He’s not president.

Everyone knows it.


8 posted on 03/03/2022 6:33:36 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: algore

But but but 81 million votes


9 posted on 03/03/2022 6:33:52 PM PST by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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To: algore
I posted this yesterday for the coveted 18-49 demographic:

Preliminary viewership:

SOTU Preliminary Viewership

the 3 major networks
coveted 18-49 demographic
in millions

1st hour2nd hourchannel changers
ABC State of the Union   5.029   3.558   -1.471
NBC State of the Union   3.717   2.769   -0.948
CBS State of the Union   4.520   3.028   -1.492
 
Total   13.266   9.355   -3.911
Source: https://www.spoilertv.com/2022/03/tv-ratings-for-tuesday-1st-march-2022.html


10 posted on 03/03/2022 6:34:08 PM PST by TomGuy (!)
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To: algore
The Nielsen source linked from the article notes that:

2022 Networks Included: ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, TEL, UNI, NBC LX, PBS, Black News Channel, CNBC, CNN, CNNe, FOXNC, MSNBC, Newsmax, NewsNation

So OAN viewership isn't included in the Nielsen ratings. This is another reason to watch OAN if you're going to watch stuff like Brandon's SOTU.

11 posted on 03/03/2022 6:34:28 PM PST by cockroach_magoo
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To: algore

And I helped!


12 posted on 03/03/2022 6:36:29 PM PST by windsorknot
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To: NWFree
People just aren’t drawn to retards who mix up countries in their foreign policies
13 posted on 03/03/2022 6:38:20 PM PST by LouAvul (The liberal's mantra: " I don't understand why this has to be so hard.")
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To: algore

Watching Biden causes way too much Cringe


14 posted on 03/03/2022 6:38:42 PM PST by butlerweave
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To: algore

Go get ‘em, Brandon!


15 posted on 03/03/2022 6:38:55 PM PST by Deo volente ("When we see the image of a baby in the womb, we glimpse the majesty of God's creation." Pres. Trump)
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To: algore

Did they count Crowder’s 1.2 million viewers on youtube and Rumble? LOL


16 posted on 03/03/2022 6:39:54 PM PST by TigersEye (Is it time for a general strike yet?)
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To: Lurkinanloomin
The people who did watch were waiting for an “accident”.

Yep.

Folks used to show up for hangings too.

.

17 posted on 03/03/2022 6:40:57 PM PST by TLI (ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: algore

So what?


18 posted on 03/03/2022 6:44:43 PM PST by LibertyWoman (The road to tyranny is paved with good intentions)
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To: algore

When you already know what the ‘movie’ is going to be like, because of all the previews (lies, day in and day out), then, you might as well skip seeing the movie.


19 posted on 03/03/2022 6:45:53 PM PST by adorno
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To: algore

38,197,000 individuals

Might have started watching it,

but I bet only 3 watched more than 10 minutes before they turned it off.

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20 posted on 03/03/2022 6:50:16 PM PST by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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