Comments on: Ratings down on Election Night over 2008

By: michaelthomas

michaelthomas — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:26:32 +0000

don’t even own a TV anymore and haven’t for years. I know lots of people in my age group (25-35) who don’t.

Alpha_Male on November 8, 2012 at 10:34 AM

After the High Def Flat Screen became passe’?

By: michaelthomas

michaelthomas — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:24:50 +0000

Tells me everything I need to know. Moderate conservatives / Republicans simply didn’t care.

By: Fallon

Fallon — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:02:02 +0000

I went to bed at 10 pm CST Tuesday night… Did I miss much?

By: Alpha_Male

Alpha_Male — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:34:55 +0000

I don’t even own a TV anymore and haven’t for years. I know lots of people in my age group (25-35) who don’t.

By: Alpha_Male

Alpha_Male — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:34:02 +0000

Gee, I wonder if more people were tracking the election on their iPads than in 2008.

By: eforhan

eforhan — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:43:26 +0000

I got my info online instead of TV.

OT: Ed, I already miss the Obamateurisms of the day. But then, it seems the point was made — plenty for MSM and comedians to mock, but mostly was ignored.

By: Rocks

Rocks — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:18:37 +0000

Of course it was down, there was nothing to see. What was your average viewer supposed to tune into see? Whether the candidate of huge government or the candidate of big government won? Voting was down, in a big way, from the last election for only the second time in the last century. It’s little wonder Clinton was such a big help to Obama. The other time the vote dropped was 1996.

At least 5% less people voted in 2012 as voted in 2008. It’s little wonder there were less viewers to watch the results, especially on left leaning networks as it was mostly those who supported Obama in 2008 that didn’t vote.