Trump’s SOTU Speech Crushes Obama’s in the Rat
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President Donald Trump’s powerful State of the Union address resonated across the nation Tuesday night as more Americans tuned in to hear the president than did for former President Barack Obama when he gave his second State of the Union address.
Trump was the king of TV ratings Tuesday night, Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter reported, citing metered-market results.
The president’s speech averaged a 16.3 rating among ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC. That showing is up roughly 10 percent from Trump’s first State of the Union address in 2018, which had a 14.8 rating.
When Obama gave his second State of the Union address in 2011, he had a viewing audience estimated at 30.9 million people.
Trump’s first address topped 45 million people, meaning that with the ratings increase he recorded Tuesday night, this year’s speech will surpass Obama’s second State of the Union address.
Nielsen based its preliminary ratings of Trump’s speech on 12 broadcast networks and cable channels, CNN reported. The preliminary rating was 32.1, up from 30.7 a year ago. The Nielsen rating estimates the percentage of homes that were tuned in to the president.
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