More than 40M People Tuned in to Palin
The Associated Press
September 4, 2008
CBNNews.com - NEW YORK - More than 40 million people tuned in to the Republican convention Wednesday to hear vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin introduce herself to voters.
That audience rivaled the one for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama last week. Nielsen Media Research estimated 37.2 million people watched Palin on either ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Fox News Channel or MSNBC. PBS estimated it had four million viewers for the speech.
Last week Obama had 38.4 million viewers on the commercial networks, topping 40 million with PBS and C-SPAN added in.
Those are bigger audiences than the "American Idol" finale or Academy Awards.
Viewers were far more interested in Palin than Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden. Biden's speech to Democrats last week was seen by an estimated 24 million people.
Palin VP Nomination Official
Meanwhile, Gov. Sarah Palin's selection by John McCain to run with him on the 2008 Republican presidential ticket was unanimously ratified by GOP convention delegates.
Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman formally placed Palin's name in nomination for the vice presidential spot on the ticket. He said, "We are looking for a beacon of light to show us the way... We are looking for Sarah."
Huntsman called America's public policy challenges daunting. But he also said that Palin has the kind of confidence and independent spirit necessary for the job.
He declared: "Hockey moms of the world: United" and said that Palin is not afraid to "kick a few fannies."
Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.
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