Ratings drop for final presidential debate with 63 million viewers

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About 63M people tuned in to watch Thursday night's final presidential debate between President Trump and Joe Biden on television, according to ratings data from Nielsen.

“Don’t mistake debate enthusiasm for voter enthusiasm. The first debate was a turnoff, and I think we saw that in ratings for the second,” said Dave Wasserman, an election analyst for NBC News and editor of the Cook Political Report. “By now, most voters have made up their minds, and there are fewer undecided viewers than there were four years ago.”

The final debate between Clinton and Trump in 2016 saw a ratings drop from the first but still attracted about 71.6 million viewers, according toWasserman said Trump’s “attacks on moderators and the debate commission don’t do much to encourage his own supporters to tune in.” But he noted the country is still on track for strong voter turnout.

Thursday night's debate was the first to involve a mute button that cut off a candidate’s microphone when it was their opponent’s turn to answer a question. The move was a response to the first debate, which was marked by

 

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Was watching sports instead.

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