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TV viewership up for election night
In the latest sign of the intense interest in this election, Nielsen Media Research says preliminary estimates are that 71.4 million people watched election night coverage on TV.
That's the average audience between 8 and 11 p.m. EST, when Barack Obama was declared the 44th president.
And that figure is significantly higher than for the tighter contests the past two elections: 59.2 million viewers in 2004 and 61.6 million in 2000.
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Glen Johnson is Politics Editor at boston.com and lead blogger for "Political Intelligence." He moved to Massachusetts in the fourth grade, and has covered local, state, and national politics for over 25 years. E-mail him at johnson@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @globeglen. |
