Poll: Voters More Interested in Republican Convention Than Democratic Convention

A recent poll finds more voters say they will watch some of this week’s Republican National Convention, than the Democratic National Convention where Hillary Clinton is likely to triumph.

While Rasmussen Reports didn’t release the internals of the poll, the results shouldn’t come as a surprise. With Mr. Trump on the stage, the Republican Party drew record numbers of viewers to their televisions to watch the debates and voters to the polls. In fact, when The Donald skipped the final debate hosted by Fox News before the Iowa caucus, their ratings plummeted.

The Democratic presidential primary debates drew far fewer viewers and interest, and GOP primary voters voted in larger numbers than their Democratic counterparts is key battleground states, often considerably. In Ohio, which is hosting the 2016 Republican National Convention, Mr. Trump lost to the hometown governor with more votes than Mrs. Clinton won it with against Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Pundit’s Take

Worthing noting, the more viewers watch the convention themselves at home–rather than rely upon the media–the worse it will be for the media and Hillary Clinton. The 2016 Republican National Convention has highlighted some of the party’s disagreements, but the Quicken Loans Arena is filled with an energy and excitement that is far greater, far more intense than anything we saw for the two previous nominees.

The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on July 14 and 17, 2016 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.