Obama draws biggest convention TV audience, Twitter record
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President Barack Obama and Vice-President Joe Biden on stage during a campaign event at the University of Iowa, on Friday, Sept. 7, 2012 in Iowa City, Iowa. Mr Obama's acceptance speech on Thursday night drew the largest television audience of this year's political conventions and ranked as the biggest political moment ever on social media site Twitter. -- PHOTO: AP
LOS ANGELES (REUTERS) - President Barack Obama's acceptance speech on Thursday night drew the largest television audience of this year's political conventions and ranked as the biggest political moment ever on social media site Twitter.
More than 35.7 million people tuned in on three broadcast and 10 cable networks to watch Mr Obama accept the Democrats' nomination for president, according to Nielsen ratings data.
While TV audiences for political conventions have dropped sharply over the years, Mr Obama's TV audience was only slightly lower from his 2008 acceptance speech, which attracted 38.4 million viewers, according to Nielsen.
For Republican challenger Mitt Romney's speech last week, 30.3 million people watched on television.
