67 Million People Watched Trump-Harris Debate

More than 67 million people watched the presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump on Tuesday, according to Nielsen ratings.

Those figures are a massive increase over the 51 million who tuned in to the debate between Trump and President Joe Biden on June 27, an event that became the catalyst for the end of Biden’s reelection campaign.

The totals account for viewership across a range of television networks. ABC hosted the debate, but it was simulcast on 17 networks, including CBS, Fox News, NBC and MSNBC. Nielsen said Wednesday that the majority of viewers (41.3 million) were 55 and older.

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The numbers are much lower than some of the peak debate showdowns in recent political history. In 2016, the first debate between former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Trump