The first Democratic debate of the 2016 nomination cycle will be held in Las Vegas on Tuesday. Honestly, we have to face the fact that this debate will not bring the same amount of viewers as the GOP debate brought. For one, the GOP did not have to compete with a major sports event where "The New York Mets will play the Los Angeles Dodgers and the St. Louis Cardinals will play the Chicago Cubs in playoff games."However, sports aside, the popularity of the GOP debate owes the amount of views it had, to Donald Trump himself. the "Trump effect" shows how "Donald Trump's presence increased interest in Campaign 2016 beyond the traditional political hardcore". No matter how we try ignore it, Trump technically does have bragging rights over bringing a lot of the attention to the Republican primaries. As Tyndall argues, "politics aside, [the GOP debate] had elements of a reality TV elimination contest."
Monday, October 12, 2015
The popularity contest
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/10/cnn-democratic-debate-ratings-expectations-214664
The first Democratic debate of the 2016 nomination cycle will be held in Las Vegas on Tuesday. Honestly, we have to face the fact that this debate will not bring the same amount of viewers as the GOP debate brought. For one, the GOP did not have to compete with a major sports event where "The New York Mets will play the Los Angeles Dodgers and the St. Louis Cardinals will play the Chicago Cubs in playoff games."However, sports aside, the popularity of the GOP debate owes the amount of views it had, to Donald Trump himself. the "Trump effect" shows how "Donald Trump's presence increased interest in Campaign 2016 beyond the traditional political hardcore". No matter how we try ignore it, Trump technically does have bragging rights over bringing a lot of the attention to the Republican primaries. As Tyndall argues, "politics aside, [the GOP debate] had elements of a reality TV elimination contest."
The need for viewers is imperative to the Democratic debate because they are ultimately, according to Elleithee, "organizing tools. You want them to create excitement among Democrats to get involved." In order to draw viewer attention, CNN plans to have Sheryl Crow sing the national anthem and to leave the door open for VP Joe Biden to join the debate. Anderson Cooper will be the moderator, and popular anchors will be asking questions during the debate as well. In hopes of increasing ratings, these media tactics are sure to do the trick...right?
The first Democratic debate of the 2016 nomination cycle will be held in Las Vegas on Tuesday. Honestly, we have to face the fact that this debate will not bring the same amount of viewers as the GOP debate brought. For one, the GOP did not have to compete with a major sports event where "The New York Mets will play the Los Angeles Dodgers and the St. Louis Cardinals will play the Chicago Cubs in playoff games."However, sports aside, the popularity of the GOP debate owes the amount of views it had, to Donald Trump himself. the "Trump effect" shows how "Donald Trump's presence increased interest in Campaign 2016 beyond the traditional political hardcore". No matter how we try ignore it, Trump technically does have bragging rights over bringing a lot of the attention to the Republican primaries. As Tyndall argues, "politics aside, [the GOP debate] had elements of a reality TV elimination contest."
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I don't really think that will help raise the views of the Democratic Debate a lot. It may help to give it a boost from previous years but it will not have as much affect as Trump did to raise the views in the GOP debate.
ReplyDeleteThe problem seems to be that the general public are just not interested in learning about the issues. Trump brings in this aura of brashness and is very "in your face" about it. The Democrats don't have someone like Trump so naturally their numbers will be lower.
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