WHAT’S GOING ON: GOP Presidential Debate at Wofford Earns Solid Ratings
As the South Carolina Republican Party and Wofford College worked to showcase Spartanburg and the Upstate for this past Saturday night’s Republican presidential debate, ratings indicate that a substantial number watched their efforts.
According to the final numbers, from the 8-9 pm CBS broadcast (The remaining 30 minutes streamed live on the Internet and was recorded for future airing.), 5.48 million total viewers watched the debate. In the adult 25-54 demographic, 1.52 million viewers watched.
Saturday night’s debate from Spartanburg was the second most watched of the 10 GOP presidential debates so far.
South Carolina will get at least two more chances to appear on the national stage before its “First in the South” presidential preference primary on January 21, 2012.
The first will be a January 16, 2012 debate in Myrtle Beach aired by FOX News. The second will take place just days later on January 19 at a CNN aired “Town Hall” from the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in Charleston.
