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Trump’s Inauguration Draws Lowest TV Audience In 15 Years

Donald's big day draws historically low ratings

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Dash Dobrofsky
Jan 22, 2025
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In a time when we could all use some good news, here it is.

According to Nielsen, Trump’s inauguration drew an average of 24.6 million viewers across all broadcast networks — 27% fewer than the 33.8 million who watched Biden’s inauguration and 21% fewer than the 31 million who tuned in for Trump’s first inauguration in 2016.

This means Trump had the lowes…

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