Biden scores worst viewing record for president’s first state in 30 years: only 38 million Americans joined, compared to 45.5 million for Trump and 48 million for Obama
- Nielsen’s rating shows that nearly 38.2 million people signed up for President Joe Biden’s first address on the state of the Union on Tuesday, March 3, 2022.
- This was the smallest number of viewers for the first state address of the Union from each of the four predecessors of Biden Trump, Obama, W. Bush and Clinton.
- The figures from Biden’s speech come amid the ongoing war in Ukraine and increasingly appalling numbers of approval for the president
President Joe Biden had the lowest ratings for its state of the union of any of its four predecessors with less than 40 million views, according to Nielsen ratings.
Tracking 16 networks that broadcast live on the address on Tuesday night, 38,197,000 people watched from 27,408,000 different households in the United States
The figures from Biden’s speech come amid the ongoing war in Ukraine and growing numbers of applause for the president and Democrat lawmakers in 2022. by-elections.
Donald TrumpThe first state of the Union address in 2018 had 45.5 million viewers from 32.1 million households.
The first state of the Barack Obama Alliance gathered 48 million viewers, George W. Bush – 51.7 million, and Bill Clinton – 45.8 million.
Bush received a big boost for his first official address because it came just four months after the fall of the Twin Towers in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Nielsen’s ranking shows that nearly 38.2 million people joined President Joe Biden’s first address on the state of the Union on Tuesday, March 3, 2022 – at least one of his four predecessors
The figures from Biden’s speech come amid the ongoing war in Ukraine and increasingly horrific numbers of presidential approval. Pictured: Biden shakes hands with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as she arrives for her first address on the state of the Union before Congress on Tuesday
The first state of the Union after the attacks of January 29, 2002 gathered 51,773,000 viewers from 35.5 million households, and his speeches the year after saw 62,061,000 people who took part in the speech, the second most since the first address. of Clinton to a joint session of Congress.
Bill Clinton has had the most viewers since he began tracking Nielsen in his first address to Congress in 1993, with 66.9 million viewers on just four networks: ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN.
The appeals to the joint sessions are made only months after the election of the president, so that the new leader of the executive branch can present his plans for the country to the legislature. It is not considered to be the first “state of the Union” to come about a year after taking office.
Estimates of Biden’s speech Tuesday night were a marked improvement over his joint address to last year’s session, where only 26.9 million viewers joined from 19.95 million households, the lowest of all addresses since tracking began in early of the 90s.
Nielsen’s ratings have been pulled from network television as more Americans pull the cable and switch to streaming services. However, the Follow-up Council notes that watching outside the home and related watching TV are included in the 2022 figures.
Biden’s data on Tuesday just surpassed the latest state of the Trump Alliance in February 2020, attracting just over 37.1 million people.
The first 12 minutes of the president’s address on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, were addressed to Russia following its invasion of Ukraine – and included a message that the United States was closing its airspace to Russian flights and aircraft.
It also came with a strong warning to Russian President Vladimir Putin: “You have no idea what’s next.”
Biden announced “strict” new measures in his address Tuesday against Moscow and its wealthy elite with a new task force to pursue the “crimes” of Russian oligarchs, while reaffirming that it would not send US forces to Kyiv.
“We are coming for your malicious profits,” Biden said, provoking the rare sight of members of both parties standing to applaud.
The president’s address on the state of the Union usually focuses on domestic politics, but the raging conflict in Ukraine and the request of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky Biden to make Americans realize that this is a “war for the values of democracy and freedom” meant that the leader change his focus.
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