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(12,739 posts) Thu Feb 26, 2026, 02:59 PM Yesterday

28 million watched the SOTU [View all]

Previous SOTU viewed for comparison:
2019: 46.8 M
2018: 45.6 M
2020: 37.2 M
2025: 36.6 M
2017: 33.9 M

I assume the vast majority of viewers for Trump were MAGA

Source: Digby
https://digbysblog.net/2026/02/26/the-big-dud/

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28 million watched the SOTU [View all] surfered Yesterday OP

Some people were hate-watching. I don't know why anyone would bother. Ocelot II Yesterday #1

From what I understand there was a nontrivial number of drinking game viewers. Hugin Yesterday #6

Wonder why 2019 was so much higher in comparison to other Trump years. bearsfootball516 Yesterday #2

Just after 2018 blue wave election!! aeromanKC Yesterday #4

How many Russian's Traildogbob Yesterday #3

124 million for the Superbowl leftstreet Yesterday #5

It leaned 13 percent GOP Johonny Yesterday #7

Thanks for that. I guessed more. surfered Yesterday #8

Those poor, poor, people... hunter Yesterday #9

This will piss off trump LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #10

This made me smile LetMyPeopleVote 22 hrs ago #11