LGBTQ attendance strong at DNC
DFW had strong representation at the Democratuc National Convention Delegates say the powerful four-night show laid out a plan to win in November DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writer Taffet@DallasVoice.com Delegates to the Democratic National Convention who had attended previous conventions described this year’s gathering as joyous, saying it reflected what has quickly become the theme of the Harris/Walz campaign.
Ratings for the Democratic Convention were higher than for the Republican gathering the month before — 21.8 million viewers per night for the Dems compared to 19.1 million for the Republicans.
But that’s not necessarily an indication of who will win in November. In the 16 presidential elections since 1960, the party with the higher TV ratings for their convention won eight times and lost eight times.
DNC delegates from North Texas credit the higher ratings to the fact that the Democrats put on a more interesting show. The Democrats had Oprah and Stevie Wonder, the Clintons and Obamas, not to mention plenty of viewer anticipation: Would Beyonce or Taylor Swift show up and endorse Kamala Harris? (They didn’t.) Texas state Rep.
