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In a related poll released Wednesday, only 19 percent of voters nationwide were able to say when the GOP convention would be held.
The conventions will also receive less network attention this year than they have in the past. ABC and CBS will each carry five hours of live primetime convention coverage, while NBC will televise only the last two nights for two and a half hours of total coverage.
"The convention audience this year, as in the past, will be a combination of those viewers who went to their televisions intending to watch the convention and those viewers who turned on their sets and just happened to catch it," said Bradlee Professor of Government Thomas Patterson in a press...
The conventions have steadily drawn lower and lower audiences in recent years. In 1976, the average household watched more than 11 hours of convention coverage. In 1996, however, the average household watched fewer than four hours.
As for the lack of public awareness of the GOP convention date, Ortiz laid the blame squarely on the public.