Donald Trump's campaign to urge supporters not to watch rival Hillary Clinton's speech.
The Democratic National Convention has racked up more daily viewers than the Republican confab a week earlier, prompting Donald Trump's campaign to urge its supporters not to watch rival Hillary Clinton's Thursday night speech.
Data compiled by ratings agency Nielsen show the Democratic event in Philadelphia handily outperforming the Republican convention in Cleveland.
Clinton will accept the Democratic nomination later Thursday, but Trump's team exhorted Republicans to steer clear.
"Unless you want to be lied to, belittled and attacked for your beliefs, don't watch Hillary's DNC speech tonight," Trump's campaign said in a fundraising email.
"Instead, help Donald Trump hold her accountable, call out her lies and fight back against her nasty attacks."
On the opening day, Democrats drew nearly 26 million viewers, compared to 23 million for the Republicans. Day two saw the Democrats earn 24.7 million viewers, about 700,000 more than the GOP, according to Nielsen.
Some 23.4 million tuned in to see day three of the Republican convention. The Democrats drew "about 24 million viewers," CNN Money reported, citing preliminary Nielsen data for Wednesday.
The Democrats have more star power at their confab, although that was expected given that their party occupies the White House.
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden went to bat for Clinton Wednesday night, while her husband Bill, himself a former president, delivered the keynote speech on Tuesday and First Lady Michelle Obama spoke Monday.
But the higher Democratic ratings are seen as a surprise, given that Trump has been such a consistently strong media draw throughout the presidential campaign.
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