Topic - The Nielsen Co.

Newsmax, Fox's chief rival for conservative viewers, had 947,000 viewers and NewsNation had 237,000, Nielsen said.

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The last time a party lost despite having a more popular convention was in 2016, although it was close: Democrat Hillary Clinton's nominating session beat Donald Trump by less than a million viewers per average, Nielsen said.

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