Nielsen Says 36.1 Million People Watched Midterm Returns

Nielsen Says 36.1 Million People Watched Midterm Returns
Fox News announces U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, as the winner over challenger Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-Texas, during the Dallas County Republican Party election night watch party on Nov. 6, 2018 at The Statler Hotel in Dallas. AP/Jeffrey McWhorter
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NEW YORK—There was a good election turnout on television, too.

The Nielsen company said Wednesday that 36.1 million people watched midterm election results on TV, a whopping 59 percent increase over the last midterms in 2014. For the last midterm election during Barack Obama’s presidency, an estimated 22.7 million people watched the counting.