Presidential debate pageviews on Ballotpedia, 2024
Date: November 5, 2024  |
 Kamala Harris (D) Donald Trump (R) (won) Jill Stein (G) Chase Oliver (L) |
2028 • 2024 • 2020 • 2016 |
This page provides pageview statistics for 2024 Republican presidential primary debates before, during, and after each debate. Like other websites, Ballotpedia's servers count how many times each page is visited. The pageview statistics on these articles are a proxy for reader interest in the debate and the primary process over time.
The higher the number of pageviews on these articles in the days surrounding the debate, the more likely it was that people were heading to their browser to search for information about the candidates and debate.
Our objective in publishing these figures is to provide readers with the same information that we have on the levels of interest that 2024 presidential candidates are drawing. We hope that you will enjoy exploring and finding trends in the data.
Visiting a page is not an endorsement of a candidate, so pageviews should not be equated with support. Readers come to a campaign page because they think the candidate is worth knowing more about, whether the reader believes the candidate has a strong chance of winning or is an unknown who warrants a closer look. The following statistics reflect the time investments of our community of thousands of readers. Click here to read more about what pageviews can tell us and click here to read more about the limitations of pageview data.
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Pageview statistics are captured for the following debates:
- Debate 1: August 23, 2023
- Debate 2: September 27, 2023
- Debate 3: November 8, 2023
- Debate 4: December 6, 2023
- Debate 5: January 10, 2024
Pageviews by debate overview page
The following chart shows the percentage of pageviews each debate overview page received two days before through one day after the debate. The total is the sum of each debate's pageviews two days before through one day after the debate.
Pageviews by candidate for each debate
Ballotpedia also tracks pageviews for 2024 presidential campaign pages. Our objective in publishing these figures is to provide readers with the same information that we have on the levels of interest that 2024 presidential candidates are drawing.
Visiting a page is not an endorsement of a candidate, so pageviews should not be equated with support. Readers come to a campaign page because they think the candidate is worth knowing more about, whether the reader believes the candidate has a strong chance of winning or is an unknown who warrants a closer look.
August 2023 debate
On August 23, 2023, Fox News hosted the first Republican presidential primary debate. Of the 15 noteworthy Republicans who had entered the race, 8 participated in the debate. The following chart shows each candidate's pageviews between two days before and the day after the debate.
During the four-day period above, the top five Republican candidates by percentage of pageviews were:
- Vivek Ramaswamy (36.6% of all Republican candidate pageviews)
- Nikki Haley (10.95%)
- Tim Scott (7.26%)
- Ron DeSantis (6.86%)
- Doug Burgum (5.42%)
For comparison, in the week before the debates, the top five Republican candidates by pageviews were:
- Vivek Ramaswamy (40.39% of all Republican candidate pageviews)
- Francis Suarez (8.17%)
- Nikki Haley (7.82%)
- Tim Scott (7.48%)
- Ron DeSantis (5.91%)
September 2023 debate
On September 27, 2023, Fox Business and Univision hosted the second Republican presidential primary debate. Of the 14 noteworthy Republicans running the race, 7 participated in the debate. The following chart shows each candidate's pageviews between two days before and the day after the debate.
During the four-day period above, the top five Republican candidates by percentage of pageviews were:
- Vivek Ramaswamy (24.3% of all Republican candidate pageviews)
- Nikki Haley (13.6%)
- Ron DeSantis (8.8%)
- Donald Trump (8.1%)
- Tim Scott (7.6%)
For comparison, in the week before the debates, the top five Republican candidates by pageviews were:
- Vivek Ramaswamy (20.6% of all Republican candidate pageviews)
- Nikki Haley (13.9%)
- Ryan Binkley (10.5%)
- Donald Trump (8.5%)
- Ron DeSantis (8.1%)
November 2023 debate
On November 8, 2023, NBC and Salem Radio Network hosted the third Republican presidential primary debate. Of the nine noteworthy Republicans running the race, five participated in the debate. The following chart shows each candidate's pageviews between two days before and the day after the debate.
During the four-day period above, the top five Republican candidates by percentage of pageviews were:
- Vivek Ramaswamy (21.7% of all Republican candidate pageviews)
- Nikki Haley (21.6%)
- Donald Trump (12.8%)
- Tim Scott (10.9%)
- Ron DeSantis (10.8%)
For comparison, in the week before the debates, the top five Republican candidates by pageviews were:
- Nikki Haley (22.0% of all Republican candidate pageviews)
- Vivek Ramaswamy (18.4%)
- Donald Trump (14.4%)
- Tim Scott (12.0%)
- Ron DeSantis (11.4%)
December 2023 debate
On December 6, 2023, NewsNation, The Megyn Kelly Show on SiriusXM, and the Washington Free Beacon hosted the fourth Republican presidential primary debate. Of the seven noteworthy Republicans running the race, four participated in the debate. The following chart shows each candidate's pageviews between two days before and the day after the debate.
During the four-day period above, the top five Republican candidates by percentage of pageviews were:
- Nikki Haley (31.7% of all Republican candidate pageviews)
- Vivek Ramaswamy (18.9% )
- Ryan Binkley (12.3%)
- Ron DeSantis (11.3%)
- Donald Trump (10.5%)
For comparison, in the week before the debates, the top five Republican candidates by pageviews were:
- Nikki Haley (36.5% of all Republican candidate pageviews)
- Vivek Ramaswamy (16.6%)
- Donald Trump (11.5%)
- Ron DeSantis (10.2%)
- Ryan Binkley (9.9%)
January 2024 debate
On January 10, 2024, CNN hosted the fifth Republican presidential primary debate. Of the seven noteworthy Republicans running the race, two participated in the debate. The following chart shows each candidate's pageviews between two days before and the day after the debate.
During the four-day period above, the top five Republican candidates by percentage of pageviews were:
- Nikki Haley (25.10% of all Republican candidate pageviews)
- Vivek Ramaswamy (22.44% )
- Ryan Binkley (13.54%)
- Donald Trump (13.42%)
- Ron DeSantis (13.13%)
For comparison, in the week before the debate, the top five Republican candidates by pageviews were:
- Vivek Ramaswamy (24.15% of all Republican candidate pageviews)
- Nikki Haley (22.99%)
- Ryan Binkley (14.09%)
- Donald Trump (13.27%)
- Ron DeSantis (11.96%)
See also
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