CNN Republican Debate Draws Nearly 12 Million Viewers

The GOP debate, which took place in Miami and aired on CNN Thursday night, drew 11.9 million total viewers, 3.7 million of which from the coveted 25-54 age demographic.

In addition to drawing millions of traditional viewers, the telecast netted a large digital audience of 1.9 million online viewers, topping out at 623,000 concurrent live streams.

This is down slightly from the last GOP debate to air on CNN, which took in 12.6 million viewers (and an additional 1.26 on Telemundo).

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