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      They didn’t even include YouTube as one of the sources they counted, and time shifting was only within a day. I can’t be the only one who watched it on YouTube several days later

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      Wish we could easily track those numbers. I guess someone could probably ballpark it based on a study of major sites that were streaming it at the time.

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        Plus track it over time. Watching it online is not just timeshifting a few hours but may include watching it on a different day.

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      But when you get into online views, you start hitting repeat viewers and non-US based viewers, so it’s not as significant.

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        You can typically account for those. Multiple views, and per country views, are a very solved problem thanks to advertisement.

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        The 2022 mid-term was the largest turnout for a non presidential election in a long long time. The young people are starting to pay attention.

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        Young means voting age or near voting age. Plenty of them care a lot. Their future is being decided. Will they have access to reproductive healthcare, will the planet be wrecked, will there be another election cycle.

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        Then they’re idiots. This is about their future so much more than ever before. This is their chance to make a difference: their votes, their preferences are more important than ever before

        My 17 year old saw it before I did, but it was for a Law and Government class