Democratic debate viewership rises by almost 25 percent from 1st to 2nd night

Candidates at the second night of the second round of Democratic Presidential debates.
(Image credit: JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)

With the frontrunner taking center stage, Wednesday's Democratic presidential debate picked up a larger audience than the night prior, although viewership for both events still paled in comparison to June's opening round.

About 10.72 million people tuned into CNN's telecast of the second night of presidential debates on Wednesday, The Hollywood Reporter reports, up from the 8.69 million who watched the telecast on Tuesday night.

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