Senator Barack Obama and his interviewer on “Meet the Press,” Tim Russert, were a much bigger draw in Indianapolis on Sunday than were Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and her interviewer on “This Week,” George Stephanopoulos.
According to data from Nielsen, “Meet the Press,” on NBC, was viewed in 91,000 households there, a third of all of those watching television at the time. “This Week,” on ABC, was watched in 14,000 households, just 4 percent of those watching television. The margin of victory for Mr. Russert over Mr. Stephanopoulos was larger than usual in Indianapolis.
This could be a good sign for Mr. Obama, who is believed to hold an edge in Indianapolis and needs to do well there to win the Indiana primary on Tuesday. Yet it could also speak to his edge with well-educated voters, who presumably are among the most likely to tune in to the Sunday public affairs programs. (Have some Russert with your latte).
Yet Mr. Stephanopoulos and Mrs. Clinton narrowly beat Mr. Russert and Mr. Obama in the Chicago television market, which reaches into Indiana. And, in North Carolina, which also holds its primary on Tuesday, they won by a similarly slim margin in Charlotte. But Mr. Russert and Mr. Obama won by substantial margins in Raleigh, Greenville and Greensboro.
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