Third GOP debate draws fewer than 7 million viewers

Fewer than 7 million people watched Wednesday night’s third Republican presidential primary debate on television, the lowest of the debates so far this cycle. NBC News’s broadcast of the third GOP debate, which aired in prime-time from 8-10 p.m., delivered 6.8 million viewers on linear television, including 1.3 million in the advertiser-coveted 25-54 age demographic, according to Nielsen Media Research. Those figures do not include…