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==Popularity==
==Popularity==
Whether or not people say that they like Sarah Palin, they gravitate to see her. She earned the highest TV ratings at the Republican convention when she spoke, even surpassing McCain's acceptance speech, and matched Obama's acceptance speech when he was in front of a gaudy Greek temple with a stadium of people. This was unprecedented for a Vice Presidential candidate. Likewise, her Vice Presidential debate with Joe Biden had more viewers than any of the three debates between McCain and Obama, likely due in part to her new approach toward politics and middle-class background. Finally, her brief appearance on Saturday Night Live gave the show its highest ratings in 14 years, and was actually the third highest ranked show for the week based on the number of people who tuned in originally to watch her, 17 million, even though it ran at midnight.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/oct/20/ustelevision-tvratings</ref> Palin has occasionally been criticized for her love of hunting. She unapologetically defends her love of hunting and other heartland values in the face of Northern liberal [[elitist]]s and the mainstream press as just being those of a "regular hockey mom from Alaska." <ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2006/11/08/hockey-mom-republican-sarah-palin-gets-alaska-governor-nod/</ref>
Whether or not people say that they like Sarah Palin, they gravitate to see her. She earned the highest TV ratings at the Republican convention when she spoke, even surpassing McCain's acceptance speech, and matched Obama's acceptance speech when he was in front of a Greek temple with a stadium of people. As a Vice Presidential candidate, that was unprecedented. Likewise her Vice Presidential debate with Joe Biden had more viewers than any of the three debates between McCain and Obama. Finally, her briefly appearing on Saturday Night Live gave the show its highest ratings in 14 years, and was actually the third highest ranked show for the week based on the number of people who tuned in originally to watch her, 17 million, even though it ran at midnight.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/oct/20/ustelevision-tvratings</ref> Palin has occasionally been criticized for her love of hunting.
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