The November Democratic presidential debate had the smallest audience of the election cycle, which was half the size of the most-watched debate.

More than 6.5 million people tuned in for Wednesday night’s debate on MSNBC, according to early Nielsen Media Research. The key 25-54 age demographic comprised 1.6 million of those viewers. Comparatively, October’s Democratic debate, which also was one night but had twelve candidates, reached an audience of slightly more than 8.1 million viewers.

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