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Graham Platner US Inactive

GRAHAM FOR MAINE

ad creative

Nothing pisses me off more.

My name is Graham Platner, and I’m the oyster farmer, Marine Corps veteran, and Democrat running for U.S. Senate against Susan Collins here in Maine.

Ad copy

Nothing pisses me off more than getting a fundraising text from Democrats talking about how they’re fighting fascism… Because it’s such B.S. We’re not idiots. Everyone knows most of them aren’t doing jack right now to fight back. People are being kidnapped into unmarked vans by masked police. There is a genocide happening in Palestine. Literal billionaires have taken over our government. And all Democratic leadership can do is send us another fundraising text? My name is Graham Platner, and I’m the Marine Corps veteran and Democrat running for U.S. Senate against Susan Collins here in Maine. I’m not going to speak in platitudes or shy away from what I believe. There is a war going on in this country, and the oligarchy and the fascists are winning right now. Susan Collins is the most vulnerable Republican senator in the country. We have an opportunity to replace her with a working-class Democrat – one who won’t take money from corporations or AIPAC. But I’m not a wealthy guy, and we’re still short of our $50,000 goal and what we need to win. If I’m going to be able to defeat Susan Collins and flip this Senate seat blue, I need folks like you to chip in now to my campaign. Please, will you make a monthly donation right now to my campaign – whatever amount you can afford – to help me defeat Susan Collins, flip Maine blue, and take back the Senate with a Democrat who will actually fight to defend our democracy like Democrats oughta be? In the history of this nation, power has never been just willingly handed to the people. Another mealy-mouthed Democrat isn’t going to fix things or protect our constitution. I’m ready to go to the United States Senate and fight – but I need your help today to get there. In solidarity, Graham Platner

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Performance proxies

Overall score52.9/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.50.6 · 85.0 · 15.2 · 61.0
Spend rangeUSD 5,000–5,999
Impressions200,000 – 249,999
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 24.44
Est. audience size
Days live56 (2025-08-21 → 2025-10-16)
Created2025-08-21
Creative variants1 body · 1 headline
Platformsfacebook, instagram
Languagesen
CandidateME — Graham Platner
Surfaced by“senate:Graham Platner”

🧠 AI analysis

Issuedemocracy elections
Framingcontrast comparison
Message typefundraising
Emotional appealanger
Production tiersemi pro
Who picturedcandidate, veterans military
Symbolsnone
Call to actiondonate
Standout elementScreenshot of candidate's own tweet as the ad creative, creating an authentic raw-voice loop
TacticThe ad weaponizes populist rage against the candidate's own party to establish credibility as an outsider Democrat, using profanity and blunt language to signal authenticity while driving ActBlue donations.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

Maine14.1%
California10.8%
New York8.9%
Massachusetts7.6%
Washington3.7%
Pennsylvania3.7%
Illinois3.4%

Who saw it (delivery)

18-24 · female 1.1%
45-54 · male 8.2%
65+ · male 13.3%
65+ · female 11.7%
55-64 · unknown 0.3%
55-64 · male 8.6%
55-64 · female 8.1%
45-54 · unknown 0.3%
45-54 · female 6.6%
18-24 · male 4.1%
35-44 · unknown 0.5%
35-44 · male 11.9%
35-44 · female 7.6%
25-34 · unknown 0.4%
25-34 · male 11.0%
25-34 · female 5.7%
18-24 · unknown 0.2%
65+ · unknown 0.5%

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