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Susan Collins US Inactive

COLLINS FOR SENATOR

ad creative

Susan FIGHTS for Maine

Sara doesn’t even show up...

Ad copy

Leadership starts with showing up. Susan Collins has never missed a SINGLE vote. As speaker, Sara Gideon shut down the Maine legislature for FOUR months and counting. While Susan has never missed a vote, Sara Gideon never even shows up.

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Performance proxies

Overall score47.1/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.46.5 · 80.0 · 1.7 · 60.2
Spend rangeUSD 3,500–3,999
Impressions125,000 – 149,999
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 27.27
Est. audience size100,001 – 500,000
Days live7 (2020-07-24 → 2020-07-31)
Created2020-07-24
Creative variants1 body · 1 headline
Platformsfacebook, instagram
Languagesen
CandidateME — Susan Collins
Surfaced by“senate:Susan Collins”

🧠 AI analysis

Issuedemocracy elections
Framingattack opponent
Message typepersuasion
Emotional appealanger
Production tierprofessional
Who picturednone
Symbolscapitol statue
Call to actionlearn more
Standout elementClosed House of Representatives doors as metaphor for Gideon shutting down the legislature
TacticThe ad uses a stark contrast tactic — juxtaposing Collins's perfect attendance record against Gideon's legislative shutdown — to undermine Gideon's fitness for office on basic duty grounds.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

Maine100.0%

Who saw it (delivery)

18-24 · unknown 0.0%
35-44 · male 10.5%
65+ · female 10.0%
65+ · male 7.5%
55-64 · male 11.3%
55-64 · female 10.5%
35-44 · female 7.2%
45-54 · male 13.4%
35-44 · unknown 0.1%
65+ · unknown 0.1%
25-34 · male 8.7%
25-34 · female 5.0%
18-24 · female 1.8%
18-24 · male 2.7%
45-54 · female 10.6%
45-54 · unknown 0.2%
55-64 · unknown 0.2%
25-34 · unknown 0.1%

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