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Zach Wahls US Inactive

WAHLS FOR IOWA

ad creative

Donate to Zach Wahls for U.S. Senate

Zach Wahls is running to be Iowa’s next U.S. Senator! Donate now.

Ad copy

Hey, it's Zach Wahls. A new poll shows us leading the Democratic primary in Iowa’s Senate race. That momentum is real -- but it also puts a bigger target on our backs. We’re already within striking distance in the general election, and this is one of the best opportunities in the country to flip a Senate seat. Republicans and their dark money allies are going to spend millions to stop us. I don’t take corporate PAC money, so I’m counting on grassroots support to keep building the campaign we need to win. Can you chip in $15 to keep our mometum going?

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Performance proxies

Overall score32.5/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.21.0 · 50.6 · 2.2 · 56.2
Spend rangeUSD 300–399
Impressions7,000 – 7,999
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 46.6
Est. audience size
Days live9 (2026-03-25 → 2026-04-03)
Created2026-03-25
Creative variants1 body · 1 headline
Platformsfacebook, instagram
Languagesen
CandidateIA — Zach Wahls
Surfaced by“senate:Zach Wahls”

🧠 AI analysis

Issuedemocracy elections
Framingpositive candidate
Message typefundraising
Emotional appealurgency
Production tiersemi pro
Who picturedcandidate
Symbolsnone
Call to actiondonate
Standout elementSide-by-side poll bar graphic showing Wahls at 42% vs. opponent at 24% with candidate headshots, visually quantifying dominance
TacticThe ad leverages a poll lead as social proof to create urgency and FOMO, framing the donation as protecting momentum against dark money opponents rather than simply supporting a candidate.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

Iowa46.4%
California7.2%
Illinois4.2%
Florida3.5%
New York3.3%
Minnesota2.4%
Texas2.3%

Who saw it (delivery)

18-24 · female 0.1%
45-54 · male 3.1%
65+ · male 28.1%
65+ · female 39.6%
55-64 · unknown 0.2%
55-64 · male 7.9%
55-64 · female 10.0%
45-54 · unknown 0.0%
45-54 · female 3.7%
18-24 · male 0.3%
35-44 · unknown 0.1%
35-44 · male 2.8%
35-44 · female 1.5%
25-34 · unknown 0.0%
25-34 · male 1.5%
25-34 · female 0.5%
65+ · unknown 0.7%

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