Graham Platner US Inactive
GRAHAM FOR MAINE
I Really Didn't Want to Do This
Republican Super PACs have already spent millions of dollars on TV ads supporting Susan Collins here in Maine
Ad copy
Susan Collins, her corporate donors, AIPAC, and the Republican establishment have blanketed Maine in TV ads against us. The way Democrats win back the Senate in November runs directly through the state of Maine. But in order to counter the Republican ads, I've had to do something that I really don't want to do. Which is to tell my team that we're going to go up on TV now, even though we don't really have the money in the budget to do so just yet. To beat Susan Collins is going to require taking some calculated risks. She's an entrenched politician with an immense amount of money behind her. Republicans have already decided to invest at least $50 million in this race. We don't have that money. But we're hoping that with your help, we can close the gap enough by running TV ads to protect us and counter the narrative that they're going to try to build. We're not taking money from corporate PACs or from AIPAC. We're only taking money from people like you. So I'm hoping that you can help us cover the $250,000 gap in our budget to counter what's going on now. So please, will you make a monthly donation now to our campaign now to help me defeat Susan Collins, flip Maine blue, and take back the Senate for Democrats this November?
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Performance proxies
| Overall score | 53.4/100 |
| Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff. | 59.4 · 91.4 · 3.3 · 59.6 |
| Spend range | USD 10,000–14,999 |
| Impressions | 400,000 – 449,999 |
| CPM (≈ $/1k impr) | USD 29.41 |
| Est. audience size | — |
| Days live | 13 (2026-01-27 → 2026-02-09) |
| Created | 2026-01-27 |
| Creative variants | 1 body · 1 headline |
| Platforms | facebook, instagram |
| Languages | en |
| Candidate | ME — Graham Platner |
| Surfaced by | “senate:Graham Platner” |
🧠 AI analysis
| Issue | democracy elections |
| Framing | contrast comparison |
| Message type | fundraising |
| Emotional appeal | urgency |
| Production tier | diy amateur |
| Who pictured | candidate |
| Symbols | none |
| Call to action | donate |
| Standout element | Candidate in Dropkick Murphys hoodie speaking directly to camera with activist 'Action' and 'Justice' poster art visible behind him |
| Tactic | Deliberately low-fi, authentic aesthetic combined with financial urgency framing positions the candidate as a scrappy grassroots underdog being outspent by corporate PAC money, leveraging guilt and urgency to drive small-dollar donations. |
Where it ran (delivery by region)
| Maine | 20.7% |
| Massachusetts | 7.8% |
| California | 7.4% |
| New York | 6.5% |
| Florida | 3.5% |
| Washington | 3.2% |
| Pennsylvania | 3.2% |
Who saw it (delivery)
| 18-24 · female | 0.8% |
| 45-54 · male | 8.4% |
| 65+ · unknown | 0.4% |
| 65+ · male | 11.4% |
| 65+ · female | 15.7% |
| 55-64 · unknown | 0.2% |
| 55-64 · male | 8.4% |
| 55-64 · female | 9.9% |
| 45-54 · unknown | 0.2% |
| 45-54 · female | 7.5% |
| 18-24 · male | 2.4% |
| 35-44 · unknown | 0.4% |
| 35-44 · male | 11.4% |
| 35-44 · female | 8.3% |
| 25-34 · unknown | 0.3% |
| 25-34 · male | 8.8% |
| 25-34 · female | 5.3% |
| 18-24 · unknown | 0.1% |
| Unknown · male | 0.0% |
