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John Deaton for US Senate US Inactive

JOHN DEATON FOR SENATE INC.

ad creative

Ad copy

The beaches in Maryland must be incredible. Because nobody who has ever spent three hours crawling toward Cape Cod on a functionally obsolete bridge would think this system is acceptable. Massachusetts sends more tax dollars to Washington per person than any state in America. So why are we still depending on bridge infrastructure that traces its roots back over 110 years? Decades of representation. Billions sent to D.C. And we're still sitting in traffic. That's not a funding problem. That's a leadership problem.

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Performance proxies

Overall score38.1/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.11.9 Β· 65.4 Β· 1.4 Β· 73.5
Spend rangeUSD 100–199
Impressions30,000 – 34,999
CPM (β‰ˆ $/1k impr)USD 4.6
Est. audience sizeβ€”
Days live6 (2026-06-06 β†’ 2026-06-12)
Created2026-06-06
Creative variants1 body Β· 0 headline
Platformsfacebook, instagram
Languagesen
CandidateMA β€” John Deaton
Surfaced byβ€œsenate:John Deaton”

🧠 AI analysis

Issueother
Framingpositive candidate
Message typepersuasion
Emotional appealanger
Production tiersemi pro
Who picturedcandidate
Symbolsus flag
Call to actionlearn more
Standout elementCandidate standing thumbs-up in front of the Bourne Bridge with campaign logo prominently overlaid β€” literally placing himself in the problem he's attacking
TacticUses relatable local frustration (Cape Cod traffic) as a proxy for broader leadership failure, converting an infrastructure grievance into an anti-incumbent accountability message without naming the opponent.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

Massachusetts82.4%
Rhode Island12.3%
New Hampshire4.5%
Connecticut0.8%

Who saw it (delivery)

25-34 Β· female 0.6%
25-34 Β· male 17.0%
25-34 Β· unknown 0.1%
35-44 Β· female 1.0%
35-44 Β· male 23.8%
35-44 Β· unknown 0.2%
45-54 Β· female 2.0%
45-54 Β· male 28.2%
45-54 Β· unknown 0.2%
55-64 Β· female 2.6%
55-64 Β· male 24.2%
55-64 Β· unknown 0.1%
Unknown Β· male 0.0%

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