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Allen Waters for Congress - Rhode Island 1st District US Inactive

THE WATERS COMMITTEE

ad creative

Allen Waters for Congress

Allen Waters for Congress. Fighting for You.

Ad copy

Are you ready to replace David Cicilline? This is Allen Waters for Congress from the West End neighborhood of Providence, a 4th generation resident and a K-12 graduate of Providence Public Schools. A married, family man, I offer the voters commonsense solutions and traditional American values. Federal campaigns are expensive. Donate $10, $25, or $50 or more at allenrwaters.com. Please volunteer to help this grassroots campaign.

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Performance proxies

Overall score29.4/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.0.0 · 47.5 · 1.4 · 68.5
Spend range<USD 99
Impressions5,000 – 5,999
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 9.0
Est. audience size
Days live6 (2022-05-30 → 2022-06-05)
Created2022-05-29
Creative variants1 body · 1 headline
Platformsfacebook
Languagesen
CandidateRI — Allen Waters
Surfaced by“senate:Allen Waters”

🧠 AI analysis

Issuecandidate character bio
Framingpositive candidate
Message typefundraising
Emotional appealurgency
Production tierdiy amateur
Who picturedcandidate
Symbolsnone
Call to actiondonate
Standout elementFacebook content-removal gate blocking the actual ad creative
TacticThe ad leans on hyper-local biography and generational roots to build trust and differentiation against an incumbent, with a direct donation ask — but the content was flagged and removed for a missing disclaimer, undermining its persuasive reach entirely.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

Rhode Island70.6%
Massachusetts27.7%
Connecticut1.6%

Who saw it (delivery)

18-24 · unknown 0.0%
35-44 · male 5.6%
65+ · unknown 0.4%
55-64 · unknown 0.3%
25-34 · male 4.0%
65+ · male 29.9%
55-64 · male 19.1%
45-54 · male 9.7%
55-64 · female 7.1%
35-44 · unknown 0.1%
35-44 · female 1.2%
45-54 · female 2.4%
65+ · female 18.6%
25-34 · female 0.7%
18-24 · male 0.7%
45-54 · unknown 0.2%
18-24 · female 0.0%
25-34 · unknown 0.1%

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