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Abdul El-Sayed US Inactive

Abdul for U.S. Senate

ad creative

Donate

Ad copy

I don’t like having to ask for money. But as the only candidate in this race who has never taken a dime from corporate PACs, we need to be constantly fundraising so we can compete. Can you pitch in $5 or $10 today so we can keep up our strong momentum? (and help spare you from more of these ads!)

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Performance proxies

Overall score46.1/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.38.3 · 76.3 · 6.9 · 63.1
Spend rangeUSD 1,500–1,999
Impressions90,000 – 99,999
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 18.42
Est. audience size
Days live26 (2026-05-01 → 2026-05-27)
Created2026-05-01
Creative variants1 body · 1 headline
Platformsfacebook, instagram
Languagesen
CandidateMI — Abdul El-Sayed
Surfaced by“senate:Abdul El-Sayed”

🧠 AI analysis

Issueeconomy taxes
Framingpositive candidate
Message typefundraising
Emotional appealempathy
Production tierdiy amateur
Who picturedcandidate
Symbolsnone
Call to actiondonate
Standout elementself-deprecating humor baked into the overlay text breaking the fourth wall
TacticThe ad uses disarming self-awareness and humor ('spare you from more of these ads!') to lower donor resistance, pairing the candidate's no-corporate-PAC credibility as a moral justification for the small-dollar ask.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

Michigan44.9%
California8.7%
New York5.3%
Texas4.1%
Illinois4.1%
Florida2.4%
New Jersey2.4%

Who saw it (delivery)

18-24 · female 1.4%
45-54 · unknown 0.4%
Unknown · female 0.0%
65+ · unknown 0.3%
65+ · male 6.9%
65+ · female 7.6%
55-64 · unknown 0.3%
55-64 · male 8.1%
55-64 · female 6.8%
45-54 · male 11.1%
18-24 · male 4.6%
45-54 · female 6.7%
35-44 · unknown 0.4%
35-44 · male 15.6%
35-44 · female 8.5%
25-34 · unknown 0.6%
25-34 · male 14.7%
25-34 · female 5.9%
18-24 · unknown 0.2%
Unknown · male 0.0%

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