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John Deaton for US Senate US Inactive

JOHN DEATON FOR SENATE INC.

ad creative

Ad copy

You need an ID to catch a fish. Why not to cast a vote?

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Performance proxies

Overall score31.2/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.0.0 Β· 51.9 Β· 1.4 Β· 71.7
Spend range<USD 99
Impressions8,000 – 8,999
CPM (β‰ˆ $/1k impr)USD 5.82
Est. audience sizeβ€”
Days live6 (2026-02-22 β†’ 2026-02-28)
Created2026-02-22
Creative variants1 body Β· 0 headline
Platformsfacebook
Languagesen
CandidateMA β€” John Deaton
Surfaced byβ€œsenate:John Deaton”

🧠 AI analysis

Issuedemocracy elections
Framingissue advocacy
Message typepersuasion
Emotional appealanger
Production tierdiy amateur
Who picturedcandidate
Symbolsus flag
Call to actionnone
Standout elementcandidate standing at an indoor fishing tank using a relatable everyday activity to argue for voter ID
TacticUses a simple folksy analogy β€” needing ID to fish but not to vote β€” to make a populist voter ID argument feel like common sense rather than a partisan issue.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

Massachusetts100.0%

Who saw it (delivery)

25-34 Β· female 0.6%
25-34 Β· male 18.5%
25-34 Β· unknown 0.1%
35-44 Β· female 2.0%
35-44 Β· male 40.7%
35-44 Β· unknown 0.3%
45-54 Β· female 2.4%
45-54 Β· male 35.0%
45-54 Β· unknown 0.2%
55-64 Β· male 0.1%
65+ Β· female 0.0%
65+ Β· male 0.1%

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