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Jeff Merkley US Inactive

JEFF MERKLEY FOR OREGON

ad creative

Sign the petition. Urge Congress to pass my plan to stop the cruel treatment of migrant children in U.S. custody.

We must stop the cruel treatment of children in our custody. My plan before Congress: End family separations, except in the most extreme ....

Ad copy

They are children. CHILDREN. And yet Donald Trump’s government is ripping them from their families, jailing them indefinitely, and denying them the most basic things -- like showers, diapers, medical care. This has to stop. Please sign my petition. We must be heard.

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Performance proxies

Overall score58.4/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.34.7 · 88.7 · 35.5 · 74.8
Spend rangeUSD 1,000–1,499
Impressions300,000 – 349,999
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 3.84
Est. audience size
Days live130 (2020-03-31 → 2020-08-08)
Created2020-03-31
Creative variants1 body · 1 headline
Platformsfacebook, instagram
Languagesen
CandidateOR — Jeff Merkley
Surfaced by“senate:Jeff Merkley”

🧠 AI analysis

Issueimmigration
Framingattack opponent
Message typelist building survey
Emotional appealanger
Production tiersemi pro
Who picturednone
Symbolsborder
Call to actionsign petition
Standout elementDark, moody border fence photo with stark white accusatory headline evoking a moral crisis
TacticThe ad uses visceral moral shaming — repeating 'CHILDREN' for emotional impact — combined with a petition CTA to convert outrage into list-building signups.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

California8.6%
Texas8.2%
New York6.9%
Florida5.6%
Illinois4.6%
Washington4.1%
Pennsylvania3.5%

Who saw it (delivery)

45-54 · female 10.1%
25-34 · unknown 0.5%
35-44 · unknown 0.3%
18-24 · unknown 0.5%
18-24 · male 2.1%
65+ · unknown 0.1%
55-64 · unknown 0.1%
18-24 · female 19.7%
35-44 · male 1.7%
25-34 · male 2.8%
45-54 · male 1.0%
65+ · male 0.9%
65+ · female 6.3%
25-34 · female 26.1%
55-64 · male 0.9%
55-64 · female 8.3%
35-44 · female 18.7%
45-54 · unknown 0.1%

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