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Graham Platner US Inactive

GRAHAM FOR MAINE

ad creative

PLEASE WATCH: Message from Graham Platner

I am not afraid to stand up for Medicare for All. I am not afraid to call what is happening in Gaza a genocide. And I am not afraid to stand in the way of fascism and protect the American people.

Ad copy

Hey, Graham Platner here, the Marine veteran and oyster farmer running for U.S. Senate here in Maine against Susan Collins. Nothing makes me angrier than establishment Democrats fundraising off of how they're going to stand up to fascism and then turning around and doing nothing. That is not going to be me. I am not afraid to stand up for Medicare for All. I am not afraid to call what is happening in Gaza a genocide. And I am not afraid to stand in the way of fascism and protect the American people. But I need your help. Every dollar you can donate to our campaign goes towards building a movement. A movement that is going to allow us to protect democracy, to organize communities, and to build the political machine necessary to save America, defeat Susan Collins, and retake the Senate in 2026. So please, will you make a monthly donation to our campaign now to help me defeat Susan Collins and flip Maine blue? I'm not taking money from AIPAC or corporate PACs, so not amount is too small.

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Performance proxies

Overall score58.0/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.67.8 · 100.0 · 4.1 · 60.1
Spend rangeUSD 25,000–29,999
Impressions1,000,000 – 0
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 27.5
Est. audience size
Days live16 (2025-10-07 → 2025-10-23)
Created2025-10-07
Creative variants1 body · 1 headline
Platformsfacebook, instagram
Languagesen
CandidateME — Graham Platner
Surfaced by“senate:Graham Platner”

🧠 AI analysis

Issuehealthcare
Framingpositive candidate
Message typefundraising
Emotional appealanger
Production tierdiy amateur
Who picturedcandidate, veterans military
Symbolsfarm rural
Call to actiondonate
Standout elementCandidate standing defiantly on rocky Maine coastline in casual clothes, projecting authenticity over polish
TacticThe ad uses populist outsider framing — attacking establishment Democrats as hypocrites while positioning Platner as a plain-spoken Marine veteran willing to say what others won't, driving urgency and small-dollar donations.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

California11.2%
Maine8.9%
New York8.4%
Massachusetts7.9%
Washington4.0%
Pennsylvania3.9%
Illinois3.5%

Who saw it (delivery)

18-24 · female 1.4%
45-54 · male 8.6%
65+ · male 10.6%
65+ · female 10.8%
55-64 · unknown 0.2%
55-64 · male 7.9%
55-64 · female 7.0%
45-54 · unknown 0.2%
45-54 · female 6.4%
18-24 · male 5.1%
35-44 · unknown 0.4%
35-44 · male 14.0%
35-44 · female 7.8%
25-34 · unknown 0.4%
25-34 · male 12.8%
25-34 · female 6.0%
18-24 · unknown 0.2%
65+ · unknown 0.3%

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