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Graham Platner US Inactive

GRAHAM FOR MAINE

ad creative

I am humbly asking

I am the Marine Corps veteran and oyster farmer running as a Democrat against Susan Collins here in Maine.

Ad copy

I am humbly asking you to chip in just $5 to my campaign before midnight tonight to help me defeat Susan Collins. Seriously, just $5. $5 because I am the Marine Corps veteran and oyster farmer running as a Democrat against Susan Collins here in Maine. $5 because Susan Collins is the most vulnerable Republican senator in the entire country, and we can defeat her in 2026. $5 because our constitution is under attack from fascists, and we must take back the Senate in 2026 if we’re going to protect our democracy. $5 because I’m not another corporate Democrat afraid to support Medicare for All or call what’s happened in Gaza a genocide. And $5 because AIPAC and the billionaire Super PACs are going to spend millions attacking me – and I am counting on your help now if we’re going to fight back, defeat Susan Collins, and flip this Senate seat blue. Look, I know $5 probably doesn’t feel like a lot compared to the tens of millions that flood elections these days. But the power of people organizing and working together toward a common goal is far greater than any number of TV ads the oligarchy can buy. We need to raise another $50,000 before midnight tonight if we’re going to defeat Susan Collins and flip this Senate seat blue, but right now, we’re still very short. Please, will you make a donation right now to my campaign – whatever you can afford – to help me defeat Susan Collins, turn Maine blue, and take back the Senate for Democrats? I’m not taking money from AIPAC or corporations. I’m a working-class guy whose campaign is being funded entirely with grassroots support from regular people like you. We can take on the oligarchy and defeat Susan Collins. But it’s going to take all of us, together. In solidarity, Graham Platner

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Performance proxies

Overall score57.6/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.65.7 · 100.0 · 3.3 · 61.6
Spend rangeUSD 20,000–24,999
Impressions1,000,000 – 0
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 22.5
Est. audience size
Days live13 (2025-10-24 → 2025-11-06)
Created2025-10-24
Creative variants1 body · 1 headline
Platformsfacebook, instagram
Languagesen
CandidateME — Graham Platner
Surfaced by“senate:Graham Platner”

🧠 AI analysis

Issuecandidate character bio
Framingpositive candidate
Message typefundraising
Emotional appealurgency
Production tiersemi pro
Who picturedcandidate, veterans military
Symbolsfarm rural, military
Call to actiondonate
Standout elementRugged candidate posed against Maine coastal waterscape evoking authenticity and working-class identity
TacticThe low-dollar ask repeated three times with identity credentials (Marine veteran, oyster farmer) creates a guilt-lowering urgency ladder designed to maximize small-donor conversion.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

Maine17.7%
Massachusetts8.5%
California8.3%
New York7.5%
Washington3.7%
Pennsylvania3.6%
Florida3.2%

Who saw it (delivery)

18-24 · female 1.4%
45-54 · unknown 0.2%
Unknown · female 0.0%
65+ · unknown 0.4%
65+ · male 11.0%
65+ · female 12.8%
55-64 · unknown 0.2%
55-64 · male 7.8%
55-64 · female 8.1%
45-54 · male 8.4%
18-24 · male 4.0%
45-54 · female 6.9%
35-44 · unknown 0.5%
35-44 · male 12.4%
35-44 · female 8.2%
25-34 · unknown 0.5%
25-34 · male 10.8%
25-34 · female 6.2%
18-24 · unknown 0.2%
Unknown · male 0.0%

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