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Abdul El-Sayed US Inactive

Abdul for U.S. Senate

ad creative

The best piece of advice I’ve received

Become a founding donor of our campaign today!

Ad copy

Early in my career, Bernie Sanders gave me a piece of advice I’ve never forgotten. He said, “In politics, people succeed either by being really good at lying or really good at telling the truth. You strike me as someone who’s not good at lying — so your job is to get really good at telling the truth.” So today, I’m going to tell you some truths about our campaign. We’re just two points behind the AIPAC-backed candidate. We have the momentum to win. This is a make-or-break moment for our campaign. Over the next few months, we need to raise as much as we can to prove that a people-powered campaign — one that rejects AIPAC and corporate PAC money — has enough resources to take on the establishment and win. Finally, one more piece of truth: I don’t love asking people for money. But because this is a 100% people-powered campaign, I’m relying on folks like you who care about the future of our party and our country to pitch in. Will you chip in $10 or $15 today to help power this movement?

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Performance proxies

Overall score47.9/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.44.9 · 68.1 · 25.9 · 52.5
Spend rangeUSD 3,000–3,499
Impressions40,000 – 44,999
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 76.46
Est. audience size
Days live95 (2025-11-21 → 2026-02-24)
Created2025-11-21
Creative variants1 body · 1 headline
Platformsfacebook, instagram
Languagesen
CandidateMI — Abdul El-Sayed
Surfaced by“senate:Abdul El-Sayed”

🧠 AI analysis

Issuecandidate character bio
Framingpositive candidate
Message typefundraising
Emotional appealhope
Production tiersemi pro
Who picturedcandidate
Symbolsnone
Call to actiondonate
Standout elementBernie Sanders raising Abdul El-Sayed's hand in a victory pose, conveying a symbolic torch-passing endorsement
TacticThe ad leverages Bernie Sanders' credibility as a borrowed authority figure while framing Abdul as an honest truth-teller, creating an emotional narrative that drives urgency toward a fundraising ask by positioning the campaign as an underdog with momentum.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

California13.9%
Michigan12.4%
New York8.8%
Washington4.8%
Massachusetts4.8%
Texas4.7%
Florida4.0%

Who saw it (delivery)

18-24 · female 0.0%
45-54 · male 3.9%
65+ · male 26.0%
65+ · female 39.6%
55-64 · unknown 0.3%
55-64 · male 7.1%
55-64 · female 8.9%
45-54 · unknown 0.2%
45-54 · female 4.6%
18-24 · male 0.0%
35-44 · unknown 0.2%
35-44 · male 3.1%
35-44 · female 2.9%
25-34 · unknown 0.1%
25-34 · male 1.1%
25-34 · female 0.7%
18-24 · unknown 0.0%
65+ · unknown 1.2%

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