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Roy Cooper US Inactive

Cooper For North Carolina

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Revolt against Whatley NC senate candidate

North Carolina GOP Senate candidate Michael Whatley has tried to paint his Democratic opponent, former Gov. Roy Cooper, as soft on crime — but a new report indicates Whatley himself forgave a sex offender accused of sexually assaulting teenagers in one of his hires for a party office.According to ...

Ad copy

Why would Whatley install a child sex offender in a powerful role?

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Performance proxies

Overall score47.8/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.34.7 · 83.1 · 2.5 · 70.7
Spend rangeUSD 1,000–1,499
Impressions175,000 – 199,999
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 6.66
Est. audience size100,001 – 500,000
Days live10 (2026-03-20 → 2026-03-30)
Created2026-03-20
Creative variants1 body · 1 headline
Platformsfacebook, instagram
Languagesen
CandidateNC — Roy Cooper
Surfaced by“senate:Roy Cooper”

🧠 AI analysis

Issuecrime safety
Framingattack opponent
Message typepersuasion
Emotional appealfear
Production tiersemi pro
Who picturedopponent
Symbolsnone
Call to actionlearn more
Standout elementExplosive accusation about child sex offender embedded in a news screenshot lending false-neutral credibility to a devastating attack
TacticThe ad weaponizes borrowed media credibility by pairing a RawStory headline with a guilt-by-association question, making a shocking character attack appear journalistically validated rather than politically motivated.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

Virginia40.2%
Maryland33.7%
Washington, District of Columbia24.5%
West Virginia1.1%
Pennsylvania0.1%
New York0.1%
Texas0.0%

Who saw it (delivery)

18-24 · female 3.5%
45-54 · unknown 0.2%
Unknown · female 0.0%
65+ · unknown 0.1%
65+ · male 4.1%
65+ · female 3.2%
55-64 · unknown 0.1%
55-64 · male 6.4%
55-64 · female 5.1%
45-54 · male 8.7%
18-24 · male 2.9%
45-54 · female 7.3%
35-44 · unknown 0.2%
35-44 · male 14.2%
35-44 · female 13.2%
25-34 · unknown 0.2%
25-34 · male 14.6%
25-34 · female 15.7%
18-24 · unknown 0.1%
Unknown · male 0.0%

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