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Tom Cotton US Inactive

COTTON FOR SENATE, INC.

ad creative

Make Communist China Pay.

SIGN your name now.

Ad copy

🚨 Communist China MUST pay for what it unleashed on the world. No Republican is doing more to hold China accountable for their LIES than me — but I can’t do this alone. Do you agree that China must pay? SIGN your name now >>

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Performance proxies

Overall score48.4/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.31.7 · 83.1 · 6.1 · 72.8
Spend rangeUSD 900–999
Impressions175,000 – 199,999
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 5.06
Est. audience size
Days live23 (2021-06-07 → 2021-06-30)
Created2021-06-07
Creative variants1 body · 1 headline
Platformsfacebook, instagram
Languagesen
CandidateAR — Tom Cotton
Surfaced by“senate:Tom Cotton”

🧠 AI analysis

Issueforeign policy defense
Framingissue advocacy
Message typelist building survey
Emotional appealanger
Production tiersemi pro
Who picturednone
Symbolsnone
Call to actionsign petition
Standout elementcracked and crumbling Chinese flag as a textured wall, symbolizing a broken and deceptive regime
TacticThe ad leverages visceral anger toward China by using a deteriorating Chinese flag image and urgent petition-signing CTA to build Cotton's email list while positioning him as the toughest China hawk in the GOP.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

Florida7.8%
Texas6.9%
California6.2%
Pennsylvania4.9%
Ohio4.8%
New York4.1%
Michigan3.9%

Who saw it (delivery)

18-24 · unknown 0.0%
25-34 · male 1.6%
25-34 · female 0.9%
18-24 · female 0.3%
65+ · female 25.0%
35-44 · male 2.4%
65+ · male 33.3%
45-54 · male 6.3%
55-64 · female 7.5%
35-44 · unknown 0.0%
55-64 · male 18.8%
45-54 · female 2.3%
35-44 · female 0.8%
18-24 · male 0.3%
55-64 · unknown 0.1%
45-54 · unknown 0.1%
25-34 · unknown 0.0%
65+ · unknown 0.2%

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