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John Deaton for US Senate US Inactive

JOHN DEATON FOR SENATE INC.

ad creative

Ad copy

You need an ID to catch a fish. Why not to cast a vote?

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Performance proxies

Overall score28.4/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.0.0 Β· 45.5 Β· 1.1 Β· 67.0
Spend range<USD 99
Impressions4,000 – 4,999
CPM (β‰ˆ $/1k impr)USD 11.0
Est. audience sizeβ€”
Days live5 (2026-02-22 β†’ 2026-02-27)
Created2026-02-22
Creative variants1 body Β· 0 headline
Platformsfacebook
Languagesen
CandidateMA β€” John Deaton
Surfaced byβ€œsenate:John Deaton”

🧠 AI analysis

Issuedemocracy elections
Framingissue advocacy
Message typepersuasion
Emotional appealanger
Production tierdiy amateur
Who picturedcandidate
Symbolsus flag
Call to actionnone
Standout elementcandidate standing at an indoor fishing tank using a relatable everyday activity to argue for voter ID
TacticUses a simple folksy analogy β€” needing ID to fish but not to vote β€” to make a populist voter ID argument feel like common sense rather than a partisan issue.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

Massachusetts100.0%

Who saw it (delivery)

25-34 Β· female 4.2%
25-34 Β· male 21.0%
25-34 Β· unknown 0.4%
35-44 Β· female 8.2%
35-44 Β· male 29.5%
35-44 Β· unknown 0.5%
45-54 Β· female 7.7%
45-54 Β· male 24.4%
45-54 Β· unknown 0.3%
55-64 Β· female 1.1%
55-64 Β· male 2.6%
55-64 Β· unknown 0.0%

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