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Ed Markey US Inactive

THE MARKEY COMMITTEE

ad creative

We are SO CLOSE

The latest UMass Lowell poll shows us closing in on Joe Kennedy.

Ad copy

The latest UMass Lowell poll of our race shows us down by 2 points. Person by person, we are closing the gap. But Kennedy has launched a $2.4 million ad campaign against us, and the only way we stand a chance against his big money is if we continue to build a grassroots army unlike anything Massachusetts has seen before. Can we count on you to rush a donation to our campaign?

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Performance proxies

Overall score42.1/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.29.2 · 69.3 · 5.5 · 64.3
Spend rangeUSD 700–799
Impressions45,000 – 49,999
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 15.78
Est. audience size100,001 – 500,000
Days live21 (2020-07-07 → 2020-07-28)
Created2020-07-06
Creative variants1 body · 1 headline
Platformsfacebook, instagram
Languagesen
CandidateMA — Ed Markey
Surfaced by“senate:Ed Markey”

🧠 AI analysis

Issuedemocracy elections
Framingcontrast comparison
Message typefundraising
Emotional appealurgency
Production tiersemi pro
Who picturedcandidate
Symbolsnone
Call to actiondonate
Standout elementside-by-side bar chart showing Markey 42% vs Kennedy 44% with a bold Donate button — framing a 2-point deficit as a rallying cry
TacticClassic underdog fundraising tactic: uses a credible poll to manufacture urgency, frames big-money opponent as the villain, and positions a small donation as the equalizer in a winnable race.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

Massachusetts52.2%
New York7.0%
Washington, District of Columbia2.2%
Illinois2.1%
California2.0%
Pennsylvania2.0%
Texas2.0%

Who saw it (delivery)

45-54 · unknown 0.2%
65+ · female 16.2%
35-44 · unknown 0.4%
65+ · unknown 0.6%
18-24 · female 3.2%
25-34 · unknown 0.5%
18-24 · male 3.5%
35-44 · female 6.5%
25-34 · female 5.9%
18-24 · unknown 0.1%
65+ · male 12.8%
35-44 · male 8.8%
55-64 · female 9.9%
45-54 · female 5.7%
45-54 · male 7.0%
25-34 · male 9.3%
55-64 · male 8.9%
55-64 · unknown 0.3%

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