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Susan Collins US Inactive

COLLINS FOR SENATOR

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Maine Can’t Afford Sara

Ad copy

Sara Gideon's fuel tax would increase gas prices by 40 cents a gallon. Now more than ever, Maine can't afford Sara Gideon.

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Performance proxies

Overall score50.3/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.49.0 · 87.0 · 1.7 · 63.6
Spend rangeUSD 4,500–4,999
Impressions250,000 – 299,999
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 17.27
Est. audience size100,001 – 500,000
Days live7 (2020-05-20 → 2020-05-27)
Created2020-05-20
Creative variants1 body · 1 headline
Platformsfacebook, instagram
Languagesen
CandidateME — Susan Collins
Surfaced by“senate:Susan Collins”

🧠 AI analysis

Issueeconomy taxes
Framingattack opponent
Message typepersuasion
Emotional appealfear
Production tierprofessional
Who picturedopponent, candidate
Symbolsmoney cash, farm rural
Call to actionlearn more
Standout elementSara Gideon's name in bold orange highlight box against dark ominous backdrop
TacticClassic attack ad using economic fear — the specific '40 cents a gallon' figure makes the threat tangible and personal for Maine families, tying the opponent directly to higher household costs.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

Maine100.0%

Who saw it (delivery)

65+ · unknown 0.1%
55-64 · male 12.3%
25-34 · unknown 0.1%
35-44 · unknown 0.1%
55-64 · unknown 0.2%
25-34 · female 4.8%
45-54 · male 14.4%
45-54 · female 9.7%
35-44 · male 10.9%
18-24 · female 2.0%
25-34 · male 8.8%
18-24 · male 3.1%
35-44 · female 6.6%
45-54 · unknown 0.1%
65+ · male 7.8%
55-64 · female 9.9%
65+ · female 9.0%
18-24 · unknown 0.0%

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