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Jared Hudson for Alabama US Inactive

Hudson for Alabama

ad creative

Ad copy

Hey Democrats, this isn’t complicated. You need an ID to buy a beer, to drive a car, and to buy nicotine. You should also need one to vote. Every state. Photo ID. Secure elections. Pass the SAVE Act.

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Performance proxies

Overall score40.2/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.17.4 · 68.1 · 3.6 · 71.6
Spend rangeUSD 200–299
Impressions40,000 – 44,999
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 5.87
Est. audience size100,001 – 500,000
Days live14 (2026-01-22 → 2026-02-05)
Created2026-01-21
Creative variants1 body · 0 headline
Platformsfacebook, instagram
Languagesen
CandidateAL — Jared Hudson
Surfaced by“senate:Jared Hudson”

🧠 AI analysis

Issuedemocracy elections
Framingissue advocacy
Message typepersuasion
Emotional appealurgency
Production tierdiy amateur
Who picturednone
Symbolsnone
Call to actionnone
Standout elementblurry close-up video frame of what appears to be a door or gate — ambiguous and low-production, evoking a casual grassroots feel
TacticUses a common-sense equivalency argument ('you need ID to buy beer') to make voter ID seem self-evident, directly challenging Democrats with a confrontational but plain-spoken populist frame invoking the SAVE Act.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

Alabama100.0%

Who saw it (delivery)

18-24 · female 0.3%
45-54 · male 12.0%
65+ · male 19.0%
65+ · female 15.6%
55-64 · unknown 0.1%
55-64 · male 16.7%
55-64 · female 11.6%
45-54 · unknown 0.1%
45-54 · female 6.4%
18-24 · male 0.7%
35-44 · unknown 0.1%
35-44 · male 7.9%
35-44 · female 3.8%
25-34 · unknown 0.0%
25-34 · male 4.0%
25-34 · female 1.5%
18-24 · unknown 0.0%
65+ · unknown 0.2%

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