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Graham Platner US Inactive

GRAHAM FOR MAINE

ad creative

I Am Once Again Asking

As Bernie Sanders says: It is not about me. It is about us.

Ad copy

I am once again asking for your financial support. As Bernie Sanders says: It is not about me. It is about us. Our campaign to defeat Susan Collins is not taking money from corporate PACs or special interest groups like AIPAC. I'm not running around the country raising money with the wealthiest Americans. We are relying on small-dollar donations from people like you. We are building a movement of working-class people. So please, will you make a monthly donation now to our campaign to help me defeat Susan Collins, flip Maine blue, and take back the Senate for Democrats this November?

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Performance proxies

Overall score59.7/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.71.2 · 100.0 · 9.9 · 57.8
Spend rangeUSD 35,000–39,999
Impressions1,000,000 – 0
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 37.5
Est. audience size
Days live37 (2026-01-06 → 2026-02-12)
Created2026-01-06
Creative variants1 body · 1 headline
Platformsfacebook, instagram
Languagesen
CandidateME — Graham Platner
Surfaced by“senate:Graham Platner”

🧠 AI analysis

Issueeconomy taxes
Framingcontrast comparison
Message typefundraising
Emotional appealurgency
Production tiersemi pro
Who picturedcandidate, workers labor
Symbolsnone
Call to actiondonate
Standout elementcandidate in workwear standing outdoors at dusk evoking everyman authenticity
TacticThe ad borrows Bernie Sanders' grassroots credibility and his viral 'I am once again asking' meme framing to position Platner as a working-class alternative to a corporate-funded incumbent, using contrast messaging to fundraise while attacking Collins and AIPAC simultaneously.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

Maine13.8%
California9.6%
Massachusetts8.9%
New York7.7%
Florida3.7%
Washington3.5%
Pennsylvania3.4%

Who saw it (delivery)

18-24 · female 1.3%
45-54 · unknown 0.2%
Unknown · female 0.0%
65+ · unknown 0.4%
65+ · male 12.6%
65+ · female 16.6%
55-64 · unknown 0.2%
55-64 · male 7.3%
55-64 · female 9.0%
45-54 · male 6.6%
18-24 · male 3.9%
45-54 · female 6.5%
35-44 · unknown 0.3%
35-44 · male 10.4%
35-44 · female 7.9%
25-34 · unknown 0.3%
25-34 · male 10.4%
25-34 · female 5.9%
18-24 · unknown 0.2%
Unknown · male 0.0%

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