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Tom Cotton US Inactive

COTTON FOR SENATE, INC.

ad creative

Tom Cotton

Ad copy

BREAKING: New York Democrats have passed a law that lets non-citizens — including illegal immigrants — VOTE in OUR elections! This is an assault on American sovereignty and every American citizen should stand up to stop this. Will YOU join Tom Cotton in the fight to keep our elections secure and enforce the rule of law? LIKE his page now >>

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Performance proxies

Overall score57.9/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.46.5 · 94.0 · 20.7 · 70.5
Spend rangeUSD 3,500–3,999
Impressions500,000 – 599,999
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 6.82
Est. audience size
Days live76 (2021-12-14 → 2022-02-28)
Created2021-12-13
Creative variants1 body · 1 headline
Platformsfacebook
Languagesen
CandidateAR — Tom Cotton
Surfaced by“senate:Tom Cotton”

🧠 AI analysis

Issuedemocracy elections
Framingcontrast comparison
Message typepersuasion
Emotional appealanger
Production tiersemi pro
Who picturedcandidate
Symbolsus flag
Call to actionnone
Standout elementitalicized and underlined 'illegal immigrants' and 'American sovereignty' text overlay on dark candidate portrait with repeated Tom Cotton campaign banners
TacticThe ad uses a breaking-news urgency frame combined with a sovereignty threat narrative to provoke outrage and channel it toward page engagement, leveraging Cotton's authoritative podium image to position him as the defender against the threat.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

Florida7.0%
Texas6.3%
Ohio5.2%
Pennsylvania5.0%
New York4.4%
California4.4%
North Carolina3.6%

Who saw it (delivery)

35-44 · unknown 0.1%
25-34 · male 8.0%
55-64 · unknown 0.2%
45-54 · unknown 0.1%
25-34 · unknown 0.1%
25-34 · female 1.5%
18-24 · male 1.5%
18-24 · female 0.4%
45-54 · male 10.9%
35-44 · female 2.0%
65+ · female 18.8%
55-64 · female 13.0%
45-54 · female 5.6%
65+ · male 15.1%
35-44 · male 6.1%
55-64 · male 16.5%
65+ · unknown 0.2%
18-24 · unknown 0.0%

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