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Chris Coons US Inactive

Chris Coons for Delaware

ad creative

Trump downplays the time he said he’d take help from foreign actors offering dirt on 2020 Dems

"I think I’d take it."

Ad copy

Last week, President Trump said he would be willing to accept political dirt from foreign intelligence services, and he wouldn’t necessarily alert the FBI, either. When I asked Attorney General Barr whether campaigns should report this information to the FBI, he hesitated before responding “yes.” This wasn’t meant to be a difficult question -- foreign interference doesn’t belong in our elections. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/6/12/18663543/trump-abc-interview-prince-of-whales-2020-george-stephanopoulos

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Performance proxies

Overall score40.5/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.25.8 · 66.9 · 4.7 · 64.8
Spend rangeUSD 500–599
Impressions35,000 – 39,999
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 14.65
Est. audience size
Days live18 (2019-07-08 → 2019-07-26)
Created2019-07-08
Creative variants1 body · 1 headline
Platforms
Languagesen
CandidateDE — Chris Coons
Surfaced by“senate:Chris Coons”

🧠 AI analysis

Issuedemocracy elections
Framingattack opponent
Message typepersuasion
Emotional appealfear
Production tiersemi pro
Who picturedopponent
Symbolsus flag
Call to actionnone
Standout elementUnflattering close-up of Trump with heavy shadowing lending a menacing tone, paired with a Vox news screenshot for credibility
TacticThe ad leverages a damning news article and a senator's firsthand Senate floor confrontation to frame Trump and Barr as threats to democratic elections, using fear of foreign interference as the core persuasion lever.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

California10.1%
Florida7.0%
New York6.4%
Texas4.4%
Michigan4.1%
Pennsylvania4.0%
Delaware3.8%

Who saw it (delivery)

25-34 · unknown 0.0%
35-44 · female 1.4%
18-24 · male 0.2%
35-44 · unknown 0.1%
45-54 · unknown 0.1%
25-34 · male 0.8%
55-64 · unknown 0.3%
18-24 · female 0.3%
45-54 · male 3.5%
65+ · male 20.6%
25-34 · female 0.8%
65+ · unknown 0.6%
45-54 · female 4.1%
55-64 · male 9.5%
55-64 · female 14.9%
35-44 · male 1.4%
65+ · female 41.3%
18-24 · unknown 0.0%

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