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Allen Waters for U.S. Senate US Inactive

THE WATERS COMMITTEE

ad creative

Ad copy

VOTE ALLEN WATERS FOR THE U.S. SENATE >I am running to replace Senator Jack Reed< I #backtheblue because the blue always backed me. Standing with former Airborne Ranger and Providence Patrolman Allen Waters. He served the city 1954 - 1973. After his business he owned a cabinet shop, Waters Woodworking, Inc. I was raised by a law and order man, "I laugh and I joke, but I don't play." Ditto, dad. In your memory, I run. America needs the righteous. Evil must never win. Serve and protect. Volunteer/Donate: WatersforSenate.com

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Performance proxies

Overall score31.6/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.0.0 · 53.0 · 1.1 · 72.5
Spend range<USD 99
Impressions9,000 – 9,999
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 5.21
Est. audience size100,001 – 500,000
Days live5 (2020-10-17 → 2020-10-22)
Created2020-10-17
Creative variants1 body · 0 headline
Platformsfacebook, instagram
Languagesen
CandidateRI — Allen Waters
Surfaced by“senate:Allen Waters”

🧠 AI analysis

Issuecrime safety
Framingpositive candidate
Message typepersuasion
Emotional appealnostalgia
Production tierdiy amateur
Who picturedcandidate, police, veterans military
Symbolsus flag, military
Call to actiondonate
Standout elementFacebook content-removed notice obscuring the actual ad, revealing only the sponsored label and paid-for disclaimer
TacticThe ad leans heavily on personal family narrative and generational law-enforcement legacy to build emotional credibility with pro-police voters, but its reach is undermined by a platform policy removal due to a missing disclaimer.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

Rhode Island100.0%

Who saw it (delivery)

25-34 · female 1.7%
55-64 · male 18.2%
55-64 · unknown 0.1%
45-54 · unknown 0.2%
65+ · unknown 0.1%
35-44 · unknown 0.0%
18-24 · female 1.0%
55-64 · female 9.7%
65+ · male 12.4%
18-24 · male 3.2%
25-34 · male 7.7%
45-54 · female 6.1%
25-34 · unknown 0.1%
35-44 · male 9.0%
35-44 · female 2.5%
45-54 · male 16.8%
65+ · female 11.3%
18-24 · unknown 0.0%

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