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Tom Cotton US Inactive

COTTON FOR SENATE, INC.

ad creative

The true story

Enter to win a signed copy

Ad copy

Read the true story of Biden’s Afghanistan disaster… and what it means for the security of our country. Hugh Hewitt has called Tom Cotton’s new book “the most significant national security book ever written by a sitting elected official,” and this is your chance to win a SIGNED copy. Click below to SIGN up and you’ll be automatically entered to win.

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Performance proxies

Overall score51.3/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.30.5 · 87.0 · 11.3 · 76.4
Spend rangeUSD 800–899
Impressions250,000 – 299,999
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 3.09
Est. audience size
Days live42 (2022-10-28 → 2022-12-09)
Created2022-10-28
Creative variants1 body · 1 headline
Platformsfacebook, instagram
Languagesen
CandidateAR — Tom Cotton
Surfaced by“senate:Tom Cotton”

🧠 AI analysis

Issueforeign policy defense
Framingattack opponent
Message typelist building survey
Emotional appealfear
Production tiersemi pro
Who picturednone
Symbolsmilitary
Call to actionsign petition
Standout elementChaotic Kabul airport evacuation photo paired with dramatic book cover featuring a lone silhouette against a fiery sky
TacticUses a giveaway mechanic (win a signed book) to drive list-building while framing Biden's Afghanistan withdrawal as a catastrophic national security failure, leveraging a Hugh Hewitt endorsement quote for credibility.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

Texas8.8%
Florida7.8%
California5.7%
Michigan4.1%
Pennsylvania4.0%
Ohio3.9%
New York3.3%

Who saw it (delivery)

18-24 · unknown 0.0%
13-17 · male 0.0%
65+ · male 25.4%
55-64 · male 19.7%
65+ · female 22.2%
55-64 · female 11.5%
45-54 · male 8.8%
45-54 · female 3.8%
25-34 · male 2.2%
55-64 · unknown 0.2%
45-54 · unknown 0.1%
25-34 · female 0.7%
65+ · unknown 0.4%
35-44 · female 1.0%
35-44 · unknown 0.0%
25-34 · unknown 0.0%
18-24 · male 0.7%
18-24 · female 0.2%
35-44 · male 2.9%

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