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Susan Collins US Inactive

COLLINS FOR SENATOR

ad creative

Maine is NOT an auction!

Sara Gideon is NOT for Maine.

Ad copy

In all Maine’s history, the MOST dark money dollars have been spent on behalf of Sara Gideon. As Speaker, Sara Gideon solicited and took money from drug companies, the oil pipeline industry, and corporate PACs.

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Performance proxies

Overall score47.7/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.44.9 · 81.7 · 1.7 · 62.5
Spend rangeUSD 3,000–3,499
Impressions150,000 – 174,999
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 20.0
Est. audience size100,001 – 500,000
Days live7 (2020-08-12 → 2020-08-19)
Created2020-08-12
Creative variants1 body · 1 headline
Platformsfacebook, instagram
Languagesen
CandidateME — Susan Collins
Surfaced by“senate:Susan Collins”

🧠 AI analysis

Issueeconomy taxes
Framingattack opponent
Message typepersuasion
Emotional appealanger
Production tierprofessional
Who picturednone
Symbolsmoney cash
Call to actionlearn more
Standout elementBold yellow bracketed text on black background screaming out-of-state money record
TacticThe ad uses a record-breaking dark money claim paired with stark high-contrast typography to stoke voter outrage over Gideon's perceived corruption and outside influence, positioning Collins as the true Maine-first candidate.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

Maine100.0%

Who saw it (delivery)

65+ · unknown 0.1%
55-64 · male 13.2%
25-34 · unknown 0.0%
45-54 · unknown 0.1%
35-44 · unknown 0.1%
18-24 · male 2.4%
65+ · female 11.2%
25-34 · male 8.0%
55-64 · female 9.7%
55-64 · unknown 0.2%
45-54 · female 9.2%
45-54 · male 13.9%
35-44 · male 9.9%
65+ · male 9.8%
25-34 · female 4.3%
35-44 · female 6.3%
18-24 · female 1.5%
18-24 · unknown 0.0%

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