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Steve Marshall US Inactive

Steve Marshall For Alabama

ad creative

COVID-19 mandate and federal overreach crusader: AG Steve Marshall

"We Dare Defend our Rights," reads Alabama's official state motto. This maxim was put to the test during the Biden administration's COVID-19 mandate campaign.

Ad copy

To the extent we don’t fight, every time we give the federal government an inch, they’re going to take a yard…I think it’s very important for Alabama’s voice to be heard.

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Performance proxies

Overall score41.0/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.21.0 · 70.7 · 1.4 · 71.1
Spend rangeUSD 300–399
Impressions50,000 – 59,999
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 6.35
Est. audience size500,001 – 1,000,000
Days live6 (2022-09-12 → 2022-09-18)
Created2022-09-12
Creative variants1 body · 1 headline
Platformsfacebook
Languagesen
CandidateAL — Steve Marshall
Surfaced by“senate:Steve Marshall”

🧠 AI analysis

Issuehealthcare
Framingpositive candidate
Message typepersuasion
Emotional appealanger
Production tiersemi pro
Who picturedcandidate
Symbolscapitol statue
Call to actionnone
Standout elementCandidate speaking at official Alabama Governor's podium with state seal, lending institutional authority
TacticThe ad uses a Yellowhammer News article as borrowed credibility to frame Marshall as a fighter against federal overreach, appealing to conservative anti-mandate sentiment while reinforcing his identity as a states' rights champion.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

Alabama100.0%

Who saw it (delivery)

25-34 · unknown 0.0%
25-34 · male 1.0%
18-24 · unknown 0.0%
35-44 · unknown 0.1%
18-24 · female 0.1%
55-64 · unknown 0.2%
65+ · unknown 0.2%
25-34 · female 0.5%
35-44 · male 3.0%
18-24 · male 0.2%
55-64 · female 17.3%
55-64 · male 14.8%
65+ · male 16.8%
45-54 · female 6.7%
45-54 · male 8.3%
35-44 · female 1.8%
45-54 · unknown 0.1%
65+ · female 29.0%

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