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Amy McGrath US Inactive

AMY MCGRATH FOR SENATE, INC.

ad creative

Help! My senator is a Swamp Turtle!

Based on a true story

Ad copy

Coal miners with black lung disease traveled 10 hours to see Mitch McConnell and ask him to protect their disability benefits. They only got a minute of his time before Mitch walked away.

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Performance proxies

Overall score43.1/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.34.7 · 70.7 · 5.5 · 61.5
Spend rangeUSD 1,000–1,499
Impressions50,000 – 59,999
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 22.72
Est. audience size50,001 – 100,000
Days live21 (2020-08-24 → 2020-09-14)
Created2020-08-24
Creative variants1 body · 1 headline
Platformsfacebook, instagram
Languagesen
CandidateKY — Amy Mcgrath
Surfaced by“senate:Amy Mcgrath”

🧠 AI analysis

Issuesocial security medicare
Framingattack opponent
Message typepersuasion
Emotional appealanger
Production tiersemi pro
Who picturednone
Symbolsnone
Call to actionnone
Standout elementFacebook content-removed placeholder standing in for what was apparently a provocative 'Swamp Turtle' attack ad against McConnell
TacticThe ad leverages visceral emotional storytelling — sick coal miners dismissed after a 10-hour journey — to paint McConnell as callous and out-of-touch, amplifying populist anger against an incumbent with a 'Swamp Turtle' nickname that sticks.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

Kentucky99.9%
Tennessee0.1%

Who saw it (delivery)

55-64 · unknown 0.1%
45-54 · female 11.2%
35-44 · unknown 0.1%
65+ · male 4.8%
55-64 · male 7.3%
18-24 · female 5.1%
25-34 · female 9.4%
55-64 · female 11.9%
25-34 · male 9.3%
25-34 · unknown 0.1%
65+ · female 10.3%
35-44 · male 8.3%
35-44 · female 9.2%
45-54 · male 8.5%
18-24 · male 4.4%
65+ · unknown 0.1%
18-24 · unknown 0.0%
45-54 · unknown 0.0%

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