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Patrick Schmidt for Kansas US Inactive

PATRICK SCHMIDT FOR KANSAS

ad creative

Ad copy

Listen to Jake try to defend his terrible policies and votes that threaten working families and will decimate seniors with his plan to eliminate Social Security and Medicare. He has now declined to participate in several upcoming debates. Who can blame him with his record?

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Performance proxies

Overall score40.6/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.17.4 · 68.1 · 5.2 · 71.6
Spend rangeUSD 200–299
Impressions40,000 – 44,999
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 5.87
Est. audience size
Days live20 (2022-10-16 → 2022-11-05)
Created2022-10-16
Creative variants1 body · 0 headline
Platformsfacebook
Languagesen
CandidateKS — Patrick Schmidt
Surfaced by“senate:Patrick Schmidt”

🧠 AI analysis

Issuesocial security medicare
Framingattack opponent
Message typepersuasion
Emotional appealfear
Production tierdiy amateur
Who picturedcandidate, opponent
Symbolsus flag
Call to actionnone
Standout elementsparsely attended debate setting with nearly empty chairs emphasizing opponent's vulnerability
TacticThe ad uses an authentic debate video clip to let the opponent's own words and record do the attacking, reinforcing the narrative that he is indefensible and cowardly for skipping future debates.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

Texas7.4%
Florida5.6%
Ohio4.6%
Michigan4.6%
California4.4%
Pennsylvania4.3%
Indiana4.0%

Who saw it (delivery)

65+ · unknown 0.2%
55-64 · male 30.4%
55-64 · unknown 0.2%
45-54 · male 11.6%
25-34 · female 0.1%
55-64 · female 8.0%
65+ · male 29.4%
45-54 · unknown 0.1%
35-44 · male 3.5%
35-44 · unknown 0.0%
25-34 · male 0.5%
18-24 · male 0.1%
45-54 · female 1.4%
18-24 · female 0.0%
65+ · female 14.3%
35-44 · female 0.3%
25-34 · unknown 0.0%

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