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Susan Collins US Inactive

COLLINS FOR SENATOR

ad creative

Gideon is a Hypocrite

Gideon is BAD for Maine

Ad copy

Sara Gideon attacked Susan Collins on the Paycheck Protection Program even though her husband’s law firm took up to $2 MILLION in PPP money. Gideon benefited from the same program she attacked - that’s hypocrisy.

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Performance proxies

Overall score47.8/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.38.3 · 83.1 · 1.7 · 68.2
Spend rangeUSD 1,500–1,999
Impressions175,000 – 199,999
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 9.33
Est. audience size100,001 – 500,000
Days live7 (2020-08-04 → 2020-08-11)
Created2020-08-04
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 tiersemi pro
Who picturedworkers labor
Symbolsfarm rural, money cash
Call to actionlearn more
Standout elementBright yellow quote text over a weathered Maine lobsterman attacking Gideon's authenticity as a Mainer
TacticThe ad uses a hypocrisy attack tactic — pairing a relatable Maine working-class surrogate with a damaging financial contradiction to undermine Gideon's credibility on economic policy.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

Maine100.0%

Who saw it (delivery)

18-24 · unknown 0.0%
45-54 · male 13.9%
25-34 · female 3.7%
55-64 · male 13.0%
35-44 · male 10.2%
65+ · male 8.7%
45-54 · female 8.0%
65+ · female 12.2%
55-64 · female 10.5%
25-34 · unknown 0.1%
25-34 · male 9.4%
18-24 · female 1.7%
18-24 · male 3.1%
35-44 · female 5.0%
55-64 · unknown 0.2%
45-54 · unknown 0.1%
65+ · unknown 0.1%
35-44 · unknown 0.1%

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