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Tom Cotton US Inactive

COTTON FOR SENATE, INC.

ad creative

Ad copy

This is disturbing.

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Performance proxies

Overall score48.9/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.23.7 · 88.7 · 0.8 · 82.4
Spend rangeUSD 400–499
Impressions300,000 – 349,999
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 1.38
Est. audience size500,001 – 1,000,000
Days live4 (2022-04-29 → 2022-05-03)
Created2022-04-28
Creative variants1 body · 0 headline
Platformsfacebook, instagram
Languagesen
CandidateAR — Tom Cotton
Surfaced by“senate:Tom Cotton”

🧠 AI analysis

Issueforeign policy defense
Framingattack opponent
Message typepersuasion
Emotional appealfear
Production tiersemi pro
Who picturedopponent
Symbolsus flag, capitol statue
Call to actionnone
Standout elementBiden caught in an unflattering mid-speech expression flanked by American flags in the White House, framed as evidence of failure
TacticThe terse 'This is disturbing.' copy weaponizes curiosity and negative emotion, baiting viewers to click play and self-discover whatever Biden allegedly said — making the attack feel organic rather than constructed.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

Florida7.5%
Texas7.3%
Arkansas6.9%
Ohio4.5%
California4.3%
Pennsylvania4.1%
New York3.5%

Who saw it (delivery)

18-24 · unknown 0.0%
45-54 · male 10.2%
55-64 · unknown 0.2%
65+ · unknown 0.2%
35-44 · male 5.2%
25-34 · female 0.5%
35-44 · female 1.3%
45-54 · female 3.7%
25-34 · male 2.2%
65+ · male 22.6%
13-17 · male 0.0%
65+ · female 21.4%
55-64 · male 20.1%
55-64 · female 11.8%
18-24 · female 0.1%
18-24 · male 0.3%
45-54 · unknown 0.1%
35-44 · unknown 0.0%
25-34 · unknown 0.0%

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