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Abdul El-Sayed US Inactive

Abdul for U.S. Senate

ad creative

Donate

Ad copy

I don’t like having to ask for money. But as the only candidate in this race who has never taken a dime from corporate PACs, we need to be constantly fundraising so we can compete. Can you pitch in $5 or $10 today so we can keep up our strong momentum? (and help spare you from more of these ads!)

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Performance proxies

Overall score49.1/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.43.1 · 80.0 · 10.7 · 62.5
Spend rangeUSD 2,500–2,999
Impressions125,000 – 149,999
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 20.0
Est. audience size
Days live40 (2026-05-01 → 2026-06-10)
Created2026-05-01
Creative variants1 body · 1 headline
Platformsfacebook, instagram
Languagesen
CandidateMI — Abdul El-Sayed
Surfaced by“senate:Abdul El-Sayed”

🧠 AI analysis

Issueeconomy taxes
Framingpositive candidate
Message typefundraising
Emotional appealempathy
Production tierdiy amateur
Who picturedcandidate
Symbolsnone
Call to actiondonate
Standout elementself-deprecating humor baked into the overlay text breaking the fourth wall
TacticThe ad uses disarming self-awareness and humor ('spare you from more of these ads!') to lower donor resistance, pairing the candidate's no-corporate-PAC credibility as a moral justification for the small-dollar ask.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

Michigan47.2%
California8.5%
New York5.1%
Illinois3.8%
Texas3.5%
Florida2.5%
Ohio2.2%

Who saw it (delivery)

18-24 · female 2.0%
45-54 · male 8.9%
65+ · male 5.6%
65+ · female 7.3%
55-64 · unknown 0.2%
55-64 · male 6.3%
55-64 · female 6.7%
45-54 · unknown 0.3%
45-54 · female 7.0%
18-24 · male 5.6%
35-44 · unknown 0.5%
35-44 · male 15.6%
35-44 · female 9.1%
25-34 · unknown 0.6%
25-34 · male 16.4%
25-34 · female 7.5%
18-24 · unknown 0.3%
65+ · unknown 0.2%

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