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Don Tracy US Inactive

Don Tracy For Illinois, NFP

ad creative

Don Tracy

Ad copy

Crime in Chicago doesn’t stop at the city line—it impacts every family, farmer, and business across Illinois. I will protect Illinoisans, not fuel division. I will collaboratively solve problems, not create them. We need to stop playing games when it comes to public safety.

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Performance proxies

Overall score38.9/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.23.7 · 63.8 · 3.9 · 64.0
Spend rangeUSD 400–499
Impressions25,000 – 29,999
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 16.35
Est. audience size500,001 – 1,000,000
Days live15 (2025-10-17 → 2025-11-01)
Created2025-10-17
Creative variants1 body · 1 headline
Platformsfacebook
Languagesen
CandidateIL — Don Tracy
Surfaced by“senate:Don Tracy”

🧠 AI analysis

Issuecrime safety
Framingcontrast comparison
Message typepersuasion
Emotional appealfear
Production tiersemi pro
Who picturedcandidate
Symbolsnone
Call to actionnone
Standout elementIllinois state outline silhouette used as a logo device anchoring the candidate's name
TacticThe ad uses geographic fear extension — arguing Chicago crime harms all Illinoisans — to broaden the emotional resonance of an urban issue and contrast Tracy as a unifying problem-solver against Democrats cast as negligent or political.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

Illinois97.3%
Florida0.4%
Wisconsin0.4%
Missouri0.3%
Texas0.2%
Indiana0.2%
Arizona0.2%

Who saw it (delivery)

18-24 · female 0.0%
45-54 · male 6.8%
65+ · male 25.4%
65+ · female 26.7%
55-64 · unknown 0.2%
55-64 · male 16.3%
55-64 · female 13.8%
45-54 · unknown 0.1%
45-54 · female 4.4%
18-24 · male 0.1%
35-44 · unknown 0.0%
35-44 · male 3.1%
35-44 · female 1.4%
25-34 · unknown 0.0%
25-34 · male 0.9%
25-34 · female 0.4%
18-24 · unknown 0.0%
65+ · unknown 0.4%

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