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Susan Collins US Inactive

COLLINS FOR SENATOR

ad creative

Sara RAISED taxes

Sara is not good for Maine

Ad copy

BREAKING: On the Freeport Town Council, Sara Gideon voted every year to increase property taxes, while at the same time, her family business failed to pay taxes 77 times on a failed $4 million condo development scheme. They racked up $57,000 in debt to the town while Gideon voted to increase her neighbors taxes by 20%.

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Performance proxies

Overall score48.4/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.46.5 · 83.1 · 1.7 · 62.5
Spend rangeUSD 3,500–3,999
Impressions175,000 – 199,999
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 20.0
Est. audience size50,001 – 100,000
Days live7 (2020-08-27 → 2020-09-03)
Created2020-08-27
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 picturedopponent
Symbolsmoney cash
Call to actionlearn more
Standout elementBold '77' number superimposed over opponent's face in high-contrast split screen
TacticThe ad uses a hypocrisy attack tactic — juxtaposing Gideon's record of raising taxes with her family's failure to pay taxes — to undermine her credibility and trustworthiness on fiscal issues.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

Maine100.0%

Who saw it (delivery)

18-24 · unknown 0.0%
18-24 · male 3.6%
35-44 · unknown 0.1%
25-34 · unknown 0.1%
18-24 · female 3.1%
35-44 · female 10.6%
55-64 · female 8.7%
45-54 · male 10.5%
25-34 · male 11.2%
45-54 · unknown 0.1%
25-34 · female 9.8%
35-44 · male 11.4%
65+ · female 6.8%
45-54 · female 10.4%
65+ · male 5.3%
55-64 · male 8.1%
55-64 · unknown 0.1%
65+ · unknown 0.0%

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