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This page ran 10 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram between 5 May 2026 and 24 October 2026. Meta reports $0 – $990 of spend, which makes it the 16,806th largest advertiser of the 24,034 pages in our data. Advertiser type: Public body. Most of its spend took no side. Race: No specific race. Paid for by UW Badger Talks.

Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026. · Every ad of this page in Meta’s Ad Library ↗

10

ads

$495

reported spend, range $0 – $990

0.0%

of spend on federal races

$50

median spend per ad

Spend by week the ad started

4 May
1 Jun
6 Jul
3 Aug
7 Sep
5 Oct
 Spend still counting
2 Nov

Tone

Informational
100%

Share of the 10 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.

Topics

Rallies & events
50%
Electoral process & turnout
20%
Security, crime & immigration
20%
Infrastructure & energy
10%
Social protection
10%
Corruption & governance
10%
Health
10%

Spend by race: No specific race 100%.

Spend by ad language: English 100%.

The costliest ads

The highest-spend ad of each distinct text, as it ran.

  • What are the effects of consuming untrustworthy online content during election season? This is a free, in-person talk hosted on November 11, 2026 at 11:30 AM by Orchard Ridge United Church of Christ in Madison, WI. No registration is necessary for this event. This talk will not be held virtually. This presentation examines the extent to which Americans consume untrustworthy information online and the effects of such exposure. Ross Dahlke (PhD, Stanford University) is an assistant professor at t

    24 October 2026 · Badger Talks · $0 – $99 · 1K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library

  • Are we doomed? This is a free, in-person talk hosted on October 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM by Village of Cottage Grove Library Board in Cottage Grove, WI. No registration is necessary for this event. This talk will not be held virtually. There is no doubt that human-caused climate change is occurring. But, some of the worst case scenarios are overblown, over-hyped, or bad science. Ankur Desai will review what we know to date about climate change impacts in Wisconsin and the work his lab and others ha

    12 October 2026 · Badger Talks · $0 – $99 · 4K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library

  • How does poverty, stress, and policy design shape family-system contact? This is a free, in-person talk hosted on October 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM by Madison West Kiwanis in Madison, WI. Please contact Madison West Kiwanis via their website: (https://madisonwestkiwanis.info/contact-us-1) to be sponsored by a member. This talk will not be available virtually. What happens after a concern about a child is reported? This talk provides a clear, evidence-based overview of the U.S. child welfare system,

    17 September 2026 · Badger Talks · $0 – $99 · 3K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library

  • Is the Constitution supposed to mean what it meant in 1787, or what it means today? This is a free, in-person talk hosted on September 21, 2026 at 6:30 PM by Oscar Grady Library in Saukville, WI. No registration required. There will be no virtual option for this event. What, exactly, are “originalism,” “textualism,” and “living constitutionalism”? What do these different theories look like in practice, and when did they become an important part of American constitutional thinking? Justice Scal

    8 September 2026 · Badger Talks · $0 – $99 · 4K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library

  • What is the future of racial representation in the United States? This is a free, in-person talk hosted on July 7, 2026 at 6:00 PM CDT by Brown County Central Library in Green Bay, WI. No registration necessary for this event. This talk will not be held virtually. With the U.S. Supreme court poised to strike down an important part of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, what is the future of racial representation in the United States? Professor emeritus David Canon of the Political Science Department a

    23 June 2026 · Badger Talks · $0 – $99 · 4K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library

  • What does it mean to be free? This is a free, in-person talk hosted on July 1, 2026 at 5:30 PM CDT by Hustisford Community Library in Hustisford, WI. Please RSVP for this event by calling: ((920) 349-3463). This talk will not be held virtually. What does it mean to be free? How should we understand the relationship between individual liberty and collective liberty? Does government impede or promote freedom, individual or collective? These questions are at the center of the American political t

    17 June 2026 · Badger Talks · $0 – $99 · 3K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library

Figures cover domestic political ads paid in dollars, from 4 May 2026. Spend is the sum of Meta’s range midpoints; impressions above one million are reported as “1M+”, so impression figures are floors. Each ad counts in the week its delivery started, with its lifetime spend at our last pull; ads still running before the vote are counted as of 31 October 2026.

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