United States 2026 · Every advertiser
The Advocates for Self-Government
This page ran 344 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram between 5 May 2026 and 23 October 2026. Meta reports $5.8–40.3K of spend, which makes it the 2,360th largest advertiser of the 24,034 pages in our data. Advertiser type: Group or campaign. Most of its spend took no side. Race: No specific race.
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 ↗
344
ads
$23K
reported spend, range $5.8–40.3K
0.6%
of spend on federal races
$50
median spend per ad
Spend by week the ad started
Tone
Share of the 344 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Most attacked
- Donald Trump$149
- Mamdani$149
- The Teamsters$99
- Sacramento$99
- DSA$99
- governments$99
Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.
Topics
Spend by race: Federal 0.6%, Local 0.6%, No specific race 99%.
Spend by ad language: English 100%.
The costliest ads
The highest-spend ad of each distinct text, as it ran.
Millions feel politically homeless—trapped by labels that don’t fit and parties that don’t deliver. For 40 years, The Advocates have offered clarity, showing people there’s more than left vs. right. That’s the hope we’re still delivering today.
8 June 2026 · The Advocates for Self-Government · $4.5–5K · 500K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
For decades, the World’s Smallest Political Quiz has been used by millions of people to understand their political beliefs. “The Quiz has gained respect as a valid measure of a person’s political leanings.” — The Washington Post It only takes about a minute to take — but the result can change how you see politics. Try it yourself. 🧭 https://www.theadvocates.org/quiz/
7 June 2026 · The Advocates for Self-Government · $800 – $899 · 60K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library
Where do you stand on AI? Our new quiz asks 10 questions on AI safety, from approval before release to surveillance and election deepfakes. Each question presents a Progressive, a Conservative and a Libertarian answer, each argued at its strongest, so you can see which tradition your views most consistently match and how you compare with everyone else who has taken it. Take the quiz in about five minutes.
21 October 2026 · The Advocates for Self-Government · $200 – $299 · 10K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library
Where do you stand on the Iran War? Our latest Single Issue Survey is designed to help you answer that question for yourself. In 10 questions, you’ll weigh in on some of the most consequential foreign policy debates facing the country right now. Your answers will show which philosophical tradition your views most consistently align with — Progressive, Conservative, or Libertarian — and how your score compares with other respondents. Take the Iran War Survey here: https://bit.ly/4eoXvm6
22 June 2026 · The Advocates for Self-Government · $100 – $199 · 10K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library
Where do you actually stand on the Iran War? Not where a party says you should stand. Not where a label assumes you stand. Where you stand. Our new Iran War Single Issue Survey walks through 10 questions on the Khamenei assassination, the Strait of Hormuz, civilian casualties, ground troops, and more. Each question presents Progressive, Conservative, and Libertarian perspectives without strawmen, so you can see which philosophy your answers most closely align with. Take the survey in five min
18 June 2026 · The Advocates for Self-Government · $100 – $199 · 10K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library
What would a road trip look like if government didn’t own the roads? In Chapter 4 of The Tapestry of Natural Order, the Kane family crosses several privately operated networks on the way to the coast. Then a storm causes an accident. The detour that follows puts dynamic pricing, private response crews, insurance incentives, competing road standards, and voluntary agreements to the test.
23 October 2026 · The Advocates for Self-Government · $0 – $99 · 1K+ 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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