WEST NEWTON, MA

24,220 lines carrying $18,281,709

WEST NEWTON shows 24,220 itemizations behind $18,281,709. That mix is a thinner stack with a high average line relative to volume books that post similar dollars on 70,000-plus rows. The implied mean is about $755. Committee receipts that list a WEST NEWTON address still sit in the same column as individual rows.

WEST NEWTON is a thin village-spelling book: 24,220 lines against $18.3 million, a mean near $755. NEWTON without WEST is a different stored city string and stays on its own page. The city total can include a PAC or joint-fundraising committee address when that is the city filers typed. LobbyVault does not recode those rows out of the city string. Read $18,281,709 as tagged federal receipts, not as what residents of WEST NEWTON gave. The 24,220 lines are disclosed transactions, not unique persons.

If a newsroom map paints WEST NEWTON together with Newton, Waltham, and Auburndale, the FEC file still splits them. This extract’s only city total is $18,281,709 on 24,220 WEST NEWTON, MA rows, mean near $755. Keep the stored spelling WEST NEWTON in the citation.

Why WEST NEWTON on the receipt is not a census

Searchers often want “how much did people in West Newton give.” The honest citation on this page is narrower: itemized federal receipts with contributor city WEST NEWTON, MA total $18,281,709 across 24,220 contributions. Dropping “itemized” and “contributor city” inflates the claim. No. Keep the WEST NEWTON spelling. NEWTON, MA is a separate city string when filers typed it.

Party is not in this packet. Do not attach a partisan reading to $18,281,709. Occupation and employer may appear on named receipts on the city hub; they are not rolled up here. A mean near $755 is arithmetic from the two packet facts, not a typical household gift.

Questions

How much is itemized from contributor city WEST NEWTON, MA?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor city WEST NEWTON, MA total $18,281,709 across 24,220 contributions in the LobbyVault aggregate. That figure is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of people who live in West Newton. Unitemized gifts sit outside it. The mean near $755 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.

Is West Newton the same FEC key as Newton, MA?

No. Keep the WEST NEWTON spelling. NEWTON, MA is a separate city string when filers typed it. LobbyVault counts 24,220 itemized contributions for WEST NEWTON, MA against $18,281,709. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure, so 24,220 should not be quoted as a population. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.

Does the West Newton total include only residents?

No. The city is the contributor-city value on the FEC itemization. Filers typed WEST NEWTON with state MA. Office addresses and mail that list West Newton can be part of $18,281,709 when that is the city string on the receipt. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. The 24,220-line count follows the same rule.

Are West Newton numbers from FEC.gov?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $18,281,709 and 24,220 lines for WEST NEWTON, MA. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Unitemized federal gifts and non-federal filings from MA are outside both figures. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls.