Charleston, SC

Charleston’s volume on the harbor

Eighty-one thousand three hundred sixty-six lines produce $27,199,231. Divide the pair and the mean itemized line is about $334. Mount Pleasant, North Charleston, and Sullivan’s Island are other nearby city strings. They are not inside $27,199,231 unless the filer typed Charleston.

Columbia keeps a separate South Carolina hub. Charleston County is orientation, not an FEC roll-up. $27,199,231 is the Charleston, SC match only.

Not Columbia, North Charleston, or a Lowcountry recode

North Charleston is a distinct municipal name and, when filers type it, a distinct FEC city string. Merging it into Charleston would invent a metro that the Commission does not store. This packet publishes Charleston, SC only: $27,199,231 and 81,366 lines. A James Island household typed as Charleston sits inside the pair; a peninsula household typed as Mount Pleasant does not. Recheck both facts on the live hub if a later extract lands.

The city field can include a PAC or joint-fundraising address when that is what filers typed. LobbyVault does not strip those rows. The 81,366 lines are receipts, not unique persons. Amended reports can raise or lower both facts.

Questions

What is Charleston’s federal contribution total on LobbyVault?

Itemized FEC.gov receipts listing contributor city Charleston, SC total $27,199,231 across 81,366 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Charleston residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside both figures.

How should I read Charleston’s 81,366 contributions?

LobbyVault counts 81,366 itemized lines for Charleston, SC. That is a line count, not a headcount of unique people. Repeat gifts and memo entries can add rows without adding donors. This packet publishes no unique-donor figure. The matching dollar total is $27,199,231.

Does Charleston’s total include North Charleston or Mount Pleasant?

Only if the filer typed Charleston. North Charleston, Mount Pleasant, and Columbia are separate city strings when they appear that way on the receipt. $27,199,231 is the Charleston, SC match. The 81,366 lines follow the same rule. Metro labels are not an FEC dimension on this hub.

Where do the Charleston facts come from?

Both facts come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $27,199,231 and 81,366 lines. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. South Carolina non-federal filings are outside the pair. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $334 is arithmetic from those two packet numbers.