DES MOINES, IA: $56.7M on 164,668 FEC receipts

Capital city string, federal receipts

Divide $56,663,095 by 164,668 and the average itemized line is about $344. That mean is arithmetic. This packet has no median. $344 is not a typical Des Moines household gift.

West Des Moines, Ames, Cedar Rapids, and Iowa City are other Iowa city strings. They are not inside $56,663,095 unless the filer typed DES MOINES. Polk County is orientation, not an FEC dimension.

A state-capital office address can share the city field with household streets, including a PAC or joint-fundraising listing. LobbyVault does not split those rows. The 164,668 lines are receipts, not unique persons.

Des Moines is not Iowa

State IA on the key identifies the city string. It does not convert $56,663,095 into a statewide total. Other Iowa cities keep their own hubs.

Keep DES MOINES, IA as the citation. Recheck $56,663,095 and 164,668 on the live hub after a later extract.

City field versus ZIP pages

Filers type a city. The Commission stores that string. Confusion with West Des Moines is why the literal match matters. This page matches DES MOINES plus IA.

ZIP pages cut the same federal series by postal code. Capital-area ZIPs often straddle Des Moines and West Des Moines. Do not expect ZIP sums to equal $56,663,095. The 164,668-line count follows the city field.

What this table omits

Iowa state campaigns file under state law. Those receipts are outside $56,663,095 and outside 164,668. Unitemized federal gifts are omitted. Independent expenditures that never appear as contribution itemizations are outside both facts.

Nothing here estimates how Des Moines voted. Occupation and recipient live on other FEC fields. Use the city table, then ZIP pages, then the cities index.

A Des Moines citation that names FEC.gov and prints $56,663,095 without 164,668 hides a mid-volume capital book, mean near $344, and invites a statewide slogan. West Des Moines remains a different typed string. Polk County maps do not replace the city field.

If a later extract moves Des Moines’s pair, the live hub is the authority. This guide is a snapshot. Open original reports on FEC.gov when a named Des Moines receipt is the story. Unitemized gifts and Iowa state filings remain outside $56,663,095 and 164,668.

Citing DES MOINES, IA

Name FEC.gov, name contributor city, and print $56,663,095 with 164,668 together. Dropping the line count hides the mean near $344.

If the live hub disagrees with this snapshot, trust the hub. Open original reports on FEC.gov when a named Des Moines receipt matters.

Des Moines’s $56,663,095 on 164,668 lines, mean near $344, is a capital-city book, not an Iowa statewide total. Keep that distinction in the citation.

West Des Moines remains the neighboring string whose name is the citation trap. Filers who typed WEST DES MOINES do not land in $56,663,095.

What a Des Moines reader should carry

Carry FEC.gov, contributor city DES MOINES, IA, $56,663,095, and 164,668 lines. The mean near $344 is optional arithmetic. It is not a typical household gift and not a unique-donor average.

West Des Moines, Ames, Cedar Rapids, and Iowa City stay off this page unless the filer typed DES MOINES. Iowa state-office receipts stay off this page. Unitemized federal gifts stay off this page.

Polk County is orientation, not an FEC dimension. A capital office address can share the city field with household streets. That mix is why residency language does not belong on $56,663,095. The 164,668 lines are receipts, not unique persons.

The live Des Moines hub is the table. This guide is the footnote. If they disagree, trust the hub. Open original reports on FEC.gov when a named Des Moines receipt matters. ZIP pages split a different field. Capital-area ZIPs often straddle Des Moines and West Des Moines.

Des Moines’s 164,668 lines behind $56,663,095, mean near $344, describe a capital city string, not Iowa. West Des Moines is a different typed string. Ames, Cedar Rapids, and Iowa City are other hubs.

Polk County is orientation. A capital office address can share the city field with household streets. That mix is why residency language does not belong on $56,663,095.

Iowa state campaigns and unitemized federal gifts sit outside both facts. Capital-area ZIPs often straddle Des Moines and West Des Moines. The Des Moines hub holds the live table. If it disagrees with this snapshot, trust the hub. Open FEC.gov. Quote $56,663,095 with 164,668.

Questions

What does LobbyVault show for Des Moines federal contributions?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor city DES MOINES, IA total $56,663,095 across 164,668 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Des Moines residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside it.

Is 164,668 the number of Des Moines donors?

No. LobbyVault counts 164,668 itemized contribution lines for DES MOINES, IA. Repeat gifts and memo entries can add rows without adding people. This packet publishes no unique-donor figure. The matching dollar total is $56,663,095. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure, so 164,668 should not be quoted as a Des Moines population of donors.

Does Des Moines’s total include West Des Moines or all of Iowa?

No. West Des Moines is a separate city string when filers typed that name. $56,663,095 is the DES MOINES, IA match. The 164,668 lines follow the same rule. Statewide labels are not an FEC dimension on this hub. West Des Moines is a separate city string; statewide labels are not an FEC dimension on this hub.

How current is Des Moines’s $56,663,095 figure?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $56,663,095 and 164,668 lines. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Iowa non-federal filings are outside the pair. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $344 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.