DURHAM, NC: $32.2M on 125,861 FEC receipts

Durham’s volume relative to its dollars

One hundred twenty-five thousand eight hundred sixty-one lines produce $32,165,421. Divide the pair and the mean itemized line is about $256. That mean is arithmetic from the two packet facts, not a ranking of Research Triangle giving. FEC.gov does not publish a median or a unique-donor count on this city aggregate.

Raleigh, Chapel Hill, and Cary keep separate North Carolina hubs. They are not inside $32,165,421 unless the filer typed DURHAM. Durham County is orientation, not an FEC roll-up.

One Triangle city, not the Triangle

Research Triangle is a regional label. FEC.gov stores a city field. This packet publishes DURHAM, NC only: $32,165,421 and 125,861 lines. Adding Raleigh would be a recode.

State NC on the key is required in the citation. Recheck both facts on the live hub if a later extract lands.

City string versus postal map

FEC.gov stores whatever city appeared on the itemized receipt. DURHAM plus NC is the match. Recoding into a Census place or a Triangle MSA label is a different dataset.

ZIP pages cut the same federal series by postal code. Summing Triangle ZIPs can diverge from $32,165,421 when some receipts used Chapel Hill or Raleigh as the city. The 125,861-line count follows the city field.

Limits of the Durham aggregate

North Carolina state campaigns file under state law. Those receipts are outside $32,165,421 and outside 125,861. Unitemized federal gifts are omitted. Independent expenditures that never appear as contribution itemizations are outside both facts.

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

Citing DURHAM, NC

Name FEC.gov, name contributor city, and print $32,165,421 with 125,861 together. Dropping the line count hides Durham’s volume on a low-thirty-million dollar book.

Office addresses can share the Durham city field with household streets. Totals can include a PAC or joint-fundraising address when that is what filers typed. The 125,861 lines are receipts, not unique persons. If the live hub disagrees with this snapshot, trust the hub. Open original reports on FEC.gov when a named Durham receipt matters.

How researchers should use the Durham hub

Start on the live Durham city page, then open ZIP pages if a postal cut is the real question. $32,165,421 is the city-string dollar total in this snapshot. 125,861 is the matching line count. Those two numbers move together when FEC.gov amends a receipt. They do not move because a researcher prefers Raleigh as the “real” Triangle. Filers typed DURHAM. LobbyVault indexed DURHAM.

A mean near $256 is only $32,165,421 divided by 125,861. The large line count is the shape of this extract. Occupation, recipient, and party are different FEC fields. None of those fields are in this packet. Do not infer turnout from the 125,861 rows. Cite the pair: contributor city DURHAM, NC, $32,165,421, 125,861 itemized federal contributions, source FEC.gov via LobbyVault. North Carolina non-federal filings never enter either fact.

Research Triangle Park is a workplace label, not an FEC city. Receipts that used Chapel Hill, Raleigh, or RTP as the city sit on those keys. $32,165,421 is DURHAM. 125,861 is the matching line count. The mean near $256 is the high-volume shape of this extract, not a typical Triangle gift.

Durham County is orientation. It does not enlarge the hub. Do not infer turnout from 125,861 rows. Repeat gifts add lines. Cite DURHAM, NC with both packet facts and name FEC.gov. North Carolina non-federal filings stay outside. If the live hub prints a different pair, discard this snapshot.

Durham’s 125,861 lines are the high-volume Triangle shape. $32,165,421 is the matching dollar book. Raleigh is not inside. Chapel Hill is not inside. The mean near $256 is $32,165,421 divided by 125,861. Do not convert the line count into persons. Do not convert the mean into a typical gift. Cite DURHAM, NC, both facts, and FEC.gov. North Carolina state campaigns stay off this page.

Keep DURHAM, NC, $32,165,421, and 125,861 in one citation. The mean near $256 is those two numbers divided. Raleigh remains a separate string. Chapel Hill remains a separate string. Research Triangle remains a regional label. North Carolina non-federal filings remain outside. Unitemized federal gifts remain outside. Independent expenditures that are not contribution itemizations remain outside. Start on the live city page. Open ZIP pages for a postal cut. Open FEC.gov for a named Durham receipt. Do not convert 125,861 lines into unique persons.

Questions

What is Durham’s federal contribution total on LobbyVault?

Itemized FEC.gov receipts listing contributor city DURHAM, NC total $32,165,421 across 125,861 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Durham residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside both figures.

How should I read Durham’s 125,861 contributions?

LobbyVault counts 125,861 itemized lines for DURHAM, NC. 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 $32,165,421. The mean near $256 follows from division.

Does Durham’s total include Raleigh or Chapel Hill?

Only if the filer typed DURHAM. Raleigh, Chapel Hill, and Cary are separate city strings when they appear that way on the receipt. $32,165,421 is the DURHAM, NC match. The 125,861 lines follow the same rule. Research Triangle is not an FEC dimension on this hub.

Where do the Durham facts come from?

Both facts come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $32,165,421 and 125,861 lines. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. North Carolina non-federal filings are outside the pair. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $256 is arithmetic from those two packet numbers.