PRINCETON, NJ: $75.7M on 172,599 FEC receipts

Princeton’s federal city book

Divide $75,711,028 by 172,599 and the average itemized line is about $439. That mean is arithmetic. This packet has no median and no occupation split, so $439 is not a typical gift from a Princeton household or from a campus office.

Trenton, Princeton Junction, and West Windsor are other New Jersey city strings. They are not inside $75,711,028 unless the filer typed PRINCETON. Mercer County is orientation, not an FEC dimension.

A committee that listed Princeton as its city can sit beside household streets in the same bucket. Totals can include a PAC or joint-fundraising address when that is what filers typed. The 172,599 lines are receipts, not unique persons.

Princeton, New Jersey is not Princeton, another state

State NJ on the city key is required in the citation. Other states have places named Princeton. This book is PRINCETON, NJ only: $75,711,028 and 172,599 lines.

Tenafly appears later on this extract as a thinner New Jersey file with a different dollar-to-line shape. Do not add New Jersey suburbs and call the sum “North Jersey” or “central Jersey.” FEC.gov stored city.

City field versus ZIP pages

Filers type a city. The Commission stores that string. Recoding Princeton into a Census place, a university, or a ZIP cluster would be a different dataset. This page does not recode.

ZIP pages cut the same federal series by postal code. Summing Princeton-area ZIPs can diverge from $75,711,028 when some receipts used Princeton Junction or another label. The 172,599-line count follows the city field.

What the Princeton table omits

New Jersey state campaigns file under state law. Those receipts are outside $75,711,028 and outside 172,599. Unitemized federal gifts are omitted. Independent expenditures that never appear as contribution itemizations are outside both facts.

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

A Princeton citation that names FEC.gov and prints $75,711,028 without 172,599 is incomplete. The line count is how a reader sees a mid-volume New Jersey book, mean near $439, not a campus headcount. Mercer County maps do not replace the city field.

If a later extract moves Princeton’s pair, the live hub is the authority. This guide is a snapshot. Open original reports on FEC.gov when a named Princeton receipt is the story. Unitemized gifts and New Jersey state filings remain outside $75,711,028 and 172,599.

Citing PRINCETON, NJ

Name FEC.gov, name contributor city, and print $75,711,028 with 172,599 together. Dropping the line count hides the mean near $439.

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

Princeton’s $75,711,028 on 172,599 lines, mean near $439, is a mid-volume New Jersey book. Tenafly, on this extract, is a thinner New Jersey file. Do not add the two.

A campus is not an FEC city dimension. This page matches the typed city PRINCETON plus NJ, not an employer field.

What a Princeton reader should carry

Carry FEC.gov, contributor city PRINCETON, NJ, $75,711,028, and 172,599 lines. The mean near $439 is optional arithmetic. It is not a typical household gift, not a campus average, and not a unique-donor figure.

Trenton, Princeton Junction, West Windsor, and Tenafly stay off this page unless the filer typed PRINCETON. New Jersey state-office receipts stay off this page. Unitemized federal gifts stay off this page.

Mercer County is orientation, not a roll-up. State NJ on the key stops a same-named Princeton in another state from merging into $75,711,028. The 172,599 lines follow the same rule.

The live Princeton hub is the table. This guide is the footnote. If they disagree, trust the hub. Open original reports on FEC.gov when a named Princeton receipt matters. ZIP pages split a different field. Occupation lives on other FEC fields.

Princeton’s 172,599 lines behind $75,711,028, mean near $439, are a mid-volume New Jersey book. University language does not convert the city field into an employer census. Occupation and employer live on other FEC fields.

Princeton Junction is a different typed string. Trenton is a different hub. Tenafly is a thinner New Jersey file on this extract. Adding any of them to $75,711,028 is a recode.

New Jersey state campaigns and unitemized federal gifts sit outside both facts. State NJ on the key is required so a same-named Princeton elsewhere does not merge here. The Princeton hub holds the live table. ZIP pages split a different field. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Quote $75,711,028 with 172,599.

Questions

What does LobbyVault show for Princeton, NJ federal contributions?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor city PRINCETON, NJ total $75,711,028 across 172,599 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Princeton residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside it.

Is 172,599 the number of Princeton donors?

No. LobbyVault counts 172,599 itemized contribution lines for PRINCETON, NJ. Repeat gifts and memo entries can add rows without adding people. This packet publishes no unique-donor figure. The matching dollar total is $75,711,028. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure, so 172,599 should not be quoted as a Princeton population of donors.

Does Princeton’s total include Trenton or Princeton Junction?

Only if the filer typed PRINCETON. Trenton and Princeton Junction are separate city strings when they appear that way on the receipt. $75,711,028 is the PRINCETON, NJ match. The 172,599 lines follow the same rule. County labels are not an FEC dimension here. Mercer County is orientation, not an FEC dimension on this Princeton hub.

How current is Princeton’s $75,711,028 figure?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $75,711,028 and 172,599 lines. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. New Jersey non-federal filings are outside the pair. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $439 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.