BUFFALO, NY: $31.7M on 102,533 FEC receipts

Buffalo’s volume relative to its dollars

One hundred two thousand five hundred thirty-three lines produce $31,737,469. Divide the pair and the mean itemized line is about $310. That mean is arithmetic from the two packet facts, not a ranking of Erie County giving. FEC.gov does not publish a median or a unique-donor count on this city aggregate.

Amherst, Cheektowaga, and Niagara Falls keep separate New York hubs when those strings appear. They are not inside $31,737,469 unless the filer typed BUFFALO. Erie County is orientation, not an FEC roll-up.

Western New York city, not a statewide sum

Rochester, Syracuse, and Albany keep separate New York hubs. Adding them to Buffalo would be a recode. This packet publishes BUFFALO, NY only: $31,737,469 and 102,533 lines.

State NY 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. BUFFALO plus NY is the match. Recoding into a Census place or a Buffalo–Niagara MSA label is a different dataset.

ZIP pages cut the same federal series by postal code. Summing Erie County ZIPs can diverge from $31,737,469 when some receipts used Amherst or Tonawanda as the city. The 102,533-line count follows the city field.

Limits of the Buffalo aggregate

New York state campaigns file under state law. Those receipts are outside $31,737,469 and outside 102,533. Unitemized federal gifts are omitted. Independent expenditures that never appear as contribution itemizations are outside both facts.

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

Citing BUFFALO, NY

Name FEC.gov, name contributor city, and print $31,737,469 with 102,533 together. Dropping the line count hides Buffalo’s volume on a low-thirty-million dollar book.

Office addresses can share the Buffalo city field with household streets. Totals can include a PAC or joint-fundraising address when that is what filers typed. The 102,533 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 Buffalo receipt matters.

How researchers should use the Buffalo hub

Start on the live Buffalo city page, then open ZIP pages if a postal cut is the real question. $31,737,469 is the city-string dollar total in this snapshot. 102,533 is the matching line count. Those two numbers move together when FEC.gov amends a receipt. They do not move because a researcher prefers Amherst as the “real” suburb. Filers typed BUFFALO. LobbyVault indexed BUFFALO.

A mean near $310 is only $31,737,469 divided by 102,533. 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. Cite the pair: contributor city BUFFALO, NY, $31,737,469, 102,533 itemized federal contributions, source FEC.gov via LobbyVault. New York non-federal filings never enter either fact.

Tonawanda, Cheektowaga, and Amherst share Erie County without sharing this city key. $31,737,469 is BUFFALO as typed. 102,533 is the matching line count. The mean near $310 is the high-volume shape of this extract. Western New York is a news label, not an FEC field.

Rochester and Syracuse keep their own hubs. Adding them would be a recode. Do not infer turnout from 102,533 rows. Cite BUFFALO, NY with both packet facts. New York non-federal filings stay outside. Unitemized federal gifts stay outside. Recheck the pair on the live hub. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.

Buffalo’s 102,533 lines on $31,737,469 put the mean near $310. That is a high-volume western New York city string, not an Erie County merge. Amherst and Niagara Falls stay on their own keys. Do not read turnout from the line count. Do not read party from the dollars. Cite BUFFALO, NY with both facts. New York state campaigns are outside. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.

Keep BUFFALO, NY, $31,737,469, and 102,533 in one citation. The mean near $310 is those two numbers divided. Amherst remains a separate string. Niagara Falls remains a separate string. Erie County remains a map. New York 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 Buffalo receipt. Do not convert 102,533 lines into unique persons.

Questions

What is Buffalo’s federal contribution total on LobbyVault?

Itemized FEC.gov receipts listing contributor city BUFFALO, NY total $31,737,469 across 102,533 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Buffalo residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside both figures.

How should I read Buffalo’s 102,533 contributions?

LobbyVault counts 102,533 itemized lines for BUFFALO, NY. 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 $31,737,469. The mean near $310 follows from division.

Does Buffalo’s total include Amherst or Niagara Falls?

Only if the filer typed BUFFALO. Amherst, Cheektowaga, and Niagara Falls are separate city strings when they appear that way on the receipt. $31,737,469 is the BUFFALO, NY match. The 102,533 lines follow the same rule. Erie County is not an FEC dimension on this hub.

Where do the Buffalo facts come from?

Both facts come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $31,737,469 and 102,533 lines. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. New York non-federal filings are outside the pair. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $310 is arithmetic from those two packet numbers.