Setauket, NY: $45.1M on 13,525 FEC receipts

A thinner Setauket file on $45,095,731

$45,095,731 divided by 13,525 is about $3,334 per itemized line. That mean is arithmetic from the two packet facts. FEC.gov does not publish a median, a unique-donor count, or a party split on this city aggregate. LobbyVault reports $45,095,731 and 13,525.

Setauket is a Long Island hamlet name that filers type as a city. Size of the hamlet is not in this packet. A thirteen-thousand-line book that still reaches $45,095,731 is a shape fact: larger itemizations can dominate dollars when the line count is modest. The city total can include a PAC or joint-fundraising committee address when that is the city filers typed. LobbyVault does not recode those rows out of the city string.

A Setauket total of $45,095,731 does not absorb Stony Brook, Port Jefferson, or East Setauket. Those names are other city strings when filers typed them. State NY stays on the citation. The mixed-case city string in this packet is the match as stored. The 13,525 lines and the mean near $3,334 describe this key only.

Setauket is a contributor city, not a residency audit

The city is the contributor-city value on FEC itemizations. Filers type it. LobbyVault does not geocode Setauket against a municipal boundary file. A work address, a mail drop, or a household in a neighboring place that still typed Setauket can sit inside $45,095,731.

Amended reports can raise or lower both $45,095,731 and 13,525. If the live Setauket hub reprints different figures, the newer FEC extract wins.

Do not read the mean as a hamlet household story

Brooklyn carries a much larger New York line book on a separate hub. Setauket’s 13,525 lines on $45,095,731 are a different shape. That contrast does not rank political intensity. It records how filers filled the city field on itemized receipts.

Do not convert a mean near $3,334 into a story about Setauket culture. FEC.gov did not interview anyone. It stored city, dollars, and a line count.

What $45,095,731 from Setauket omits

Unitemized federal contributions do not appear in $45,095,731. Many small gifts never become Schedule A city rows. Citing $45,095,731 as “all federal money from Setauket” overstates the series.

New York state campaigns file under state law. Those receipts are outside $45,095,731 and outside 13,525. Independent expenditures that never appear as contribution itemizations are outside both facts.

How to cite Setauket without inflating the city

Name FEC.gov, name contributor city Setauket, NY, and print $45,095,731 with 13,525 together. Dropping the line count hides the thin file that produces the high mean. Suffolk County is orientation, not an FEC roll-up.

Setauket will keep attracting queries because a hamlet name on forty-five million dollars looks like a town census. FEC.gov stores a contributor-city field. $45,095,731 across 13,525 lines is what that field sums to in this aggregate. A mean near $3,334 follows from division. Unique donors are not in the packet. Party is not in the packet. If the live hub reprints a different pair, the newer FEC extract wins. Open original reports on FEC.gov when a named Setauket receipt matters.

How researchers should use the Setauket hub

Start on the live Setauket city page, then open ZIP pages if a postal cut is the real question. $45,095,731 is the city-string dollar total in this snapshot. 13,525 is the matching line count. Those two numbers move together when FEC.gov amends a receipt. They do not move because a researcher prefers Stony Brook or East Setauket as the “real” hamlet. Filers typed Setauket. LobbyVault indexed Setauket. The mixed-case string in this packet is the match as stored. Suffolk County, Brookhaven, and “the North Shore of Long Island” are useful for maps and news copy. They are not FEC dimensions on this hub.

A mean near $3,334 is only $45,095,731 divided by 13,525. It is not a typical Setauket household gift. On a thinner file, larger itemizations can dominate dollars. Occupation is a different FEC field. Recipient is a different FEC field. Party is a different FEC field. None of those fields are in this packet. Do not infer them from the mean. Do not infer turnout. Do not infer that Setauket is more or less “politically active” than Brooklyn because the line counts differ. Brooklyn is a different city string with its own hub.

Cite the pair in one sentence: contributor city Setauket, NY, $45,095,731, 13,525 itemized federal contributions, source FEC.gov via LobbyVault. If a later extract on the live hub prints a different pair, discard this snapshot. Original PDFs and electronic filings remain on FEC.gov for any named Setauket receipt that needs a line-by-line check. New York non-federal filings never enter either fact. Unitemized federal gifts never enter either fact. Independent expenditures that are not contribution itemizations never enter either fact. That is the full scope of this city page.

Questions

What is Setauket’s federal contribution total on LobbyVault?

Itemized FEC.gov receipts listing contributor city Setauket, NY total $45,095,731 across 13,525 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Setauket residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside both figures.

Why is Setauket’s average line so large?

LobbyVault counts 13,525 itemized lines for Setauket, NY against $45,095,731. Divide those two packet facts and the mean is about $3,334. That is arithmetic on a thinner file, not a unique-donor figure and not a household survey. Larger itemizations can dominate dollars when the line count is modest.

Does Setauket’s total include Stony Brook or East Setauket?

Only if the filer typed Setauket. Stony Brook, Port Jefferson, and East Setauket are separate city strings when they appear that way on the receipt. $45,095,731 is the Setauket, NY match. The 13,525 lines follow the same rule. Hamlet-to-town recodes are not an FEC dimension on this hub.

Where do the Setauket facts come from?

Both facts come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $45,095,731 and 13,525 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 $3,334 is arithmetic from those two packet numbers.