Mc Lean, VA: $43.5M on 63,729 FEC receipts

What $43,477,001 on the Mc Lean city field covers

$43,477,001 divided by 63,729 is about $682 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 $43,477,001 and 63,729.

Mc Lean is a census-designated place name that filers type as a city, here with a space. Size of the place is not in this packet. The 63,729-line count is a contribution-line total. It is not a headcount of Mc Lean residents. 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 Mc Lean total of $43,477,001 does not absorb Arlington, Falls Church, or Tysons. Those names are other city strings when filers typed them. State VA stays on the citation. A McLean spelling without a space is a different aggregate if FEC stored it that way. The 63,729 lines and the mean near $682 describe this key only.

Mc Lean is a contributor city, not an Arlington recode

The city is the contributor-city value on FEC itemizations. Filers type it. LobbyVault does not geocode Mc Lean against a municipal boundary file or collapse it into McLean. A work address, a mail drop, or a household that still typed Mc Lean can sit inside $43,477,001.

Amended reports can raise or lower both $43,477,001 and 63,729. If the live Mc Lean hub reprints different figures, the newer FEC extract wins.

Spelling is part of the key

Arlington, Alexandria, and Bethesda keep separate hubs. Adding them to Mc Lean would be a recode. This packet publishes Mc Lean, VA only: $43,477,001 and 63,729 lines.

Do not silently rewrite Mc Lean as McLean in a citation if the hub key includes the space. Quote the two packet facts for this key only.

What $43,477,001 from Mc Lean omits

Unitemized federal contributions do not appear in $43,477,001. Many small gifts never become Schedule A city rows. Citing $43,477,001 as “all federal money from McLean” overstates the series and may recode the city string.

Virginia state campaigns file under state law. Those receipts are outside $43,477,001 and outside 63,729. Independent expenditures that never appear as contribution itemizations are outside both facts.

How to cite Mc Lean without inflating the city

Name FEC.gov, name contributor city Mc Lean, VA, and print $43,477,001 with 63,729 together. Keep the space in Mc Lean so the key matches the stored string.

Mc Lean will keep attracting queries that treat a Fairfax CDP as a proxy for residents. FEC.gov stores a contributor-city field. $43,477,001 across 63,729 lines is what that field sums to in this aggregate. A mean near $682 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 Mc Lean receipt matters.

How researchers should use the Mc Lean hub

Start on the live Mc Lean city page, then open ZIP pages if a postal cut is the real question. $43,477,001 is the city-string dollar total in this snapshot. 63,729 is the matching line count. Those two numbers move together when FEC.gov amends a receipt. They do not move because a researcher prefers Arlington or Falls Church as the “real” Fairfax inner suburb. Filers typed Mc Lean, including the space. LobbyVault indexed Mc Lean. Fairfax County, Tysons, and “inside the Beltway” are useful for maps and news copy. They are not FEC dimensions on this hub.

A mean near $682 is only $43,477,001 divided by 63,729. It is not a typical Mc Lean household gift, not a typical contractor gift, and not a typical Chain Bridge corridor gift. 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 Mc Lean is more or less “politically active” than Arlington because the line counts differ. Arlington is a different city string with its own hub.

Cite the pair in one sentence: contributor city Mc Lean, VA, $43,477,001, 63,729 itemized federal contributions, source FEC.gov via LobbyVault. Keep the space in Mc Lean. 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 Mc Lean receipt that needs a line-by-line check. Virginia 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 Mc Lean’s federal contribution total on LobbyVault?

Itemized FEC.gov receipts listing contributor city Mc Lean, VA total $43,477,001 across 63,729 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Mc Lean residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside both figures.

How should I read Mc Lean’s 63,729 contributions?

LobbyVault counts 63,729 itemized lines for Mc Lean, VA. 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 $43,477,001.

Is Mc Lean the same as McLean or Arlington?

This hub is the city string Mc Lean, VA as typed, including the space. Arlington, Falls Church, and a McLean spelling without a space are separate keys if FEC stored them that way. $43,477,001 is the Mc Lean, VA match. The 63,729 lines follow the same rule. Spelling corrections are not an FEC dimension on this hub.

Where do the Mc Lean facts come from?

Both facts come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $43,477,001 and 63,729 lines. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Virginia non-federal filings are outside the pair. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $682 is arithmetic from those two packet numbers.