Federal contributions from ZIP 33301

What $72,763,228 and 39,858 lines actually measure

$72,763,228 divided by 39,858 is about $1,826 per itemized line. That mean is a ratio of two FEC counts, not a typical household check and not a median. The packet publishes no party split, no employer roll-up, and no unique-donor figure. Quote the pair: dollars and contribution lines.

Thirty-nine thousand eight hundred fifty-eight itemizations is a mid-volume stream for a ZIP near $73 million. Some codes post similar dollars on a few thousand rows; others need well over 100,000. 33301 sits between those poles. Large transfers can still sit inside $72,763,228. Line volume does not prove the money is small-dollar.

LobbyVault does not score 33301 as a Fort Lauderdale neighborhood index. The Commission field is a five-digit string. Geography beyond that string is orientation for readers, not an extra FEC fact.

Contributor ZIP is a form field

A filer who puts 33301 on an itemized receipt adds that row to both $72,763,228 and the 39,858-line count. Work addresses, committee mail, and residential addresses can share the same five digits. The accurate label is federal itemized receipts tagged 33301, not a survey of Fort Lauderdale households.

Repeat contributors add rows. Redesignations and memo entries can add rows. Without a unique-donor field in this packet, 39,858 is a contribution-line total. This page does not guess how many people sit behind it.

Receipts that never enter this total

Unitemized federal gifts are outside $72,763,228. Florida state-office filings are outside it. Independent expenditures paid from another ZIP are outside it, even if the ad names a South Florida candidate. Cite the figure only as the 33301 slice of FEC itemized receipts.

Amendments still move ZIP aggregates. Recheck the ZIP 33301 FEC page after a restatement rather than treating $72,763,228 as a frozen downtown total. Cycle windows matter even when this packet does not print a cycle year: the indexed aggregate is the harvest, not a permanent ledger.

33301 beside other Florida codes

The all-ZIP directory ranks the same FEC series. Neighboring coastal codes may show more lines and a lower mean, or fewer lines and a higher mean. Those contrasts describe how money was itemized, not which block is more partisan. FEC.gov does not score blocks.

Dollar rank and line-count rank can diverge. 39,858 receipts against $72,763,228 is the pairing that describes filing shape for this code. A peer ZIP with similar dollars and one-tenth the lines is a different mix, not a more generous town.

Tables behind the snapshot

The ZIP 33301 FEC page holds the live aggregate. The all-ZIP directory ranks other codes. The donor directory lists names on itemized receipts. Every dollar on this guide traces to FEC.gov via LobbyVault: $72,763,228, 39,858 contributions, ZIP 33301.

If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls. LobbyVault indexes; it does not freeze $72,763,228. Open named rows when you need identities rather than the roll-up.

How to quote ZIP 33301 without overstating the table

Searchers who land on ZIP 33301 usually want one headline. The honest headline is two numbers that have to travel together: $72,763,228 and 39,858 itemized FEC contributions. Drop the line count and Fort Lauderdale looks like a concentration ZIP. Drop the dollars and 39,858 looks like a population. Neither reading is in the packet. The mean of about $1,826 is a third derived figure, useful only as a scale check against other five-digit codes in the all-ZIP directory.

Fort Lauderdale’s 33301 grid mixes residential streets with office and committee mail. This guide uses that geography as orientation, not as an extra FEC fact. The Commission records a five-digit contributor ZIP on each itemized row. LobbyVault sums those rows. It does not recode 33301 into parcels, precincts, or income maps. It does not publish a unique-donor count. Repeat itemizations, redesignations, and memo entries can add to 39,858 without adding new people. If you need names, leave the roll-up and open the ZIP 33301 FEC page and the donor directory.

Amendments remain expected on a ZIP with 39,858 lines. A restated joint-fundraising schedule can move $72,763,228 after this snapshot. When the live hub disagrees with this guide, the later FEC.gov extract controls. Unitemized federal gifts stay outside both printed facts. Florida state-office filings stay outside both printed facts. Independent expenditures paid from another ZIP stay outside both printed facts. Quote 33301 as a five-digit FEC contributor key indexed on LobbyVault, then stop. Do not stack neighboring Broward codes into a metro total unless you document the recode. Do not invent a party split. Do not invent a median. The two packet facts are $72,763,228 and 39,858 contributions.

Questions

How much federal campaign money is tied to ZIP 33301?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor ZIP 33301 total $72,763,228 across 39,858 contributions in the LobbyVault aggregate. That figure is a ZIP roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Fort Lauderdale residents. Unitemized gifts and Florida state filings sit outside it. The mean of about $1,826 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.

How many FEC contributions are tagged to ZIP 33301?

LobbyVault counts 39,858 itemized contributions for ZIP 33301. That is a line count, not a headcount of unique people. Repeat gifts, redesignations, and memo entries can add rows without adding new donors. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure, so 39,858 should not be quoted as a population. The matching dollar total on the same extract is $72,763,228.

Does ZIP 33301 count only people who live in Fort Lauderdale?

No. The ZIP is the five-digit contributor code on the FEC itemization. Office addresses and committee mail in the 33301 grid can be part of $72,763,228 when that is what was filed. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. The 39,858-line count follows the same rule. Open named receipts on the ZIP hub to see which committees appear.

Where does LobbyVault get ZIP 33301 totals?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $72,763,228 and 39,858 lines for ZIP 33301. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Unitemized federal gifts and non-federal filings are outside both figures. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls.