Federal contributions from ZIP 50312: $14.3M

West-central Des Moines, not the whole capital

$14,261,521 divided by 36,907 is about $386 per itemized line. Des Moines is a state capital; 50309, 50310, and 50311 are different roll-ups. The packet has a dollar total and a contribution count. It does not have a unique-donor count or a Polk County sum.

Thirty-six thousand nine hundred seven contributions is a working list. Repeat gifts and any committee that prints 50312 add rows. Do not treat 36,907 as a census of Des Moines. LobbyVault does not assign motive to $14,261,521.

Capital-city ZIP versus state filings

A west-side household and a committee suite can share 50312. $14,261,521 follows the form. Open the ZIP 50312 FEC page for named receipts. Iowa state-office filings are a different dataset even when the street is the same. Keep 50312 isolated unless you document a cluster of other Des Moines codes.

What stays outside $14,261,521

Unitemized federal gifts never enter. Iowa state-office campaigns never enter. Independent expenditures paid from another ZIP never enter, even if they mention a Polk County race. Cite $14,261,521 only as itemized federal receipts tagged 50312. The mean of about $386 is arithmetic, not a median.

Live hub for 50312

The ZIP 50312 FEC page holds $14,261,521 and 36,907 as currently indexed. The all-ZIP directory places the code among others. The donor directory lists names on itemized receipts. If a later extract disagrees, FEC.gov controls. This packet does not publish a unique-donor count.

Method notes for the 50312 roll-up

LobbyVault indexes FEC.gov itemized receipts and groups them by the five-digit contributor ZIP. For 50312 (west Des Moines / Sherman Hill side), that group currently totals $14,261,521 on 36,907 lines. $14.3M is the rounded headline. Polk County is the map context. Neither the map nor the rounding creates a new fact. There is no unique-donor field in this packet. Writing one would be invention.

Itemization has a federal threshold. Small unitemized gifts never appear in $14,261,521. Iowa state-office reports never appear in $14,261,521. Independent expenditures are a different schedule. If you need 50309, 50310, and 50311, open those hubs separately. Adding them to 50312 without saying so misstates the unit.

The mean of about $386 answers a narrow question: dollars divided by lines. It does not describe the median gift, the largest gift, or a typical household. Named receipts live on the ZIP 50312 FEC page. The all-ZIP directory is the inventory for rank and peer comparison. FEC.gov remains the controlling source if extracts diverge.

Keep the unit of analysis explicit. 50312 is a five-digit contributor ZIP on FEC itemizations covering west Des Moines / Sherman Hill side. $14,261,521 is the itemized-dollar total. 36,907 is the itemized-line total. $14.3M is $14,261,521 rounded. About $386 is those dollars divided by those lines. Polk County is map context. 50309, 50310, and 50311 are other keys. Iowa state-office activity is out of scope. Unitemized federal gifts are out of scope. This packet does not publish a unique-donor count, so do not cite one. Open the ZIP 50312 FEC page for the live index, the all-ZIP directory for peers, and the donor directory for names on itemized receipts. If those tools and this snapshot disagree, FEC.gov controls. Cite the ZIP, the dollars, and the line count together.

LobbyVault publishes this 50312 guide so the hub at /zip-codes/50312/ is not a table without sentences. The canonical path /guides/zip-50312-political-donations/ is the standalone URL. Both pages should show the same two facts: $14,261,521 and 36,907 contributions. Neither page invents a unique-donor count. Neither page converts $14.3M into a forecast. Readers who want the row list should use the hub. Readers who want the explanation should stay on the guide. The ZIP remains the five-digit contributor field on FEC itemizations, indexed on LobbyVault from FEC.gov bulk data. A complete citation names ZIP 50312, $14,261,521, 36,907 lines, and FEC.gov as the source of the underlying receipts.

Itemized federal receipts tagged 50312 remain $14,261,521 on 36,907 lines in this extract. That is the whole quantitative claim. Geography labels do not add a third harvested number. Missing unique-donor counts stay missing.

Questions

How much federal campaign money is tied to ZIP 50312?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor ZIP 50312 total $14,261,521 across 36,907 contributions. The compact headline is $14.3M. That figure is a ZIP roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Des Moines. Unitemized gifts sit outside it.

How many FEC contributions are tagged to ZIP 50312?

LobbyVault counts 36,907 itemized contributions for ZIP 50312. That is a line count, not a headcount of unique people. Repeat gifts can add rows. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure. The matching dollar total is $14,261,521. The mean of about $386 is dollars divided by lines.

Does ZIP 50312 cover all of Des Moines?

No. 50312 is one west-central mail key. Other Des Moines ZIPs are separate roll-ups. Committees that file 50312 can be part of $14,261,521. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a citywide book. Open named receipts on the ZIP hub to see which committees appear. This packet still does not publish a unique-donor count.

Where does LobbyVault get ZIP 50312 totals?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $14,261,521 and 36,907 lines for ZIP 50312. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Unitemized federal gifts and Iowa state filings are outside both figures. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls.