Federal contributions from ZIP 92614

Scale of the 92614 dollar total

The $17,128,835 figure is a sum of disclosed receipts tagged to 92614, an Irvine-area five-digit code. It is not Orange County election spending as a whole, and it is not a measure of local ballot measures, which generally sit outside FEC federal files. Federal candidates and committees anywhere in the country can receive money from a contributor ZIP of 92614.

Because the itemization threshold excludes small gifts, the true cash that moved from people connected to the code is not fully visible. What is visible is every line that committees chose to itemize with this ZIP. Quote the $17,128,835 total as a disclosure aggregate, then read the table for composition.

Irvine office geography means 92614 can be a business ZIP as easily as a home ZIP. The $17,128,835 total does not say which. Twenty-eight thousand seven hundred forty-four itemizations are enough to hide both patterns until sorted. A first pass that only quotes the dollars will look identical to a household-heavy code at the same scale. The second pass on the hub is the one that matters.

28,744 contributions and what that density implies

The extract lists 28,744 contributions for 92614. At a $17,128,835 total, that is a thinner receipt file than several other high-dollar ZIPs in the same FEC extract. Fewer rows at this dollar scale often means larger individual lines—but this page will not publish an average as if the FEC printed one. It will say only that 92614 is less row-heavy than many peers at similar disclosed volume.

The 28,744 count is still not a unique-donor total. This packet does not include one. Repeat itemizations, earmarks, and joint-fundraising splits remain possible. A thinner file simply makes it faster to scan the largest receipts on the 92614 hub and see whether PACs or individuals dominate.

Five-digit ZIP, including committee mail

On FEC itemizations, 92614 is the contributor ZIP the committee reported. Totals can include joint fundraising and PAC addresses, not only residents. Office parks and professional buildings in the code can host committee mail that has little to do with a given cul-de-sac.

That reporting rule is why this guide describes 92614 as a ZIP tag, not as “Irvine residents.” The $17,128,835 total is correct either way. The story a reader wants to tell about households is only as good as the committee column on each row.

Pages that hold the 92614 evidence

The ZIP 92614 FEC page is the itemized list behind $17,128,835 and 28,744 contributions. The all-ZIP index is the place to see other codes at this dollar scale. The donor directory is the name search across the broader FEC file.

FEC.gov remains the primary source. LobbyVault groups the ZIP field so those two packet facts can be quoted without assembling committee reports by hand.

What the 92614 summary leaves out

No unique-person count, no party split, and no cycle series appear here. No employer ranking appears here. Those views, if they exist on the hub, come from the same itemizations; they are not extra facts in this packet. The caption-level record is dollars, row count, FEC source, and ZIP definition.

Reading a thinner Irvine-area file

ZIP 92614’s $17,128,835 total sits on 28,744 contributions, a shorter receipt list than many codes at similar disclosed dollars. A shorter list is not proof that a PAC dominates, but it is a reason to sort the hub by amount before writing an Irvine household story. Office parks in the code can host committee mail. Unitemized gifts never enter the total. Itemized committee-side money does, if the reported ZIP was 92614.

Twenty-eight thousand seven hundred forty-four is still not a unique-donor count. Repeat itemizations exist even in thinner files. This packet does not include a distinct-person total. The practical advantage of 28,744 rows is speed: a researcher can actually inspect the top of the 92614 table and see whether the $17,128,835 figure is a stack of large lines or a spread of individual names.

Do not compute a typical gift and present it as an FEC statistic. Do not assign the money to Orange County local races. Federal itemizations fund federal committees. Use the ZIP 92614 FEC page, the all-ZIP index, and the donor directory. Cite FEC.gov. Those are the only supported next steps from this packet.

Questions

What is the FEC total for ZIP 92614?

Itemizations listing 92614 as the contributor ZIP total $17,128,835. The extract counts 28,744 contributions with that five-digit code. Both numbers are FEC disclosure aggregates indexed on LobbyVault, not a unique-donor census of the Irvine-area ZIP. LobbyVault indexes those FEC.gov itemizations so $17,128,835 and 28,744 contributions can be checked on the ZIP 92614 hub without assembling committee reports by hand.

Why are there only 28,744 contributions at this dollar total?

The 28,744 figure is the itemized row count for 92614. Similar dollar totals elsewhere at similar disclosed dollars sit on many more rows. That difference is a clue to mix, not a published average gift. This packet also does not include a distinct-donor total, so the count should not be read as 28,744 people.

Are PAC addresses included in ZIP 92614?

They can be. FEC stores the five-digit ZIP on the contribution. Joint-fundraising committees and PAC mail using 92614 can sit inside the $17,128,835 sum. Check committee names on the ZIP 92614 FEC page before treating the total as household gifts only.

Where can I see 92614 itemizations?

On the ZIP 92614 FEC page. Compare codes on the all-ZIP index and search names in the donor directory. Original filings are on FEC.gov. Those three LobbyVault paths plus FEC.gov are the full working set for verifying $17,128,835 and 28,744 contributions tagged to ZIP 92614.