ZIP 98110: $18.5 million across 80,271 FEC lines

An island ZIP with a long itemization list

$18,538,544 divided by 80,271 is about $231 per itemized line. That is a high-volume, low-mean pattern: many Schedule A rows, few dollars on the typical row. Ferry-community geography does not change the arithmetic. The packet publishes a dollar total and a contribution count. It does not publish a unique-donor count, a party split, or a roster of island households.

Eighty thousand two hundred seventy-one contributions is a large line count for an $18.5 million ZIP. Volume is not a headcount. Repeat itemizations, spouse filings, payroll-deduction batches, and redesignations can add rows without adding new people. Because this packet has no donor figure, 80,271 must be cited as a contribution-line total.

LobbyVault does not treat $18,538,544 as a measure of civic mood on Bainbridge Island. Motive language is out of scope. The source is FEC.gov itemized receipts tagged 98110.

What the 98110 key actually records

98110 is the postal code most filers use for Bainbridge Island. That reputation does not convert $18,538,544 into a resident-only book. A committee that lists a P.O. box, a joint fundraising committee, or an office suite in 98110 still posts that ZIP when the filer uses it. The five-digit field follows the form, not a census of island households.

The 80,271-line count is the better clue that 98110 is not a thin concentration ZIP with a handful of large transfers. Open named receipts on the ZIP 98110 FEC page if you need to see which committees appear. This guide will not guess the mix of households and entities.

What $18,538,544 leaves out

Unitemized federal gifts never enter. Washington state-office campaigns never enter. Independent expenditures paid from another ZIP never enter, even if they mention a Puget Sound race. Cite $18,538,544 only as itemized federal receipts tagged 98110.

Because the line list is long, a few amended small gifts may not move the headline much. A restated joint-fundraising block still can. Recheck the live hub after large filings. This prose is a snapshot of FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

Researchers sometimes treat an island ZIP as a closed population. 98110 is a mail key on Schedule A. People who used to live on Bainbridge, committees that keep a 98110 box, and filers who list a ferry-terminal suite can all appear in $18,538,544. The 80,271-line count follows the same rule. If you need residency, the FEC file does not give it. Named receipts on the ZIP 98110 FEC page are the next step, not a homemade unique-person estimate.

LobbyVault’s snapshot can lag a restated quarterly file. If a committee amends a large 98110 transfer, $18,538,544 moves and 80,271 may move with it. This prose will not silently rewrite either number. Recheck the live hub. The all-ZIP directory is only a ranking of the same series. It is not a second extract. FEC.gov is the original.

98110 beside other Puget Sound codes

The all-ZIP directory ranks the same series. Nearby Seattle codes often show different line counts and different means. Compare 80,271 against those peers rather than against a Westchester ZIP with 25,000 lines and a much higher mean. Filing shape is local to how addresses were entered. FEC.gov does not rank which island is more politically active.

Stacking Bainbridge with Kitsap County or Seattle ZIPs is a common recode. This page does not perform it. $18,538,544 is the 98110 key only. If you build a metro total, list every ZIP you included and do not call the sum an FEC publication.

Where to read the rows

The ZIP 98110 FEC page holds $18,538,544 and 80,271 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. No income map or motive claim is attached to this ZIP total.

LobbyVault’s donor directory is a name-level view across ZIPs. It is not a second copy of $18,538,544. Filtering that directory to 98110 should reconcile to the ZIP hub, not to a homemade average. When a name search and 80,271 disagree, the ZIP roll-up on the hub is the geographic total.

How an island ZIP gets 80,271 federal lines

Bainbridge Island is a small place on a map and a large place on the FEC tape. $18,538,544 across 80,271 contributions means the typical tagged receipt is modest. That can happen when many island households itemize small federal gifts, when a few committees batch payroll-style rows through a 98110 box, or both. The packet does not say which. Researchers who want names should open the ZIP 98110 FEC page rather than infer a household census from 80,271.

Itemized federal receipts are the only rows in $18,538,544. Gifts below the Commission’s itemization threshold never appear, even if they were mailed from the island. State legislative and gubernatorial money never appears. A Super PAC that spends on a Washington race from a Seattle office never appears in this ZIP total unless that office filed contributor ZIP 98110 on a receipt, which is a different form. Keep the two numbers in their lane.

If you quote 98110 in a story, quote both $18,538,544 and 80,271. A dollar total without a line count hides the low mean. A line count without a dollar total looks like a headcount. This packet has no unique-donor figure. The all-ZIP directory is the place to see how 98110 sits among other codes. The donor directory is the place for names. FEC.gov remains the original filing.

Questions

How much federal campaign money is tied to ZIP 98110?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor ZIP 98110 total $18,538,544 across 80,271 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 Bainbridge Island residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside it. The mean of about $231 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.

How many FEC contributions are tagged to ZIP 98110?

LobbyVault counts 80,271 itemized contributions for ZIP 98110. 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 80,271 should not be quoted as a population. The matching dollar total on the same extract is $18,538,544.

Does ZIP 98110 include only Bainbridge Island residents?

No. The ZIP is the five-digit contributor code on the FEC itemization. Committees and office addresses that file 98110 can be part of the same roll-up when that is what was entered. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. The 80,271-line count follows the same rule. Open named receipts on the ZIP hub to see which committees appear.

Where does LobbyVault get ZIP 98110 totals?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $18,538,544 and 80,271 lines for ZIP 98110. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Unitemized federal gifts and non-federal filings from the island are outside both figures. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls.