2016 FEC cycle and Florida office-state totals

Florida and 2016 as a join

Where 2016 meets FL, FEC candidate receipts sum to $142,720,390.86 on 151 candidate records. The cycle aggregate without a state filter is $3,179,037,937.47 on 1721 records. Florida is 4.5% of that national cycle book; 95.5% ($3,036,317,546.61) was filed in other office states. The arithmetic uses only packet facts.

This URL is a relationship page. Later sections unpack the state side, the cycle side, the shares, and the caveats. It is not a restatement of Florida campaign finance across cycles.

Cycle 2016 is a presidential two-year FEC window. That calendar fact does not explain $142,720,390.86. Unitemized small activity below candidate reporting, independent expenditures, and USAspending awards are omitted. Source: FEC.gov.

Office state FL in 2016

Florida's 2016 total of $142,720,390.86 is the subset. The national 2016 total of $3,179,037,937.47 is the parent. 4.5% names that subset as a share of the parent. $3,036,317,546.61 names the complement inside the same cycle. Office state is the geography of the office, not a claim about where donors live.

Use the state hub when the cycle does not matter. Use this tie when both Florida and 2016 matter. Do not fold neighboring states into FL.

2016 is not only Florida

The cycle dimension is the FEC even-year tag 2016 (presidential). Combined with Florida, it yields $142,720,390.86 and 151 candidate records. The national 2016 page still has every other office state. This page has one state. Keep both nouns when citing: Florida and 2016.

About $945,168.15 per Florida candidate record is $142,720,390.86 divided by 151. No median is in the packet. No named-candidate list is in the packet. No party split is in the packet. Those omissions are intentional: the facts do not include them.

Packet slug 2016-florida-candidate-receipts is the LobbyVault filename for this 2016 × Florida join. Canonical path is /ties/2016-florida-candidate-receipts/. Overlay the cycle hub and the state hub; do not treat either hub as $142,720,390.86.

Cycle 2016 (presidential) plus office state FL is the two-part key behind $142,720,390.86. Drop the cycle and the page becomes a multi-year state hub. Drop the state and the page becomes the national cycle hub of $3,179,037,937.47. Keep both.

Dollar share and candidate share

Inside cycle 2016, Florida holds $142,720,390.86 and other office states hold $3,036,317,546.61. The cycle total is the sum: $3,179,037,937.47. 4.5% names the Florida dollar piece. 151 names the Florida file size. Mean about $945,168.15 names $142,720,390.86/151. Four jobs, four numbers, plus the national candidate count 1721.

If a later FEC extract revises $142,720,390.86 or $3,179,037,937.47, the live hubs control. This prose is a snapshot of the packet facts.

Recompute the dollar share from the raw figures: 142,720,390.86 divided by 3,179,037,937.47 is 4.5%. The complement 3,036,317,546.61 is $3,036,317,546.61, which is 95.5% of the national 2016 book. Candidate share uses 151 / 1721.

FEC candidate receipts are not USAspending obligations. $142,720,390.86 has no award count beside it in this packet. Do not fold $142,720,390.86 into federal spending in Florida. Different statutes, different forms, different tables.

No invented campaigns

Do not invent candidate names for the Florida × 2016 pair. Do not invent a district split. Do not invent a party split. The packet did not include them. $142,720,390.86, 151, $3,179,037,937.47, and 1721 are the numeric join besides stored labels.

Other cycles for Florida are other keys. Other states for 2016 are other keys. Exact match is the method.

Florida campaign-finance coverage still includes every other cycle. This tie does not. Researchers who need a multi-year mix should leave this URL and open the Florida hub. Researchers who need Florida in 2016 should stay here.

Do not invent candidate names. 151 is a record count. Mean about $945,168.15 is arithmetic. The packet published cycle, state, $142,720,390.86, 151, $3,179,037,937.47, and 1721.

Keeping both nouns: Florida and 2016

Both nouns: Florida and 2016. Both dollar totals: $142,720,390.86 and $3,179,037,937.47. Both counts: 151 and 1721. Shares: 4.5% of dollars, 8.8% of records. Cite the cluster, not a single number yanked out of the join. Do not attach a fake candidate list.

Cycle 2016 is presidential. Source: FEC.gov. Live hubs win on disagreement.

Candidate receipts are the only money in $142,720,390.86 and $3,179,037,937.47. Independent expenditures and USAspending awards are other files. Mixing those files with this join would invent a total the packet does not contain.

If a later extract revises $142,720,390.86 or $3,179,037,937.47, the live Florida hub and the live 2016 hub control. This file is a packet snapshot, not a parallel disclosure system. Amended FEC reports can move either side of the join.

Questions

What is the 2016 × Florida candidate-receipt join?

It is $142,720,390.86 in candidate receipts matching cycle 2016 and office state FL, on 151 candidate records. The national 2016 hub without that state filter is $3,179,037,937.47 from 1721 candidates. This page is the intersection, not a restatement of either hub and not a named-candidate list. Source: FEC.gov.

Was 2016 a presidential or midterm cycle?

Cycle 2016 is a presidential two-year FEC window. That calendar label dates the receipts. It does not explain why Florida candidates reported $142,720,390.86 on 151 records, and it is not a finding about turnout. Nationally the same window shows $3,179,037,937.47 from 1721 candidates. Source: FEC.gov candidate receipt aggregates.

What share of 2016 candidates ran in Florida?

151 of 1721 candidate records are 8.8% of the national 2016 file in this extract. Dollar share is separate: $142,720,390.86 is 4.5% of $3,179,037,937.47. Quote both. Do not convert 8.8% into a share of Florida adults. Eligible-voter denominators are not in the packet.

Does $142,720,390.86 fund USAspending awards coded to Florida?

No. Campaign receipts and federal awards are different statutes. This packet has only FEC candidate receipt aggregates. $142,720,390.86 has no obligation dollars beside it. Do not add the join to federal spending in Florida. Cite FEC.gov for the candidate-receipt file. Independent expenditures are also outside this join.