Colorado Springs, CO and the 2008 FEC cycle

What the Colorado Springs × 2008 join measures

$144,424 is the amount of itemized individual contributions that match both filters at once: donor city COLORADO SPRINGS in CO, and FEC election cycle 2008. The 125 contribution lines in the packet are the volume behind that dollar figure. They are form rows, not a headcount of unique people, and this file does not invent names for the filers. The city hub for Colorado Springs, CO still carries $32,129,291 when every stored cycle is included. Subtracting the join leaves $31,984,867 in other windows (99.6% of the city total).

A city page without a cycle cut answers a different question. A 2008 cycle page without a city cut answers a different question. Only the overlap is authorized by this packet. The 2008 tag is a two-year FEC election-cycle window (the even year and the odd year paired with it). This packet does not split 2007 from 2008. FEC.gov is the underlying source for both the city aggregates and the cycle tag. USAspending award files, PAC filings, independent expenditures, and unitemized gifts sit outside $144,424.

The Colorado Springs, CO city table without the year cut

The city hub for Colorado Springs, CO stores $32,129,291 in itemized individual contributions across the cycles kept for that key. 2008 is one of those cycles. It is not a small rounding error on $32,129,291; it is a defined window of $144,424. Researchers who need the city without a year filter should use the Colorado Springs, CO city page, not this tie.

Colorado Springs is stored as COLORADO SPRINGS in Colorado. Denver, Boulder, and Pueblo are other city keys and are not recoded into this total. Misspellings, ZIP-only rows, and suburb names that filers sometimes use instead of Colorado Springs are other keys if they exist. This file does not search for those keys or add them to $144,424 or $32,129,291.

The 2008 election-cycle table without the city cut

The 2008 election-cycle hub covers itemized individual receipts tagged to that even-year window, regardless of city. This tie keeps only the Colorado Springs, CO rows inside that window: $144,424, 125 contributions. The 2008 tag is a two-year FEC election-cycle window (the even year and the odd year paired with it). This packet does not split 2007 from 2008.

Even-year FEC tags, whether the even year is a presidential year (2008, 2012) or a midterm year (2010, 2014), are still two-year windows. This file does not convert either type into a one-year calendar total. It also does not assign the $144,424 to a party, a nominee, or a ballot measure.

What $144,424 does not include

$144,424 is itemized individual contributions matching Colorado Springs, CO and 2008. It is not PAC disbursements, not committee-to-committee transfers, not independent expenditures, and not unitemized gifts below itemization thresholds. It is not a USAspending.gov award total for Colorado or for any agency. Federal obligations are a different dataset. This page does not claim that FEC donations fund federal spending.

How to cite Colorado Springs, CO in 2008

A stable sentence: “Colorado Springs, CO donors reported $144,424 in 125 itemized individual contributions in the 2008 FEC cycle (FEC.gov). The same city string stores $32,129,291 across cycles.” That sentence names both join sides, the headline number, the volume, the source, and the lifetime city total. Follow the city overlay /cities/co-colorado-springs/, the cycle overlay /election-cycles/2008/, Colorado campaign finance at /states/CO/, and All FEC ties at /ties/.

Restating the Colorado Springs and 2008 relationship

Repeat the relationship without new figures: Colorado Springs, CO is the donor-city side; 2008 is the election-cycle side; $144,424 is the overlap in itemized individual contributions; 125 is the line count; $32,129,291 is the city key’s stored lifetime total; about 0.45% of that lifetime total sits in 2008; $31,984,867 sits in other stored windows. The 2008 tag is a two-year FEC election-cycle window (the even year and the odd year paired with it). This packet does not split 2007 from 2008. Colorado Springs is stored as COLORADO SPRINGS in Colorado. Denver, Boulder, and Pueblo are other city keys and are not recoded into this total. FEC.gov is the source. Federal award dollars are not. Donor names are not. Mean line size about $1,155 is an arithmetic convenience, not a typical-gift finding. Restating without new facts: Colorado Springs, CO in 2008 is $144,424 from 125 itemized individual contributions on FEC.gov. The city string stores $32,129,291 across cycles, so this window is about 0.45% and other windows hold $31,984,867. Arithmetic mean per line is about $1,155. Unique donors, recipient committees, party split, and USAspending dollars are not in the packet. Live overlays at the city hub, the 2008 hub, and All FEC ties outrank this snapshot if they differ.

Questions

How much did Colorado Springs donors give in 2008?

Colorado Springs, CO donors reported $144,424 in itemized individual contributions in the 2008 FEC election cycle, according to FEC.gov aggregates in this packet. That total sits on 125 contribution records. It is the city-and-cycle overlap, not the $32,129,291 all-cycle city total and not a statewide Colorado figure. Mean line size in the packet is about $1,155. Unique donors are not counted here.

What share of Colorado Springs FEC money is 2008?

About 0.45% of the stored Colorado Springs, CO city total sits in 2008. The city total in the packet is $32,129,291; the 2008 slice is $144,424; other windows hold $31,984,867 (99.6%). That share is of this city key only, not of national 2008 FEC receipts. A nationwide cycle denominator is not in the facts and is not used.

Does this include every Colorado Springs spelling?

No. The join uses the stored city string COLORADO SPRINGS in CO, displayed as Colorado Springs, CO. Colorado Springs is stored as COLORADO SPRINGS in Colorado. Denver, Boulder, and Pueblo are other city keys and are not recoded into this total. Alternate spellings, suburb names, and same-named cities in other states stay on other pages and are not added to $144,424 or $32,129,291. This file does not recode municipal boundaries.

Where are the Colorado Springs and 2008 overlay pages?

The Colorado Springs, CO city hub is /cities/co-colorado-springs/. The 2008 election-cycle hub is /election-cycles/2008/. Colorado campaign finance is /states/CO/. All FEC ties is /ties/. This article’s canonical path is /ties/co-colorado-springs-2008-donations/. Live tables override this snapshot if they differ. The join dollars on this packet are $144,424 from 125 contributions.