Golden, CO political money — 2008 cycle

How Golden, CO meets the 2008 election cycle

$162,650 is the overlap of two FEC dimensions: contributor city GOLDEN with state CO, and election cycle 2008. The match is $162,650 across 38 itemized contribution rows. The city side of the table, covering every cycle in the aggregate, is $24,169,646. 2008 therefore accounts for 0.67% of Golden, CO itemized individual dollars in these facts. The remaining $24,006,996 (99.3%) was itemized in other cycles under the same city label.

This is not a restatement of Golden, CO. That hub mixes 2008 with every other even-year window filed under GOLDEN. It is also not a restatement of the 2008 election cycle hub, which mixes Golden, CO with every other donor city in the United States. The 38 rows and $162,650 exist only where both filters are true. Correlation is not causation: a city code plus a cycle year does not prove why someone gave, whom they supported, or whether the recipient was local.

FEC individual contribution files record the contributor's city as entered on the itemized receipt. Golden sits in Jefferson County, Colorado, west of Denver. Denver, Boulder, and Lakewood are other Colorado city fields. 2008 is a presidential election cycle. That calendar fact does not explain why Golden, CO donors itemized $162,650. Source: FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates by donor city and election cycle.

The Golden, CO side of the join

The city aggregate for Golden, CO is $24,169,646 in itemized individual contributions. That figure is the running total for this city label across cycles, not a single-year census and not a count of unique residents. It includes the $162,650 from 2008 and the $24,006,996 from every other cycle in the same city file. Colorado campaign-finance pages still mix Golden with every other city in Colorado.

State CO stays on the citation so Golden, CO is not merged with a same-named place in another state. $24,169,646 is the CO key only. A large city total does not mean 2008 was large, and a small city total does not mean 2008 was small. For Golden, CO, the city stack is $24,169,646 while this cycle is $162,650 (0.67%). Use the city hub to see Golden, CO without a year filter.

The 2008 cycle side for Colorado filers in Golden

Federal election cycles are two-year windows on FEC.gov. The 2008 cycle is the Commission's cycle tag on itemized receipts, not a calendar year of January gifts only. Inside that window, Golden, CO donors itemized $162,650 on 38 contribution records. Dividing dollars by rows gives a mean of about $4,280 per itemized gift. That mean is an arithmetic average of rows, not a typical donor and not a median.

The national 2008 hub still includes every other city. State pages for Colorado still include every other cycle. Only this join isolates Golden × 2008. Unitemized contributions below the FEC itemization threshold are omitted. 38 itemized rows is a relatively small itemized file. Adjacent pages for Golden, CO, 2008 election cycle, and Colorado campaign finance keep those broader cuts.

2008 versus the rest of Golden

0.67% of $24,169,646 is a thin slice of the citywide book. The city hub is mostly other even-year windows, totaling $24,006,996. Put another way, about 0.67% of Golden, CO's itemized individual dollars in this aggregate were filed in 2008, and about 99.3% were not. Those percentages are $162,650 divided by $24,169,646 and $24,006,996 divided by $24,169,646.

Dollar share (0.67%) and row volume (38 itemized gifts) are separate facts. This packet does not include a citywide row count across all cycles, so a row-share percentage is not computed. Do not treat 0.67% as Golden's share of the 2008 national cycle, which is a different denominator and is not in these facts.

Caveats on a geographic-cycle join

This page does not rank Golden against other cities, does not call 2008 a wave, and does not treat itemized giving as a proxy for public opinion in Colorado. Two columns matched. The city of the contributor is not the city of the campaign. A CO address on an individual receipt does not mean the money supported a Colorado candidate. See Golden, CO, the 2008 election cycle, Colorado campaign finance, and All FEC ties. Dollar figures are FEC itemized individual contribution aggregates. They are not federal spending awards.

Questions

How much did Golden, CO donors give in the 2008 election cycle?

FEC itemized individual contributions from donors listing Golden, CO total $162,650 in the 2008 cycle, across 38 contribution records. The same city label totals $24,169,646 across all cycles in this aggregate, so 2008 is 0.67% of that city stack. Figures are from FEC.gov city-by-cycle aggregates.

Is the Golden, CO city total only for 2008?

No. The city aggregate of $24,169,646 covers every cycle in the table for GOLDEN. The 2008 filter is $162,650 from 38 itemized gifts. Other cycles hold $24,006,996. Use the city hub for the all-cycle total and this tie page for the 2008 slice.

Did Golden, CO 2008 donations stay in Colorado?

Not necessarily. Donor city is Golden, CO; recipients can be committees anywhere that file with the FEC. This join does not allocate the $162,650 by office, state of the committee, or party. A CO city code is an address field on the individual receipt, not a map of Colorado races.

How many Golden, CO contributions were itemized in 2008?

38 itemized contribution records sum to $162,650. That count is rows, not unique donors. The arithmetic mean is about $4,280 per row. Unitemized gifts below the FEC threshold and independent expenditures are not included. Citywide unique-donor counts are not in these facts.