Connecticut campaign finance next to federal obligations

Connecticut’s scale gap is the relationship

The join is still only CT: FEC receipts of $19.7 million next to USAspending obligations of $507,565,382,911. 529 candidate committees sit beside 169,224 awards. If someone treats receipts as the ‘political input’ that produces obligations as ‘output,’ Connecticut breaks the story. Agencies can obligate hundreds of billions in a state while candidate committees report tens of millions.

Connecticut campaign finance is the FEC table. Connecticut USAspending is the award table. All FEC ties keeps the method identical for larger FEC states so Connecticut is not a special pleading — it is the same join with different magnitudes.

A nearly even FEC party split on a small book

Democratic committees reported $9.9 million (50.1% of $19.7 million). Republican committees reported $9.3 million (47.5%). Other filers reported $0.5 million (2.4%). A 50.1% / 47.5% major-party split is a description of a modest receipt total, not a description of {dol(obl)}.

529 committees can include Senate, House, and presidential filers tagged to Connecticut. Many of those committees may hold little of {mil(raised)}. The live hub sorts that out. This page will not invent a mean.

Connecticut awards: fewer rows, still a large dollar total

169,224 awards is a smaller action count than the million-row states in this series, while $507,565,382,911 remains large. That pattern is compatible with a smaller number of high-dollar actions, but this packet does not publish a mean award size, so this page will not either. Quote the two packet facts. Skip the homemade average.

Recipient lists belong on Connecticut USAspending. Candidate lists belong on Connecticut campaign finance.

What not to compute

Do not divide $507,565,382,911 by $19.7 million and call the result a ‘spend-to-donate multiple.’ The units are unlike. The filers are unlike. The statutes are unlike. A multiple of two public totals is still not a finding about influence.

Connecticut citation

FEC.gov: $19.7 million; 529 committees; Democratic $9.9 million; Republican $9.3 million; other $0.5 million. USAspending.gov: $507,565,382,911; 169,224 awards. State that the small FEC book does not fund the large award book.

Connecticut: insurance-and-defense folklore is not a packet fact

Readers bring industry folklore to Connecticut. This packet does not ship NAICS shares or insurer names. It ships $19.7 million in FEC receipts from 529 committees and $507,565,382,911 from 169,224 awards. If you need industry cuts, open Connecticut USAspending and use the fields that file actually contains.

Democratic $9.9 million and Republican $9.3 million sit close together on a small book. Other filers reported $0.5 million. A 50–47 split on {mil(ct_f['fecRaised'])} is not a 50–47 split on {dol(ct_f['obligations'])}.

169,224 awards behind a large obligation total can mean fewer, larger actions — or many restatements of the same work. This packet does not publish a mean award. Do not compute one and present it as a USAspending statistic. The allowed statistics are the two packet totals.

Connecticut campaign finance, Connecticut USAspending, and All FEC ties are the three links. State races file in Hartford’s system, outside the FEC figure. Local school spending paid without a federal award is outside USAspending.

Connecticut’s 169,224 awards against $507,565,382,911 will look ‘concentrated’ next to million-row states. Concentration is not a packet field. Do not infer a handful of prime contractors from row count alone. Do not infer a sleepy campaign sector from $19.7 million alone. 529 committees can still include long-shot filers with empty receipts. Sort Connecticut campaign finance rather than averaging.

Hartford, New Haven, Fairfield County, and the rest of the state share CT. This packet does not split $19.7 million or $507,565,382,911 by county. 529 committees and 169,224 awards are statewide. A Gold Coast versus inland narrative is political color. It is not a USAspending dimension on this page.

Senate contests can dominate $19.7 million in a small state book. This packet does not isolate Senate versus House receipts, so this page will not either. Sort Connecticut campaign finance if you need office. Leave $507,565,382,911 and 169,224 awards on the USAspending sentence without an office overlay those awards do not carry.

Questions

Can Connecticut’s $19.7 million in FEC receipts explain $507.6 billion in obligations?

No. $19.7 million is candidate receipts from 529 committees. $507,565,382,911 is USAspending obligations from 169,224 awards. The totals share a state code. They do not share a funding path. The headline contrast is $19.7 million in candidate receipts beside $507,565,382,911 in obligations. That contrast is the join, not a funding ratio.

What is Connecticut’s FEC party split?

Democratic committees reported $9.9 million (50.1%) and Republican committees reported $9.3 million (47.5%) of $19.7 million. Other filers reported $0.5 million. The split covers 529 committees, not award recipients. 529 committees include more than the state’s House and Senate general-election slate. Residual FEC filers remain until they drop from the extract.

How many federal awards are coded to Connecticut?

USAspending.gov lists 169,224 awards and $507,565,382,911 in obligations. Award count is not unique vendors. It is also not the {cand:,} FEC candidate committees. 169,224 awards is an action count. It is not 169,224 Connecticut companies and not 529 campaigns restated as vendors.

Where are Connecticut’s FEC and spending pages?

Connecticut campaign finance on LobbyVault and Connecticut USAspending on SpendingVault. All FEC ties lists other state joins. Sources are FEC.gov and USAspending.gov. Use Connecticut campaign finance, Connecticut USAspending, and All FEC ties. Cite FEC.gov and USAspending.gov as the originating systems.