Fairfield, CT political money — 2008 cycle

$152,018 is a join, not a restatement of Fairfield

LobbyVault stores $152,018 so a reader can open the Fairfield, CT city hub and the 2008 election cycle hub without treating either page as a substitute for this one. The city hub answers how much itemized money this city string has produced across cycles ($24,944,085). The cycle hub answers how much itemized money that two-year federal window produced nationally. This page answers only the intersection: Fairfield, CT in 2008.

129 is a receipt count for that intersection, not a unique-donor census. A person who gave twice is two lines. Arithmetic mean per line is about $1,178 ($152,018 ÷ 129). That mean is division, not a typical resident and not a median. This packet does not carry party splits, committee names, or occupation mix for the join.

2008 is a presidential election cycle. Cite the two packet dollars — $152,018 for the 2008 slice and $24,944,085 for the Fairfield, CT book — and stop before assigning motive. Independent expenditures and unitemized gifts sit outside both figures.

Reading the Fairfield, CT city book

Across cycles in this extract, contributor city FAIRFIELD in Connecticut totals $24,944,085. $152,018 is 0.61% of that city book — a thin slice of the citywide book. A thin or small share does not mean 2008 was quiet in Fairfield; it means later or earlier cycles in the same city string can dwarf a single window. The live Fairfield, CT table is the place to compare other years.

Fairfield sits in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Fairfield, California is a different state key; Westport and Bridgeport are other Connecticut strings. State CT stays on the citation so Fairfield is not merged with a same-named place in another state. $24,944,085 is the CT key only. Remainder outside 2008 is $24,792,067.

What the 2008 cycle tag actually is

Federal election cycles are two-year windows on FEC.gov. The 2008 cycle is not a calendar year of January gifts only; it is the Commission's cycle tag on itemized receipts. 129 Fairfield, CT lines in that window produced $152,018. National 2008 activity — every city — lives on the 2008 election cycle hub, not here.

Connecticut campaign-finance pages roll up the state, including cities that are not Fairfield. Do not add $152,018 to a state total from that hub; the state page already contains this city when the same extract is used. All FEC ties is the directory of other city-cycle joins.

What $152,018 does not measure

$152,018 is itemized federal individual contributions with contributor city FAIRFIELD. Unitemized gifts below the itemization threshold sit outside it. State-office campaigns in Connecticut file under state law and sit outside it. A candidate who lives in Fairfield can raise money from other cities; those gifts are not this join. City labels are filer-entered.

A donor who typed FAIRFIELD is counted; a donor who typed a neighborhood, a firm city, or a nearby suburb is not recoded into Fairfield. LobbyVault does not rewrite the city field into a Census place. Treat 129 as lines that stored this string in 2008. FEC receipts are not USAspending awards.

Using Fairfield and 2008 without mixing tables

Correlation is not causation. $152,018 beside $24,944,085 does not mean 2008 caused the city book or that Fairfield drove the 2008 cycle. The join is a filter: city string plus cycle tag. Amended reports can move either number. Internal links go to Fairfield, CT, the 2008 election cycle, Connecticut campaign finance, and All FEC ties. If a live hub disagrees with this prose, the newer FEC extract controls.

129 is a receipt count for Fairfield, CT in 2008, a mid-size itemized file. A household that gave on two dates is two lines. An office or joint-fundraising address stored as FAIRFIELD sits in the same city field as a residential street. LobbyVault does not convert that field into a Census residency test. Unique-person counts are not in the facts and are not estimated from 129. Mean size of about $1,178 is $152,018 divided by 129, an arithmetic ratio, not a median donor.

Questions

What is the Fairfield and 2008 join on LobbyVault?

It is the overlap of contributor city FAIRFIELD with state CT and election cycle 2008: $152,018 on 129 itemized receipts. The Fairfield, CT hub still mixes other cycles ($24,944,085 citywide). The 2008 cycle hub still mixes other cities. This URL is only the intersection.

Does $152,018 include unitemized Fairfield gifts?

No. $152,018 is itemized Schedule A activity stored with city FAIRFIELD in cycle 2008. Gifts below the FEC itemization threshold are omitted. Independent expenditures and committee-to-committee transfers are other tables. The citywide book of $24,944,085 is also an itemized aggregate.

Is $1,178 a typical Fairfield donor in 2008?

No. $1,178 is $152,018 divided by 129 rows. Repeat gifts, large one-time itemizations, and small itemized gifts all sit in that mean. The packet has no median and no unique-person count, so the ratio is arithmetic only, not a household portrait of Fairfield, CT.

Where should I read Fairfield without a 2008 filter?

Open the Fairfield, CT city hub for the $24,944,085 all-cycle book. Open the 2008 election cycle hub for the national two-year window. Open Connecticut campaign finance for the state roll-up. All FEC ties lists other city-cycle pages built the same way.