Evanston, IL political money — 2012 FEC cycle

How Evanston, IL and 2012 share one dollar figure

This join is a lakefront Illinois string against the 2012 presidential-year FEC tag. The dollar figure attached to that meeting is $142,450. 137 itemized individual contributions produced it. The city key’s stored lifetime total is $57,567,344, so other cycles hold $57,424,894. Folding those other cycles into a 2012 citation would overstate the window by $57,424,894.

FEC cycle labels are even years. The 2012 tag is a two-year FEC election-cycle window (the even year and the odd year paired with it). This packet does not split 2011 from 2012. Election-night tallies, primary-versus-general splits, and party splits are not in the facts and are not computed here. The page is nonpartisan public-record description.

Reading the Evanston, IL lifetime total next to 2012

0.25% is $142,450 divided by $57,567,344. That percentage is a share of the stored city key, not a share of all 2012 FEC receipts nationwide. No nationwide cycle denominator is in the facts, so none is quoted. Statewide Illinois denominators are also absent.

Evanston is stored as EVANSTON in Illinois. Chicago, Skokie, and Wilmette stay on their own city pages. If two suburb names look related on a map, the FEC still stores them as separate city strings unless the form text matches exactly.

How FEC cycle 2012 differs from a calendar year

The 2012 overlay path in this packet is /election-cycles/2012/. Open it for cycle-wide navigation. Return here for the Evanston slice of $142,450. The 2012 tag is a two-year FEC election-cycle window (the even year and the odd year paired with it). This packet does not split 2011 from 2012.

Because the window can include the paired odd year, a gift dated in that odd year can still be a 2012 receipt. This page does not quantify how many of the 137 lines fall in each calendar year. That split is not in the facts.

FEC gifts are not USAspending awards

Itemization rules mean small gifts can be absent. Joint fundraising, earmarks, and conduit committees can also shape how a city string appears without appearing as extra facts here. None of those mechanics are quantified in the packet. The published cell stays $142,450 and 137 contributions. Live FEC bulk files can be re-aggregated; if they move, this snapshot can lag.

Using the Evanston, IL hub, the 2012 hub, and ties

Put dollars first ($142,450), then both keys (Evanston, IL and 2012), then volume (137), then source (FEC.gov). That order matches the voice constraint on the packet. Motive language, party labels, and invented contractors would break the contract. None appear.

EVANSTON in 2012: facts only

Nothing in this file ranks Evanston as more politically active than another city. Itemized volume reflects who itemized and how committees keyed the city field. 137 lines at $142,450 can sit next to a neighbor city’s very different cell without implying a social ranking. Report the cell. Stop. Restating without new facts: Evanston, IL in 2012 is $142,450 from 137 itemized individual contributions on FEC.gov. The city string stores $57,567,344 across cycles, so this window is about 0.25% and other windows hold $57,424,894. Arithmetic mean per line is about $1,040. Unique donors, recipient committees, party split, and USAspending dollars are not in the packet. Live overlays at the city hub, the 2012 hub, and All FEC ties outrank this snapshot if they differ. Keep both join sides in any reuse of $142,450: donor city Evanston, IL and FEC cycle 2012, sourced from FEC.gov itemized individual receipts. The 137 contribution lines are volume for this cell only and are not added to counts from other Evanston cycle pages. City lifetime money $57,567,344 already includes the 2012 window; do not add $142,450 to $57,567,344.

Evanston, IL remains one donor-city string on FEC.gov. Cycle 2012 remains one even-year tag. Together they produce $142,450 from 137 itemized individual contributions. The city key still stores $57,567,344 when every stored cycle is included, so 2012 is about 0.25% of that running total and $57,424,894 sits in other windows. Those other windows are not listed here and are not estimated. Mean line size about $1,040 is $142,450 divided by 137, an arithmetic mean rather than a median.

Questions

How much did Evanston donors give in 2012?

Evanston, IL donors reported $142,450 in itemized individual contributions in the 2012 FEC election cycle, according to FEC.gov aggregates in this packet. That total sits on 137 contribution records. It is the city-and-cycle overlap, not the $57,567,344 all-cycle city total and not a statewide Illinois figure. Mean line size in the packet is about $1,040. Unique donors are not counted here.

What share of Evanston FEC money is 2012?

About 0.25% of the stored Evanston, IL city total sits in 2012. The city total in the packet is $57,567,344; the 2012 slice is $142,450; other windows hold $57,424,894 (99.8%). That share is of this city key only, not of national 2012 FEC receipts. A nationwide cycle denominator is not in the facts and is not used.

Does 2012 include Evanston’s 2008 and 2014 cells?

No. The join uses the stored city string EVANSTON in IL, displayed as Evanston, IL. Evanston is stored as EVANSTON in Illinois. Chicago, Skokie, and Wilmette stay on their own city pages. Alternate spellings, suburb names, and same-named cities in other states stay on other pages and are not added to $142,450 or $57,567,344. This file does not recode municipal boundaries.

Where are the Evanston and 2012 overlay pages?

The Evanston, IL city hub is /cities/il-evanston/. The 2012 election-cycle hub is /election-cycles/2012/. Illinois campaign finance is /states/IL/. All FEC ties is /ties/. This article’s canonical path is /ties/il-evanston-2012-donations/. Live tables override this snapshot if they differ. The join dollars on this packet are $142,450 from 137 contributions.