Highland Park, IL and the 2012 FEC cycle

Reading $140,835 as a two-table overlap

Two public tables meet here. One groups itemized individual receipts by donor city. The other groups the same receipts by even-year FEC cycle. Where Highland Park, IL and 2012 overlap, the packet stores $140,835 and 106 contributions. That is smaller than the city lifetime figure $48,130,538 and is not a statewide Illinois total for 2012.

Arithmetic mean per line is about $1,329. That mean is $140,835 divided by 106. It is not a median, not a typical-donor portrait, and not a contribution limit. FEC itemization thresholds and committee reporting rules sit outside this packet. If a live overlay disagrees with $140,835, treat the live table as current and this JSON as a snapshot.

$48,130,538 across cycles on city key HIGHLAND PARK

Keep Highland Park, IL geographically tight. Illinois campaign-finance pages mix many cities. This join uses one city key and one cycle. If a filer in a nearby town used a different city string, those dollars are not in $140,835.

Highland Park is stored as HIGHLAND PARK in Illinois. Chicago, Lake Forest, and Glencoe are other city keys. Same-named Highland Park strings in other states are other pages. The city lifetime total $48,130,538 is likewise limited to HIGHLAND PARK. It is not a metro statistical-area total and not a county total. County and MSA rolls are not in the facts.

Two-year tagging for cycle 2012

FEC even-year labels are not the same grain as a January–December calendar year. 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. Primary dates, runoff dates, and general-election dates also do not split $140,835 in this file.

The 106 lines are not labeled as primary versus general in the facts. They are not labeled as candidate versus PAC versus party committee in the facts. Recipient-side pages exist elsewhere; this join stays on city × cycle.

PAC money, awards, and unitemized gifts

Correlation of a city and a cycle is not causation. $140,835 does not prove that local events in Highland Park caused giving, or that 2012 national contests caused giving. The table records matching form fields. Treat the number as a public-record cell. Unitemized receipts, if any, would raise a true economic-support figure above $140,835; this file does not estimate that gap.

Internal links for this city-cycle tie

Do not cite this page as a donor list. Do not cite it as a ranking of Illinois cities. Cite it as a city-cycle aggregate: $140,835, 106 lines, Highland Park, IL, 2012, FEC.gov. Share language, if used, must say 0.29% of the stored Highland Park total $48,130,538, not 0.29% of national 2012 receipts.

Numbers this file is allowed to repeat

The first sentence of this article led with $140,835. The last section returns to it so the join cannot be misread as a city profile or a cycle profile. Highland Park, IL without 2012 is $48,130,538. 2012 without Highland Park, IL is a different hub. Together they are $140,835 from 106 itemized lines. That is the entire authorized story. Restating without new facts: Highland Park, IL in 2012 is $140,835 from 106 itemized individual contributions on FEC.gov. The city string stores $48,130,538 across cycles, so this window is about 0.29% and other windows hold $47,989,703. Arithmetic mean per line is about $1,329. 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 $140,835: donor city Highland Park, IL and FEC cycle 2012, sourced from FEC.gov itemized individual receipts. The 106 contribution lines are volume for this cell only and are not added to counts from other Highland Park cycle pages.

Questions

How much did Highland Park donors give in 2012?

FEC individual-contribution aggregates assign $140,835 to donor city HIGHLAND PARK in IL during cycle 2012. Volume is 106 itemized lines. This is not PAC spending and not a federal award total. Other even-year windows for Highland Park are other pages; they are not mixed into $140,835.

What share of Highland Park FEC money is 2012?

The 2012 window holds $140,835 of $48,130,538 recorded for Highland Park, IL, roughly 0.29%. 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 city total already includes 2012, adding the slice to the lifetime total would double-count.

Does this include other states’ Highland Park keys?

The packet does not merge look-alike city names. Highland Park, IL is one key. Same-name cities in other states are other pages. ZIP codes filed with a different city string are out of $140,835 even if the ZIP sits in Highland Park.

Where are the Highland Park and 2012 overlay pages?

Four packet links cover the overlays: /cities/il-highland-park/, /election-cycles/2012/, /states/IL/, and /ties/. No additional URLs are authorized. If you need another cycle of Highland Park, that is a different city-cycle slug, not an extra href here. FEC.gov is the source for $140,835, 106 contributions, and the $48,130,538 city total on Highland Park, IL.