How much did New Orleans, LA donors give in 2008?

Itemized FEC individual contributions listing contributor city NEW ORLEANS and cycle 2008 total $518,896 across 434 receipts in this LobbyVault extract. That is the city-cycle join, not the all-cycle New Orleans, LA book of $96.6 million. Unitemized gifts and Louisiana state-office filings sit outside both figures.

Is $518,896 all of New Orleans’s federal political money?

No. $96.6 million is the all-cycle itemized book for contributor city NEW ORLEANS in LA. The 2008 slice is $518,896, 0.5% of that book. Other cycles in the same city string are on the New Orleans, LA hub. 434 is a 2008 receipt count, not a unique-donor count.

Does the 2008 New Orleans total count only residents?

No. The city is the contributor-city value on the FEC itemization. Filers typed NEW ORLEANS with state LA. Office addresses and joint-fundraising mail that list New Orleans can sit in $518,896 when that is the stored string. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book.

Where do the New Orleans, LA 2008 numbers come from?

FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates, indexed on LobbyVault: $518,896 and 434 lines for NEW ORLEANS in cycle 2008, and $96.6 million for the city string across cycles. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls.

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New Orleans, LA political money in the 2008 election cycle

Filers listing New Orleans, LA reported $518,896 in itemized individual contributions during the 2008 presidential election cycle, across 434 FEC receipts. That dollar figure is the city-and-cycle join, not New Orleans’s all-cycle book of $96.6 million and not a national 2008 total. Source: FEC.gov Schedule A aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

Key figures

$518,896 across 434 itemized receipts is the New Orleans, LA × 2008 join.
$96.6 million is the all-cycle New Orleans, LA city book; 2008 is 0.5% of that book.
Mean near $1,196 is $518,896 ÷ 434, not a median resident.
City NEW ORLEANS is filer-entered; 2008 is the FEC cycle tag.
If the live hub disagrees, the newer FEC extract controls.

How New Orleans meets the 2008 election cycle

$518,896 is the overlap of two FEC dimensions: contributor city NEW ORLEANS with state LA, and election cycle 2008. LobbyVault stores that join so a reader can open the New Orleans, LA 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 has this city string produced across cycles.” The cycle hub answers “how much itemized money did that two-year federal window produce nationally.” This page answers only the intersection: New Orleans, LA in 2008.

434 is a receipt count for that intersection, not a unique-donor census. A person who gave twice is two lines. A PAC or joint-fundraising address that stored NEW ORLEANS is in the same city field as a household street. Arithmetic mean per line is about $1,196 ($518,896 ÷ 434). That mean is division, not a typical resident and not a median.

2008 is a presidential election cycle. That calendar label does not explain $518,896. This packet does not carry party splits, committee names, or occupation mix for the join. Cite the two packet dollars — $518,896 for the 2008 slice and $96.6 million for the New Orleans, LA book — and stop before assigning motive.

The New Orleans, LA side of the join

Across cycles in this extract, contributor city NEW ORLEANS in Louisiana totals $96.6 million. $518,896 is 0.5% of that city book. A small share does not mean 2008 was quiet in New Orleans; it means later or earlier cycles in the same city string can dwarf a single window. The live New Orleans, LA table is the place to compare other years. This snapshot lists one cycle.

The stored city sits in Orleans Parish, Louisiana. Metairie and Jefferson Parish names are other city fields. State LA stays on the citation so New Orleans is not merged with a same-named place in another state. A repeated city name under another state code is a different FEC key. $96.6 million is the LA key only.

The 2008 cycle side for Louisiana filers in New Orleans

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. 434 New Orleans, LA lines in that window produced $518,896. National 2008 activity — every city — lives on the 2008 election cycle hub, not here.

Louisiana campaign-finance pages roll up the state, including cities that are not New Orleans. Do not add $518,896 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 and city-industry joins. None of those pages converts $518,896 into spending by New Orleans candidates.

What $518,896 does not measure

$518,896 is itemized federal individual contributions with contributor city NEW ORLEANS. Unitemized gifts below the itemization threshold sit outside it. State-office campaigns in Louisiana file under state law and sit outside it. Independent-expenditure totals are a different FEC table. A candidate who lives in New Orleans can raise money from other cities; those gifts are not this join.

City labels are filer-entered. A donor who typed NEW ORLEANS is counted; a donor who typed a neighborhood, a firm city, or a nearby suburb is not recoded into New Orleans. LobbyVault does not rewrite the city field into a Census place or a residency test. Treat 434 as lines that stored this string in 2008.

Reading New Orleans and 2008 together without mixing tables

Correlation is not causation. $518,896 beside $96.6 million does not mean 2008 “caused” the city book or that New Orleans “drove” the 2008 cycle. The join is a filter: city string plus cycle tag. Amended reports can move either number. If the live New Orleans, LA hub or the live 2008 cycle hub disagrees with this prose, the newer FEC extract controls.

Internal links on this page go to New Orleans, LA, the 2008 election cycle, Louisiana campaign finance, and All FEC ties. Use those four doors. Do not paste $518,896 into a USAspending award story; FEC receipts and federal obligations are different statutes. This packet has no award dollars.

Questions

How much did New Orleans, LA donors give in 2008?: Itemized FEC individual contributions listing contributor city NEW ORLEANS and cycle 2008 total $518,896 across 434 receipts in this LobbyVault extract. That is the city-cycle join, not the all-cycle New Orleans, LA book of $96.6 million. Unitemized gifts and Louisiana state-office filings sit outside both figures.
Is $518,896 all of New Orleans’s federal political money?: No. $96.6 million is the all-cycle itemized book for contributor city NEW ORLEANS in LA. The 2008 slice is $518,896, 0.5% of that book. Other cycles in the same city string are on the New Orleans, LA hub. 434 is a 2008 receipt count, not a unique-donor count.
Does the 2008 New Orleans total count only residents?: No. The city is the contributor-city value on the FEC itemization. Filers typed NEW ORLEANS with state LA. Office addresses and joint-fundraising mail that list New Orleans can sit in $518,896 when that is the stored string. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book.
Where do the New Orleans, LA 2008 numbers come from?: FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates, indexed on LobbyVault: $518,896 and 434 lines for NEW ORLEANS in cycle 2008, and $96.6 million for the city string across cycles. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls.

FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates by donor city and election cycle.