Birmingham, MI and the 2008 FEC election cycle

What the Birmingham × 2008 join measures

$134,950 is the amount of itemized individual contributions that match both filters at once: donor city BIRMINGHAM in MI, and FEC election cycle 2008. The 124 contribution lines in the packet are the volume behind that dollar figure. They are form rows, not a headcount of unique people, and this file does not invent names for the filers. The city hub for Birmingham, MI still carries $32,999,692 when every stored cycle is included. Subtracting the join leaves $32,864,742 in other windows (99.6% of the city total).

A city page without a cycle cut answers a different question. A 2008 cycle page without a city cut answers a different question. Only the overlap is authorized by this packet. The 2008 tag is a two-year FEC election-cycle window (the even year and the odd year paired with it). This packet does not split 2007 from 2008. FEC.gov is the underlying source for both the city aggregates and the cycle tag. USAspending award files, PAC filings, independent expenditures, and unitemized gifts sit outside $134,950.

The Birmingham, MI city table without the year cut

The city hub for Birmingham, MI stores $32,999,692 in itemized individual contributions across the cycles kept for that key. 2008 is one of those cycles. It is not a small rounding error on $32,999,692; it is a defined window of $134,950. Researchers who need the city without a year filter should use the Birmingham, MI city page, not this tie.

Birmingham is stored as BIRMINGHAM in Michigan. Detroit and Bloomfield Hills are other Michigan keys. Birmingham, Alabama is a different state page. Misspellings, ZIP-only rows, and suburb names that filers sometimes use instead of Birmingham are other keys if they exist. This file does not search for those keys or add them to $134,950 or $32,999,692.

The 2008 election-cycle table without the city cut

The 2008 election-cycle hub covers itemized individual receipts tagged to that even-year window, regardless of city. This tie keeps only the Birmingham, MI rows inside that window: $134,950, 124 contributions. The 2008 tag is a two-year FEC election-cycle window (the even year and the odd year paired with it). This packet does not split 2007 from 2008.

Even-year FEC tags, whether the even year is a presidential year (2008, 2012) or a midterm year (2010, 2014), are still two-year windows. This file does not convert either type into a one-year calendar total. It also does not assign the $134,950 to a party, a nominee, or a ballot measure.

What $134,950 does not include

$134,950 is itemized individual contributions matching Birmingham, MI and 2008. It is not PAC disbursements, not committee-to-committee transfers, not independent expenditures, and not unitemized gifts below itemization thresholds. It is not a USAspending.gov award total for Michigan or for any agency. Federal obligations are a different dataset. This page does not claim that FEC donations fund federal spending.

How to cite Birmingham, MI in 2008

A stable sentence: “Birmingham, MI donors reported $134,950 in 124 itemized individual contributions in the 2008 FEC cycle (FEC.gov). The same city string stores $32,999,692 across cycles.” That sentence names both join sides, the headline number, the volume, the source, and the lifetime city total. Follow the city overlay /cities/mi-birmingham/, the cycle overlay /election-cycles/2008/, Michigan campaign finance at /states/MI/, and All FEC ties at /ties/.

Restating the Birmingham and 2008 relationship

Repeat the relationship without new figures: Birmingham, MI is the donor-city side; 2008 is the election-cycle side; $134,950 is the overlap in itemized individual contributions; 124 is the line count; $32,999,692 is the city key’s stored lifetime total; about 0.41% of that lifetime total sits in 2008; $32,864,742 sits in other stored windows. The 2008 tag is a two-year FEC election-cycle window (the even year and the odd year paired with it). This packet does not split 2007 from 2008. Birmingham is stored as BIRMINGHAM in Michigan. Detroit and Bloomfield Hills are other Michigan keys. Birmingham, Alabama is a different state page. FEC.gov is the source. Federal award dollars are not. Donor names are not. Mean line size about $1,088 is an arithmetic convenience, not a typical-gift finding. Restating without new facts: Birmingham, MI in 2008 is $134,950 from 124 itemized individual contributions on FEC.gov. The city string stores $32,999,692 across cycles, so this window is about 0.41% and other windows hold $32,864,742. Arithmetic mean per line is about $1,088. Unique donors, recipient committees, party split, and USAspending dollars are not in the packet. Live overlays at the city hub, the 2008 hub, and All FEC ties outrank this snapshot if they differ.

Questions

How much did Birmingham, MI donors give in 2008?

Birmingham, MI donors reported $134,950 in itemized individual contributions in the 2008 FEC election cycle, according to FEC.gov aggregates in this packet. That total sits on 124 contribution records. It is the city-and-cycle overlap, not the $32,999,692 all-cycle city total and not a statewide Michigan figure. Mean line size in the packet is about $1,088. Unique donors are not counted here.

What share of Birmingham, MI FEC money is 2008?

About 0.41% of the stored Birmingham, MI city total sits in 2008. The city total in the packet is $32,999,692; the 2008 slice is $134,950; other windows hold $32,864,742 (99.6%). That share is of this city key only, not of national 2008 FEC receipts. A nationwide cycle denominator is not in the facts and is not used.

Is this Birmingham, Alabama?

No. The join uses the stored city string BIRMINGHAM in MI, displayed as Birmingham, MI. Birmingham is stored as BIRMINGHAM in Michigan. Detroit and Bloomfield Hills are other Michigan keys. Birmingham, Alabama is a different state page. Alternate spellings, suburb names, and same-named cities in other states stay on other pages and are not added to $134,950 or $32,999,692. This file does not recode municipal boundaries.

Where are the Birmingham, MI and 2008 overlay pages?

The Birmingham, MI city hub is /cities/mi-birmingham/. The 2008 election-cycle hub is /election-cycles/2008/. Michigan campaign finance is /states/MI/. All FEC ties is /ties/. This article’s canonical path is /ties/mi-birmingham-2008-donations/. Live tables override this snapshot if they differ. The join dollars on this packet are $134,950 from 124 contributions.