How much did Scarsdale, NY donors give in 2012?

Itemized FEC individual contributions listing contributor city SCARSDALE and cycle 2012 total $635,011 across 150 receipts in this LobbyVault extract. That is the city-cycle join, not the all-cycle Scarsdale, NY book of $73.8 million. Unitemized gifts and New York state-office filings sit outside both figures.

Is $635,011 all of Scarsdale’s federal political money?

No. $73.8 million is the all-cycle itemized book for contributor city SCARSDALE in NY. The 2012 slice is $635,011, 0.9% of that book. Other cycles in the same city string are on the Scarsdale, NY hub. 150 is a 2012 receipt count, not a unique-donor count.

Does the 2012 Scarsdale total count only residents?

No. The city is the contributor-city value on the FEC itemization. Filers typed SCARSDALE with state NY. Office addresses and joint-fundraising mail that list Scarsdale can sit in $635,011 when that is the stored string. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book.

Where do the Scarsdale, NY 2012 numbers come from?

FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates, indexed on LobbyVault: $635,011 and 150 lines for SCARSDALE in cycle 2012, and $73.8 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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Scarsdale, NY political money in the 2012 election cycle

Filers listing Scarsdale, NY reported $635,011 in itemized individual contributions during the 2012 presidential election cycle, across 150 FEC receipts. That dollar figure is the city-and-cycle join, not Scarsdale’s all-cycle book of $73.8 million and not a national 2012 total. Source: FEC.gov Schedule A aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

Key figures

$635,011 across 150 itemized receipts is the Scarsdale, NY × 2012 join.
$73.8 million is the all-cycle Scarsdale, NY city book; 2012 is 0.9% of that book.
Mean near $4,233 is $635,011 ÷ 150, not a median resident.
City SCARSDALE is filer-entered; 2012 is the FEC cycle tag.
If the live hub disagrees, the newer FEC extract controls.

How Scarsdale meets the 2012 election cycle

$635,011 is the overlap of two FEC dimensions: contributor city SCARSDALE with state NY, and election cycle 2012. LobbyVault stores that join so a reader can open the Scarsdale, NY city hub and the 2012 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: Scarsdale, NY in 2012.

150 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 SCARSDALE is in the same city field as a household street. Arithmetic mean per line is about $4,233 ($635,011 ÷ 150). That mean is division, not a typical resident and not a median.

2012 is a presidential election cycle. That calendar label does not explain $635,011. This packet does not carry party splits, committee names, or occupation mix for the join. Cite the two packet dollars — $635,011 for the 2012 slice and $73.8 million for the Scarsdale, NY book — and stop before assigning motive.

The Scarsdale, NY side of the join

Across cycles in this extract, contributor city SCARSDALE in New York totals $73.8 million. $635,011 is 0.9% of that city book. A small share does not mean 2012 was quiet in Scarsdale; it means later or earlier cycles in the same city string can dwarf a single window. The live Scarsdale, NY table is the place to compare other years. This snapshot lists one cycle.

The stored city sits in Westchester County, New York. White Plains and Bronxville are neighboring strings, not subsets. State NY stays on the citation so Scarsdale is not merged with a same-named place in another state. A repeated city name under another state code is a different FEC key. $73.8 million is the NY key only.

The 2012 cycle side for New York filers in Scarsdale

Federal election cycles are two-year windows on FEC.gov. The 2012 cycle is not a calendar year of January gifts only; it is the Commission’s cycle tag on itemized receipts. 150 Scarsdale, NY lines in that window produced $635,011. National 2012 activity — every city — lives on the 2012 election cycle hub, not here.

New York campaign-finance pages roll up the state, including cities that are not Scarsdale. Do not add $635,011 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 $635,011 into spending by Scarsdale candidates.

What $635,011 does not measure

$635,011 is itemized federal individual contributions with contributor city SCARSDALE. Unitemized gifts below the itemization threshold sit outside it. State-office campaigns in New York file under state law and sit outside it. Independent-expenditure totals are a different FEC table. A candidate who lives in Scarsdale can raise money from other cities; those gifts are not this join.

City labels are filer-entered. A donor who typed SCARSDALE is counted; a donor who typed a neighborhood, a firm city, or a nearby suburb is not recoded into Scarsdale. LobbyVault does not rewrite the city field into a Census place or a residency test. Treat 150 as lines that stored this string in 2012.

Reading Scarsdale and 2012 together without mixing tables

Correlation is not causation. $635,011 beside $73.8 million does not mean 2012 “caused” the city book or that Scarsdale “drove” the 2012 cycle. The join is a filter: city string plus cycle tag. Amended reports can move either number. If the live Scarsdale, NY hub or the live 2012 cycle hub disagrees with this prose, the newer FEC extract controls.

Internal links on this page go to Scarsdale, NY, the 2012 election cycle, New York campaign finance, and All FEC ties. Use those four doors. Do not paste $635,011 into a USAspending award story; FEC receipts and federal obligations are different statutes. This packet has no award dollars.

Questions

How much did Scarsdale, NY donors give in 2012?: Itemized FEC individual contributions listing contributor city SCARSDALE and cycle 2012 total $635,011 across 150 receipts in this LobbyVault extract. That is the city-cycle join, not the all-cycle Scarsdale, NY book of $73.8 million. Unitemized gifts and New York state-office filings sit outside both figures.
Is $635,011 all of Scarsdale’s federal political money?: No. $73.8 million is the all-cycle itemized book for contributor city SCARSDALE in NY. The 2012 slice is $635,011, 0.9% of that book. Other cycles in the same city string are on the Scarsdale, NY hub. 150 is a 2012 receipt count, not a unique-donor count.
Does the 2012 Scarsdale total count only residents?: No. The city is the contributor-city value on the FEC itemization. Filers typed SCARSDALE with state NY. Office addresses and joint-fundraising mail that list Scarsdale can sit in $635,011 when that is the stored string. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book.
Where do the Scarsdale, NY 2012 numbers come from?: FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates, indexed on LobbyVault: $635,011 and 150 lines for SCARSDALE in cycle 2012, and $73.8 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.