How much did Cincinnati, OH donors give in 2014?

Itemized FEC individual contributions listing contributor city CINCINNATI and cycle 2014 total $558,767 across 221 receipts in this LobbyVault extract. That is the city-cycle join, not the all-cycle Cincinnati, OH book of $199.9 million. Unitemized gifts and Ohio state-office filings sit outside both figures.

Is $558,767 all of Cincinnati’s federal political money?

No. $199.9 million is the all-cycle itemized book for contributor city CINCINNATI in OH. The 2014 slice is $558,767, 0.3% of that book. Other cycles in the same city string are on the Cincinnati, OH hub. 221 is a 2014 receipt count, not a unique-donor count.

Does the 2014 Cincinnati total count only residents?

No. The city is the contributor-city value on the FEC itemization. Filers typed CINCINNATI with state OH. Office addresses and joint-fundraising mail that list Cincinnati can sit in $558,767 when that is the stored string. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book.

Where do the Cincinnati, OH 2014 numbers come from?

FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates, indexed on LobbyVault: $558,767 and 221 lines for CINCINNATI in cycle 2014, and $199.9 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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Cincinnati, OH political money in the 2014 election cycle

Filers listing Cincinnati, OH reported $558,767 in itemized individual contributions during the 2014 midterm election cycle, across 221 FEC receipts. That dollar figure is the city-and-cycle join, not Cincinnati’s all-cycle book of $199.9 million and not a national 2014 total. Source: FEC.gov Schedule A aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

Key figures

$558,767 across 221 itemized receipts is the Cincinnati, OH × 2014 join.
$199.9 million is the all-cycle Cincinnati, OH city book; 2014 is 0.3% of that book.
Mean near $2,528 is $558,767 ÷ 221, not a median resident.
City CINCINNATI is filer-entered; 2014 is the FEC cycle tag.
If the live hub disagrees, the newer FEC extract controls.

How Cincinnati meets the 2014 election cycle

$558,767 is the overlap of two FEC dimensions: contributor city CINCINNATI with state OH, and election cycle 2014. LobbyVault stores that join so a reader can open the Cincinnati, OH city hub and the 2014 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: Cincinnati, OH in 2014.

221 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 CINCINNATI is in the same city field as a household street. Arithmetic mean per line is about $2,528 ($558,767 ÷ 221). That mean is division, not a typical resident and not a median.

2014 is a midterm election cycle. That calendar label does not explain $558,767. This packet does not carry party splits, committee names, or occupation mix for the join. Cite the two packet dollars — $558,767 for the 2014 slice and $199.9 million for the Cincinnati, OH book — and stop before assigning motive.

The Cincinnati, OH side of the join

Across cycles in this extract, contributor city CINCINNATI in Ohio totals $199.9 million. $558,767 is 0.3% of that city book. A small share does not mean 2014 was quiet in Cincinnati; it means later or earlier cycles in the same city string can dwarf a single window. The live Cincinnati, OH table is the place to compare other years. This snapshot lists one cycle.

The stored city sits in Hamilton County, Ohio. Northern Kentucky cities across the river are other state keys. State OH stays on the citation so Cincinnati is not merged with a same-named place in another state. A repeated city name under another state code is a different FEC key. $199.9 million is the OH key only.

The 2014 cycle side for Ohio filers in Cincinnati

Federal election cycles are two-year windows on FEC.gov. The 2014 cycle is not a calendar year of January gifts only; it is the Commission’s cycle tag on itemized receipts. 221 Cincinnati, OH lines in that window produced $558,767. National 2014 activity — every city — lives on the 2014 election cycle hub, not here.

Ohio campaign-finance pages roll up the state, including cities that are not Cincinnati. Do not add $558,767 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 $558,767 into spending by Cincinnati candidates.

What $558,767 does not measure

$558,767 is itemized federal individual contributions with contributor city CINCINNATI. Unitemized gifts below the itemization threshold sit outside it. State-office campaigns in Ohio file under state law and sit outside it. Independent-expenditure totals are a different FEC table. A candidate who lives in Cincinnati can raise money from other cities; those gifts are not this join.

City labels are filer-entered. A donor who typed CINCINNATI is counted; a donor who typed a neighborhood, a firm city, or a nearby suburb is not recoded into Cincinnati. LobbyVault does not rewrite the city field into a Census place or a residency test. Treat 221 as lines that stored this string in 2014.

Reading Cincinnati and 2014 together without mixing tables

Correlation is not causation. $558,767 beside $199.9 million does not mean 2014 “caused” the city book or that Cincinnati “drove” the 2014 cycle. The join is a filter: city string plus cycle tag. Amended reports can move either number. If the live Cincinnati, OH hub or the live 2014 cycle hub disagrees with this prose, the newer FEC extract controls.

Internal links on this page go to Cincinnati, OH, the 2014 election cycle, Ohio campaign finance, and All FEC ties. Use those four doors. Do not paste $558,767 into a USAspending award story; FEC receipts and federal obligations are different statutes. This packet has no award dollars.

Questions

How much did Cincinnati, OH donors give in 2014?: Itemized FEC individual contributions listing contributor city CINCINNATI and cycle 2014 total $558,767 across 221 receipts in this LobbyVault extract. That is the city-cycle join, not the all-cycle Cincinnati, OH book of $199.9 million. Unitemized gifts and Ohio state-office filings sit outside both figures.
Is $558,767 all of Cincinnati’s federal political money?: No. $199.9 million is the all-cycle itemized book for contributor city CINCINNATI in OH. The 2014 slice is $558,767, 0.3% of that book. Other cycles in the same city string are on the Cincinnati, OH hub. 221 is a 2014 receipt count, not a unique-donor count.
Does the 2014 Cincinnati total count only residents?: No. The city is the contributor-city value on the FEC itemization. Filers typed CINCINNATI with state OH. Office addresses and joint-fundraising mail that list Cincinnati can sit in $558,767 when that is the stored string. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book.
Where do the Cincinnati, OH 2014 numbers come from?: FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates, indexed on LobbyVault: $558,767 and 221 lines for CINCINNATI in cycle 2014, and $199.9 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.