How much did Cleveland, OH donors give in 2012?

Itemized FEC individual contributions listing contributor city CLEVELAND and cycle 2012 total $518,660 across 401 receipts in this LobbyVault extract. That is the city-cycle join, not the all-cycle Cleveland, OH book of $104.7 million. Unitemized gifts and Ohio state-office filings sit outside both figures.

Is $518,660 all of Cleveland’s federal political money?

No. $104.7 million is the all-cycle itemized book for contributor city CLEVELAND in OH. The 2012 slice is $518,660, 0.5% of that book. Other cycles in the same city string are on the Cleveland, OH hub. 401 is a 2012 receipt count, not a unique-donor count.

Does the 2012 Cleveland total count only residents?

No. The city is the contributor-city value on the FEC itemization. Filers typed CLEVELAND with state OH. Office addresses and joint-fundraising mail that list Cleveland can sit in $518,660 when that is the stored string. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book.

Where do the Cleveland, OH 2012 numbers come from?

FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates, indexed on LobbyVault: $518,660 and 401 lines for CLEVELAND in cycle 2012, and $104.7 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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Cleveland, OH political money in the 2012 election cycle

Filers listing Cleveland, OH reported $518,660 in itemized individual contributions during the 2012 presidential election cycle, across 401 FEC receipts. That dollar figure is the city-and-cycle join, not Cleveland’s all-cycle book of $104.7 million and not a national 2012 total. Source: FEC.gov Schedule A aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

Key figures

$518,660 across 401 itemized receipts is the Cleveland, OH × 2012 join.
$104.7 million is the all-cycle Cleveland, OH city book; 2012 is 0.5% of that book.
Mean near $1,293 is $518,660 ÷ 401, not a median resident.
City CLEVELAND is filer-entered; 2012 is the FEC cycle tag.
If the live hub disagrees, the newer FEC extract controls.

How Cleveland meets the 2012 election cycle

$518,660 is the overlap of two FEC dimensions: contributor city CLEVELAND with state OH, and election cycle 2012. LobbyVault stores that join so a reader can open the Cleveland, OH 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: Cleveland, OH in 2012.

401 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 CLEVELAND is in the same city field as a household street. Arithmetic mean per line is about $1,293 ($518,660 ÷ 401). That mean is division, not a typical resident and not a median.

2012 is a presidential election cycle. That calendar label does not explain $518,660. This packet does not carry party splits, committee names, or occupation mix for the join. Cite the two packet dollars — $518,660 for the 2012 slice and $104.7 million for the Cleveland, OH book — and stop before assigning motive.

The Cleveland, OH side of the join

Across cycles in this extract, contributor city CLEVELAND in Ohio totals $104.7 million. $518,660 is 0.5% of that city book. A small share does not mean 2012 was quiet in Cleveland; it means later or earlier cycles in the same city string can dwarf a single window. The live Cleveland, OH table is the place to compare other years. This snapshot lists one cycle.

The stored city sits in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Shaker Heights and Lakewood are neighboring strings. State OH stays on the citation so Cleveland is not merged with a same-named place in another state. A repeated city name under another state code is a different FEC key. $104.7 million is the OH key only.

The 2012 cycle side for Ohio filers in Cleveland

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. 401 Cleveland, OH lines in that window produced $518,660. National 2012 activity — every city — lives on the 2012 election cycle hub, not here.

Ohio campaign-finance pages roll up the state, including cities that are not Cleveland. Do not add $518,660 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 $518,660 into spending by Cleveland candidates.

What $518,660 does not measure

$518,660 is itemized federal individual contributions with contributor city CLEVELAND. 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 Cleveland can raise money from other cities; those gifts are not this join.

City labels are filer-entered. A donor who typed CLEVELAND is counted; a donor who typed a neighborhood, a firm city, or a nearby suburb is not recoded into Cleveland. LobbyVault does not rewrite the city field into a Census place or a residency test. Treat 401 as lines that stored this string in 2012.

Reading Cleveland and 2012 together without mixing tables

Correlation is not causation. $518,660 beside $104.7 million does not mean 2012 “caused” the city book or that Cleveland “drove” the 2012 cycle. The join is a filter: city string plus cycle tag. Amended reports can move either number. If the live Cleveland, OH hub or the live 2012 cycle hub disagrees with this prose, the newer FEC extract controls.

Internal links on this page go to Cleveland, OH, the 2012 election cycle, Ohio campaign finance, and All FEC ties. Use those four doors. Do not paste $518,660 into a USAspending award story; FEC receipts and federal obligations are different statutes. This packet has no award dollars.

Questions

How much did Cleveland, OH donors give in 2012?: Itemized FEC individual contributions listing contributor city CLEVELAND and cycle 2012 total $518,660 across 401 receipts in this LobbyVault extract. That is the city-cycle join, not the all-cycle Cleveland, OH book of $104.7 million. Unitemized gifts and Ohio state-office filings sit outside both figures.
Is $518,660 all of Cleveland’s federal political money?: No. $104.7 million is the all-cycle itemized book for contributor city CLEVELAND in OH. The 2012 slice is $518,660, 0.5% of that book. Other cycles in the same city string are on the Cleveland, OH hub. 401 is a 2012 receipt count, not a unique-donor count.
Does the 2012 Cleveland total count only residents?: No. The city is the contributor-city value on the FEC itemization. Filers typed CLEVELAND with state OH. Office addresses and joint-fundraising mail that list Cleveland can sit in $518,660 when that is the stored string. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book.
Where do the Cleveland, OH 2012 numbers come from?: FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates, indexed on LobbyVault: $518,660 and 401 lines for CLEVELAND in cycle 2012, and $104.7 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.