How much did Toledo, OH donors give in 2012?

Itemized FEC individual contributions listing contributor city TOLEDO and cycle 2012 total $535,500 across 111 receipts in this LobbyVault extract. That is the city-cycle join, not the all-cycle Toledo, OH book of $41.0 million. Unitemized gifts and Ohio state-office filings sit outside both figures.

Is $535,500 all of Toledo’s federal political money?

No. $41.0 million is the all-cycle itemized book for contributor city TOLEDO in OH. The 2012 slice is $535,500, 1.3% of that book. Other cycles in the same city string are on the Toledo, OH hub. 111 is a 2012 receipt count, not a unique-donor count.

Does the 2012 Toledo total count only residents?

No. The city is the contributor-city value on the FEC itemization. Filers typed TOLEDO with state OH. Office addresses and joint-fundraising mail that list Toledo can sit in $535,500 when that is the stored string. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book.

Where do the Toledo, OH 2012 numbers come from?

FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates, indexed on LobbyVault: $535,500 and 111 lines for TOLEDO in cycle 2012, and $41.0 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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Toledo, OH political money in the 2012 election cycle

Filers listing Toledo, OH reported $535,500 in itemized individual contributions during the 2012 presidential election cycle, across 111 FEC receipts. That dollar figure is the city-and-cycle join, not Toledo’s all-cycle book of $41.0 million and not a national 2012 total. Source: FEC.gov Schedule A aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

Key figures

$535,500 across 111 itemized receipts is the Toledo, OH × 2012 join.
$41.0 million is the all-cycle Toledo, OH city book; 2012 is 1.3% of that book.
Mean near $4,824 is $535,500 ÷ 111, not a median resident.
City TOLEDO is filer-entered; 2012 is the FEC cycle tag.
If the live hub disagrees, the newer FEC extract controls.

How Toledo meets the 2012 election cycle

$535,500 is the overlap of two FEC dimensions: contributor city TOLEDO with state OH, and election cycle 2012. LobbyVault stores that join so a reader can open the Toledo, 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: Toledo, OH in 2012.

111 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 TOLEDO is in the same city field as a household street. Arithmetic mean per line is about $4,824 ($535,500 ÷ 111). That mean is division, not a typical resident and not a median.

2012 is a presidential election cycle. That calendar label does not explain $535,500. This packet does not carry party splits, committee names, or occupation mix for the join. Cite the two packet dollars — $535,500 for the 2012 slice and $41.0 million for the Toledo, OH book — and stop before assigning motive.

The Toledo, OH side of the join

Across cycles in this extract, contributor city TOLEDO in Ohio totals $41.0 million. $535,500 is 1.3% of that city book. A small share does not mean 2012 was quiet in Toledo; it means later or earlier cycles in the same city string can dwarf a single window. The live Toledo, OH table is the place to compare other years. This snapshot lists one cycle.

The stored city sits in Lucas County, Ohio. Cleveland and Columbus are other Ohio city strings, not parents of this total. State OH stays on the citation so Toledo is not merged with a same-named place in another state. A repeated city name under another state code is a different FEC key. $41.0 million is the OH key only.

The 2012 cycle side for Ohio filers in Toledo

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. 111 Toledo, OH lines in that window produced $535,500. 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 Toledo. Do not add $535,500 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 $535,500 into spending by Toledo candidates.

What $535,500 does not measure

$535,500 is itemized federal individual contributions with contributor city TOLEDO. 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 Toledo can raise money from other cities; those gifts are not this join.

City labels are filer-entered. A donor who typed TOLEDO is counted; a donor who typed a neighborhood, a firm city, or a nearby suburb is not recoded into Toledo. LobbyVault does not rewrite the city field into a Census place or a residency test. Treat 111 as lines that stored this string in 2012.

Reading Toledo and 2012 together without mixing tables

Correlation is not causation. $535,500 beside $41.0 million does not mean 2012 “caused” the city book or that Toledo “drove” the 2012 cycle. The join is a filter: city string plus cycle tag. Amended reports can move either number. If the live Toledo, OH hub or the live 2012 cycle hub disagrees with this prose, the newer FEC extract controls.

Internal links on this page go to Toledo, OH, the 2012 election cycle, Ohio campaign finance, and All FEC ties. Use those four doors. Do not paste $535,500 into a USAspending award story; FEC receipts and federal obligations are different statutes. This packet has no award dollars.

Questions

How much did Toledo, OH donors give in 2012?: Itemized FEC individual contributions listing contributor city TOLEDO and cycle 2012 total $535,500 across 111 receipts in this LobbyVault extract. That is the city-cycle join, not the all-cycle Toledo, OH book of $41.0 million. Unitemized gifts and Ohio state-office filings sit outside both figures.
Is $535,500 all of Toledo’s federal political money?: No. $41.0 million is the all-cycle itemized book for contributor city TOLEDO in OH. The 2012 slice is $535,500, 1.3% of that book. Other cycles in the same city string are on the Toledo, OH hub. 111 is a 2012 receipt count, not a unique-donor count.
Does the 2012 Toledo total count only residents?: No. The city is the contributor-city value on the FEC itemization. Filers typed TOLEDO with state OH. Office addresses and joint-fundraising mail that list Toledo can sit in $535,500 when that is the stored string. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book.
Where do the Toledo, OH 2012 numbers come from?: FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates, indexed on LobbyVault: $535,500 and 111 lines for TOLEDO in cycle 2012, and $41.0 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.