How much did Oklahoma City, OK donors give in 2012?

Itemized FEC individual contributions listing contributor city OKLAHOMA CITY and cycle 2012 total $608,943 across 781 receipts in this LobbyVault extract. That is the city-cycle join, not the all-cycle Oklahoma City, OK book of $89.5 million. Unitemized gifts and Oklahoma state-office filings sit outside both figures.

Is $608,943 all of Oklahoma City’s federal political money?

No. $89.5 million is the all-cycle itemized book for contributor city OKLAHOMA CITY in OK. The 2012 slice is $608,943, 0.7% of that book. Other cycles in the same city string are on the Oklahoma City, OK hub. 781 is a 2012 receipt count, not a unique-donor count.

Does the 2012 Oklahoma City total count only residents?

No. The city is the contributor-city value on the FEC itemization. Filers typed OKLAHOMA CITY with state OK. Office addresses and joint-fundraising mail that list Oklahoma City can sit in $608,943 when that is the stored string. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book.

Where do the Oklahoma City, OK 2012 numbers come from?

FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates, indexed on LobbyVault: $608,943 and 781 lines for OKLAHOMA CITY in cycle 2012, and $89.5 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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Oklahoma City, OK political money in the 2012 election cycle

Filers listing Oklahoma City, OK reported $608,943 in itemized individual contributions during the 2012 presidential election cycle, across 781 FEC receipts. That dollar figure is the city-and-cycle join, not Oklahoma City’s all-cycle book of $89.5 million and not a national 2012 total. Source: FEC.gov Schedule A aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

Key figures

$608,943 across 781 itemized receipts is the Oklahoma City, OK × 2012 join.
$89.5 million is the all-cycle Oklahoma City, OK city book; 2012 is 0.7% of that book.
Mean near $780 is $608,943 ÷ 781, not a median resident.
City OKLAHOMA CITY is filer-entered; 2012 is the FEC cycle tag.
If the live hub disagrees, the newer FEC extract controls.

How Oklahoma City meets the 2012 election cycle

$608,943 is the overlap of two FEC dimensions: contributor city OKLAHOMA CITY with state OK, and election cycle 2012. LobbyVault stores that join so a reader can open the Oklahoma City, OK 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: Oklahoma City, OK in 2012.

781 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 OKLAHOMA CITY is in the same city field as a household street. Arithmetic mean per line is about $780 ($608,943 ÷ 781). That mean is division, not a typical resident and not a median.

2012 is a presidential election cycle. That calendar label does not explain $608,943. This packet does not carry party splits, committee names, or occupation mix for the join. Cite the two packet dollars — $608,943 for the 2012 slice and $89.5 million for the Oklahoma City, OK book — and stop before assigning motive.

The Oklahoma City, OK side of the join

Across cycles in this extract, contributor city OKLAHOMA CITY in Oklahoma totals $89.5 million. $608,943 is 0.7% of that city book. A small share does not mean 2012 was quiet in Oklahoma City; it means later or earlier cycles in the same city string can dwarf a single window. The live Oklahoma City, OK table is the place to compare other years. This snapshot lists one cycle.

The stored city sits in Oklahoma County under a consolidated city-county government. Edmond and Norman are other Oklahoma strings. State OK stays on the citation so Oklahoma City is not merged with a same-named place in another state. A repeated city name under another state code is a different FEC key. $89.5 million is the OK key only.

The 2012 cycle side for Oklahoma filers in Oklahoma City

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. 781 Oklahoma City, OK lines in that window produced $608,943. National 2012 activity — every city — lives on the 2012 election cycle hub, not here.

Oklahoma campaign-finance pages roll up the state, including cities that are not Oklahoma City. Do not add $608,943 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 $608,943 into spending by Oklahoma City candidates.

What $608,943 does not measure

$608,943 is itemized federal individual contributions with contributor city OKLAHOMA CITY. Unitemized gifts below the itemization threshold sit outside it. State-office campaigns in Oklahoma file under state law and sit outside it. Independent-expenditure totals are a different FEC table. A candidate who lives in Oklahoma City can raise money from other cities; those gifts are not this join.

City labels are filer-entered. A donor who typed OKLAHOMA CITY is counted; a donor who typed a neighborhood, a firm city, or a nearby suburb is not recoded into Oklahoma City. LobbyVault does not rewrite the city field into a Census place or a residency test. Treat 781 as lines that stored this string in 2012.

Reading Oklahoma City and 2012 together without mixing tables

Correlation is not causation. $608,943 beside $89.5 million does not mean 2012 “caused” the city book or that Oklahoma City “drove” the 2012 cycle. The join is a filter: city string plus cycle tag. Amended reports can move either number. If the live Oklahoma City, OK hub or the live 2012 cycle hub disagrees with this prose, the newer FEC extract controls.

Internal links on this page go to Oklahoma City, OK, the 2012 election cycle, Oklahoma campaign finance, and All FEC ties. Use those four doors. Do not paste $608,943 into a USAspending award story; FEC receipts and federal obligations are different statutes. This packet has no award dollars.

Questions

How much did Oklahoma City, OK donors give in 2012?: Itemized FEC individual contributions listing contributor city OKLAHOMA CITY and cycle 2012 total $608,943 across 781 receipts in this LobbyVault extract. That is the city-cycle join, not the all-cycle Oklahoma City, OK book of $89.5 million. Unitemized gifts and Oklahoma state-office filings sit outside both figures.
Is $608,943 all of Oklahoma City’s federal political money?: No. $89.5 million is the all-cycle itemized book for contributor city OKLAHOMA CITY in OK. The 2012 slice is $608,943, 0.7% of that book. Other cycles in the same city string are on the Oklahoma City, OK hub. 781 is a 2012 receipt count, not a unique-donor count.
Does the 2012 Oklahoma City total count only residents?: No. The city is the contributor-city value on the FEC itemization. Filers typed OKLAHOMA CITY with state OK. Office addresses and joint-fundraising mail that list Oklahoma City can sit in $608,943 when that is the stored string. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book.
Where do the Oklahoma City, OK 2012 numbers come from?: FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates, indexed on LobbyVault: $608,943 and 781 lines for OKLAHOMA CITY in cycle 2012, and $89.5 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.