South Carolina campaign finance next to federal obligations

South Carolina’s two public extracts

FEC.gov supplies $45.9 million from 664 committees. USAspending.gov supplies $395,963,554,927 from 259,168 awards. SC is the join. A contribution disclosed in Charleston or Columbia does not become an obligation because both rows say South Carolina.

664 committees is a compact FEC roster relative to some large-state files. Compactness is a filing-count fact. It is not evidence that a few campaigns control $395,963,554,927 in awards.

South Carolina campaign finance, South Carolina USAspending, and All FEC ties complete the link set. The method matches other states. The magnitudes are South Carolina’s.

Early-primary folklore can swell $45.9 million with presidential committees tagged to South Carolina. Those committees remain FEC rows. They do not become 259,168 awards. Leave presidential receipts in $45.9 million if FEC stored them under SC.

A Republican-heavy FEC book

Republican committees reported $32.0 million (69.7% of receipts). Democratic committees reported $13.8 million (30.0%). Other filers reported $0.1 million (0.3%). A two-thirds-plus Republican receipt share is still only a share of campaign reports.

Primary calendars and presidential contests can swell $45.9 million without adding a USAspending row. Conversely, a multi-year contract increment can add obligations without a campaign filing. The calendars are not synchronized. This packet does not publish covering years, so this page will not invent them.

Port, military, and energy talking points need agency fields. This packet does not ship them. Open South Carolina USAspending. Do not infer an agency mix from 69.7% Republican receipts on 664 committees.

South Carolina obligations on the award side

$395,963,554,927 covers award obligations USAspending attributes to South Carolina. 259,168 is the action count. Military, port, and energy stories need agency fields from South Carolina USAspending, not a party percentage from the FEC candidate file.

Do not average $395,963,554,927 across 259,168. This packet has no mean award. Quote the pair. Repeat awards add rows, so 259,168 is not unique vendors.

Quote South Carolina campaign finance for the live FEC roster of 664 committees and $45.9 million in receipts. Quote South Carolina USAspending for $395,963,554,927 and 259,168 awards. All FEC ties keeps SC in a series of geographic joins. None of those pages adds receipts to obligations or assigns FEC party codes to awards.

What the join is not

Not a claim that Republican-leaning receipts produced Republican-leaning contracts. Not a claim that $45.9 million is small because agencies obligated $395,963,554,927 instead. The systems do not trade off. Not a ranking of South Carolina against North Carolina on influence.

Statehouse campaigns file with South Carolina’s state system, outside $45.9 million. Local procurement paid without a federal award is outside $395,963,554,927.

South Carolina’s 664 committees and 259,168 awards answer different questions. Keep $45.9 million on the FEC.gov sentence and $395,963,554,927 on the USAspending.gov sentence even when a headline wants a single number. A single number would mix statutes. This join will not publish one.

Upstate, Lowcountry, statewide numbers

Those regions share SC. This packet does not split $45.9 million or $395,963,554,927 among them. 664 committees and 259,168 awards stay statewide. A coastal versus inland narrative is color, not a packet field.

Independent expenditures about South Carolina candidates can be financed from elsewhere. Those expenditures sit outside both totals. Ads are FEC schedules. Awards are USAspending rows.

Amended candidate reports move $45.9 million. Award restatements move $395,963,554,927. Rewrite only the sentence whose source moved. South Carolina campaign finance and South Carolina USAspending are the live tables; this prose is a packet snapshot for SC.

South Carolina citation

FEC.gov: $45.9 million; 664 committees; Republican $32.0 million; Democratic $13.8 million; other $0.1 million. USAspending.gov: $395,963,554,927; 259,168 awards. Do not apply the Republican receipt percentage to obligations.

Do not rank South Carolina as more influential because $45.9 million sits beside $395,963,554,927. Influence is not a field in this packet. The join is SC geography only.

Questions

Does South Carolina Republican fundraising mean Republican control of awards?

No. Republican committees reported $32.0 million of $45.9 million in FEC receipts. USAspending obligations of $395,963,554,927 across 259,168 awards have no party field here. Receipt shares are not award shares. Sources are FEC.gov and USAspending.gov.

How much have South Carolina federal candidates raised?

FEC aggregates show $45.9 million across 664 committees: Republican $32.0 million (69.7%), Democratic $13.8 million (30.0%), other $0.1 million. Use South Carolina campaign finance for the live roster. LobbyVault joins the SC extracts only. FEC.gov and USAspending.gov remain the originating systems.

What is South Carolina’s USAspending total?

USAspending.gov records $395,963,554,927 in obligations and 259,168 awards coded to South Carolina. That extract is not FEC operating expenditure and is not funded by $45.9 million on this page. LobbyVault joins the SC extracts only. FEC.gov and USAspending.gov remain the originating systems.

Where are South Carolina’s hubs?

South Carolina campaign finance on LobbyVault and South Carolina USAspending on SpendingVault. All FEC ties lists other state joins. Later bulk files override this snapshot if they disagree. LobbyVault joins the SC extracts only. FEC.gov and USAspending.gov remain the originating systems.