How much did ZIP 53711 show in FEC itemized totals?

Receipts listing 53711 total $11,942,007 across 66,803 contributions. Those figures are FEC disclosure aggregates for the five-digit contributor ZIP. They are not a unique-donor census of southwest Madison and not the Wisconsin Ethics Commission campaign totals.

Does 66,803 contributions mean 66,803 people donated?

No. The figure counts itemized receipts. One person can appear many times. This packet does not include a distinct-donor total, so this page does not invent one. See names on the ZIP 53711 FEC page. Repeat gifts and memo entries add rows without adding new people.

Does ZIP 53711 include Wisconsin state races?

No. This extract is federal FEC itemizations. Wisconsin Ethics Commission filings sit outside $11,942,007. Unitemized federal gifts are also out. Use the ZIP 53711 FEC page for the federal table. This packet has no unique-donor count. The packet facts stop at $11,942,007 and 66,803 contributions. Named payees, dates, and employer strings live on the ZIP 53711 FEC page, not in this summary.

Where can I see 53711 itemizations?

On the ZIP 53711 FEC page. Compare codes on the all-ZIP index and search names in the donor directory. Original filings are on FEC.gov. This guide quotes only the harvested packet facts: $11,942,007, 66,803 contributions, and the five-digit contributor ZIP.

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ZIP Code 53711

MADISON, WI

Total Donations

$11,942,007

Contributions

66,803

Unique Donors

Itemized federal contributions that list ZIP 53711 add up to $11.9M across 66,803 contributions. The five-digit code is the contributor ZIP on FEC.gov receipts, not a Wisconsin Ethics Commission local file. Sixty-seven thousand lines at this dollar scale is a long receipt list: many itemized rows, not a thin stack of oversized transfers. Numbers come from FEC.gov records indexed on LobbyVault.

Key figures

ZIP 53711 FEC itemizations total $11,942,007 ($11.9M).
66,803 contributions list 53711 — a high-volume receipt file at this dollar scale.
Southwest Madison’s 53711 tag is a high-volume filing key, not a Dane County census.
This packet has no unique-donor count.

Madison 53711’s $11,942,007 high-volume file

$11,942,007 is a sum of disclosed federal contribution lines that carried 53711 in the ZIP field. Federal committees anywhere in the country can receive that money. the Wisconsin Ethics Commission filings and local municipal races generally sit outside this extract. Unitemized gifts never enter the total. Quote $11.9M as ZIP-tagged federal disclosure, not as a census of what every household in southwest Madison spent.

Sixty-six thousand eight hundred three rows is a high-volume file among ZIPs near $12 million. Southwest Madison and adjoining Fitchburg streets can share 53711 with committee mail. A long list can still hide large committee transfers. Volume does not prove small-dollar giving. This aggregate does not name the mix of individuals and committee traffic that share 53711.

No party share, cycle series, or unique-person census is attached to $11,942,007. LobbyVault does not recode the ZIP field into a Dane County political score. Readers who want named payees, dates, or employer strings should open the live hub rather than infer a story from the line count alone. The supported facts in this packet are the dollar total, the contribution count, FEC as source, and the five-digit ZIP definition. Nothing in the packet assigns $11.9M to a party, a cycle, or a unique-person roster.

66,803 lines behind southwest Madison's $11.9M

The extract lists 66,803 contributions for 53711. That is a receipt count, not a unique-person census. This packet does not include a distinct-donor total, so this guide does not invent how many people sit behind southwest Madison filings. A file this long at $11.9M is a high-volume ZIP: many itemized rows, not a handful of oversized transfers. Volume does not prove small-dollar giving. Large committee lines can still sit inside a long list.

Scanning 66,803 rows by eye is impractical. Sort the ZIP 53711 FEC page by amount to see whether $11,942,007 is spread across many names or concentrated in a few payees. Repeat gifts, memo entries, and split receipts all add rows. This page will not publish an average as if the FEC printed one. The packet facts stop at the dollar total and the line count.

Full analysis: Federal contributions from ZIP 53711 →

Questions

How much did ZIP 53711 show in FEC itemized totals?: Receipts listing 53711 total $11,942,007 across 66,803 contributions. Those figures are FEC disclosure aggregates for the five-digit contributor ZIP. They are not a unique-donor census of southwest Madison and not the Wisconsin Ethics Commission campaign totals.
Does 66,803 contributions mean 66,803 people donated?: No. The figure counts itemized receipts. One person can appear many times. This packet does not include a distinct-donor total, so this page does not invent one. See names on the ZIP 53711 FEC page. Repeat gifts and memo entries add rows without adding new people.
Does ZIP 53711 include Wisconsin state races?: No. This extract is federal FEC itemizations. Wisconsin Ethics Commission filings sit outside $11,942,007. Unitemized federal gifts are also out. Use the ZIP 53711 FEC page for the federal table. This packet has no unique-donor count. The packet facts stop at $11,942,007 and 66,803 contributions. Named payees, dates, and employer strings live on the ZIP 53711 FEC page, not in this summary.
Where can I see 53711 itemizations?: On the ZIP 53711 FEC page. Compare codes on the all-ZIP index and search names in the donor directory. Original filings are on FEC.gov. This guide quotes only the harvested packet facts: $11,942,007, 66,803 contributions, and the five-digit contributor ZIP.

ZIP is the 5-digit contributor ZIP on FEC itemizations. Totals can include joint fundraising and PAC addresses, not only residents.

Donation Trend by Cycle

1980

$68K

1982

$49K

1984

$80K

1986

$138K

1988

$208K

1990

$151K

1992

$681K

1994

$408K

1996

$759K

1998

$1.1M

2000

$1.3M

2002

$1.1M

2004

$2.7M

2006

$1.8M

2008

$3.0M

2010

$4.1M

2012

$6.6M

2014

$5.8M

2016

$22.8M

2018

$5.7M

Top Donors

Top individual donors in ZIP code 53711 (MADISON, WI), ranked by total donated.
#	Name	Total	Contributions	Employer	Occupation	Cycles
1	MERCER, ROBERT	$7,245,954	197	PITCHER'S PUB	—	1998–2014
2	WALL, TERRENCE R	$1,196,800	15	—	—	1996–2014
3	PRITZKER, LINDA	$1,183,400	229	—	—	1986–2014
4	MAZESS, RICHARD	$410,550	108	LUNAR RADIATION CORP	—	1990–2014
5	FAULKNER, JUDITH	$302,700	93	EPRE SYSTEMS CORP	—	1998–2014
6	TAMMY BALDWIN FOR SENATE	$244,290	10	—	—	2012
7	LEIBOWITZ, DALE	$175,100	66	—	—	1998–2014
8	JOHNSON, JOEL	$161,251	175	OSCAR MEYER FOODS INC	—	1990–2014
9	REPUBLICAN PARTY OF WISCONSIN	$151,500	5	—	—	1996–2000
10	FAULKNER, JUDITH R	$147,100	37	—	EPIC SYSTEMS CORP	2004–2012
11	CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOC	$145,380	13	—	—	2000–2002
12	WALSH, DAVID	$142,665	200	ATTORNEY	—	1992–2014
13	KELLY, TERENCE	$136,175	73	DYNATECH CORP	—	1990–2014
14	WISCONSIN ENVIRONMENT	$135,000	1	—	—	2012
15	MAZESS, MARILYN	$125,000	46	HOMEMAKER	—	2002–2012
16	DAVIS, MATTHEW	$116,622	362	UNIV OF WISCONSIN	—	1980–2014
17	FAULKNER, GORDON T	$109,900	40	—	RETIRED	2004–2012
18	MACAULAY, STEWART	$109,838	376	—	—	1998–2014
19	HERZING, RENEE	$109,300	80	HERZING COLLEGE	EDUCATIONAL MANAGER	2004–2014
20	HOFFMAN, ROGER S MR.	$102,178	153	SELF	FINANCE	2004–2010
21	HILL, HARRY	$101,375	37	ATTORNEY	—	1994–2014
22	WISCONSIN EDUCATION ASSOC COUNCIL	$100,000	1	—	—	1998
23	ZIMBRICK, JOHN	$97,759	58	JOHN ZIMBRICK BUICK INC	—	1980–2010
24	FAULKNER, GORDON DR	$97,600	19	RETIRED	—	2002–2012
25	DIVELBISS, RICHARD	$95,723	56	PIZZA HUTS OF SOUTHERN WI	—	1990–2014