ZIP Code 98110

An island ZIP with a long itemization list

$18,538,544 divided by 80,271 is about $231 per itemized line. That is a high-volume, low-mean pattern: many Schedule A rows, few dollars on the typical row. Ferry-community geography does not change the arithmetic. The packet publishes a dollar total and a contribution count. It does not publish a unique-donor count, a party split, or a roster of island households.

Eighty thousand two hundred seventy-one contributions is a large line count for an $18.5 million ZIP. Volume is not a headcount. Repeat itemizations, spouse filings, payroll-deduction batches, and redesignations can add rows without adding new people. Because this packet has no donor figure, 80,271 must be cited as a contribution-line total.

LobbyVault does not treat $18,538,544 as a measure of civic mood on Bainbridge Island. Motive language is out of scope. The source is FEC.gov itemized receipts tagged 98110.

What the 98110 key actually records

98110 is the postal code most filers use for Bainbridge Island. That reputation does not convert $18,538,544 into a resident-only book. A committee that lists a P.O. box, a joint fundraising committee, or an office suite in 98110 still posts that ZIP when the filer uses it. The five-digit field follows the form, not a census of island households.

The 80,271-line count is the better clue that 98110 is not a thin concentration ZIP with a handful of large transfers. Open named receipts on the ZIP 98110 FEC page if you need to see which committees appear. This guide will not guess the mix of households and entities.

Questions

How much federal campaign money is tied to ZIP 98110?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor ZIP 98110 total $18,538,544 across 80,271 contributions in the LobbyVault aggregate. That figure is a ZIP roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Bainbridge Island residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside it. The mean of about $231 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.

How many FEC contributions are tagged to ZIP 98110?

LobbyVault counts 80,271 itemized contributions for ZIP 98110. That is a line count, not a headcount of unique people. Repeat gifts, redesignations, and memo entries can add rows without adding new donors. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure, so 80,271 should not be quoted as a population. The matching dollar total on the same extract is $18,538,544.

Does ZIP 98110 include only Bainbridge Island residents?

No. The ZIP is the five-digit contributor code on the FEC itemization. Committees and office addresses that file 98110 can be part of the same roll-up when that is what was entered. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. The 80,271-line count follows the same rule. Open named receipts on the ZIP hub to see which committees appear.

Where does LobbyVault get ZIP 98110 totals?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $18,538,544 and 80,271 lines for ZIP 98110. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Unitemized federal gifts and non-federal filings from the island are outside both figures. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls.