Michigan campaign finance next to federal obligations

Michigan’s high-row award file beside a large receipt file

The spending extract is $388,893,503,197.98 and 861,129 awards. The FEC extract is $107,575,967.36 and 1,612 candidate committees. Receipts here sit in the same band as North Carolina’s FEC total in this family, while Michigan’s award count (861,129) runs ahead of North Carolina’s. Those are two independent file statistics. Neither is a funding share of the other.

Open Michigan federal spending for obligations. Open Michigan FEC totals for receipts. All spending ties lists other pairs. MI is a shared code, not a payment trail.

What 861,129 Michigan awards are

Each of the 861,129 rows is an award action on USAspending.gov. The $388,893,503,197.98 sum is obligations, not outlays. Repeat recipients add rows. A high action count is not a claim that Michigan “wins” federal spending versus a higher-dollar, lower-row state.

Michigan federal spending is the live award hub. It does not list FEC donors.

One thousand six hundred twelve Michigan committees and 861,129 awards share only the MI code. $107,575,967.36 does not sit inside $388,893,503,197.98. A high award-row count is not a campaign result.

FEC.gov: Democratic committees at about 61.1%

Michigan candidate receipts are $107,575,967.36 from 1,612 committees. Democratic committees reported $65,699,879.68 (about 61.1%). Republican committees reported $41,026,630.35 (about 38.1%). Other and unaffiliated filers reported $849,457.33 (about 0.8%). About 61.1% is a share of receipts, not a share of 861,129 awards.

1,612 is a filing count, including primary challengers and residual committees. It is not Lansing’s state-office roster and not a contractor headcount.

Do not map 61.1% onto 861,129 awards

Printing a Democratic share next to Michigan federal spending invents a party field. Adding $107,575,967.36 to $388,893,503,197.98 invents a combined total. Treating a large receipt book as a slice of a high-row assistance file still mixes ledgers.

Correlation is not causation. Different statutes, different filers.

How to cite Michigan

Name USAspending.gov for $388,893,503,197.98 and 861,129 awards. Name FEC.gov for $107,575,967.36, 1,612 committees, Democratic $65,699,879.68, Republican $41,026,630.35, other $849,457.33. State-office campaigns file under Michigan law and never enter either extract. City procurement is outside USAspending.gov.

Independent expenditures are not extra packet facts. Live hubs: Michigan federal spending and Michigan FEC totals. All spending ties is the join index.

Lansing campaigns and city procurement stay off this join

Michigan state-office campaigns file under Michigan law. Those reports never enter $107,575,967.36 and never enter $388,893,503,197.98. City procurement is outside USAspending.gov. Award count 861,129 is high relative to the obligation total — a small-action-heavy shape. $107,575,967.36 in receipts sits near North Carolina’s FEC total in this family; Michigan’s row count runs ahead. Those are independent file statistics.

Independent expenditures are not extra packet facts. Democratic $65,699,879.68 (about 61.1%), Republican $41,026,630.35 (about 38.1%), and other $849,457.33 (about 0.8%) describe 1,612 committees. Mapping 61.1% onto 861,129 awards invents a party field. 1,612 is a filing count, not a unique-recipient census.

Cite USAspending.gov for $388,893,503,197.98 and 861,129 awards. Cite FEC.gov for $107,575,967.36 and 1,612 committees. Michigan federal spending and Michigan FEC totals are the live hubs. All spending ties is the join index. Donations do not fund the obligations.

Eight hundred sixty-one thousand one hundred twenty-nine award actions can rise on small assistance rows while $388,893,503,197.98 barely moves. $107,575,967.36 among 1,612 committees is a third series. Keep the three labeled. Michigan federal spending and Michigan FEC totals are the live hubs. All spending ties is the join index.

Questions

Do Michigan campaign donations pay for federal awards?

No. USAspending obligations of $388,893,503,197.98 and FEC receipts of $107,575,967.36 are different datasets joined only by state. Agencies record 861,129 awards as obligations. A shared MI code is not a funding path.

How much federal spending is obligated in Michigan?

USAspending.gov records indexed here show $388,893,503,197.98 in obligations across 861,129 awards tagged to Michigan. That figure is an obligation total, not an outlay series. Award count is a row count, not a unique-recipient census.

How much have Michigan federal candidates raised?

FEC.gov aggregates show $107,575,967.36 in candidate receipts across 1,612 federal committees tagged to Michigan. Democratic filers reported $65,699,879.68 (about 61.1%). Republican filers reported $41,026,630.35 (about 38.1%). That split does not describe awards.

Why does Michigan have so many award rows?

This extract includes 861,129 award actions against $388,893,503,197.98. Many small assistance rows can lift the count. The count is not explained by $107,575,967.36 in FEC receipts.