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    "population": "reliable individual donors active in the cycle",
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    "unit": "percent of active reliable donors",
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
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    "unit": "percent of active reliable donors",
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
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    "population": "reliable individual donors active in the cycle",
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
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    "weights": "none (constant)"
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    "note": "",
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    "population": "widest band checked",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "CFscore units, distance from zero",
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    "weights": "none (constant)"
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    "note": "",
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    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "CFscore units, distance from zero",
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    "weights": "none (constant)"
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
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    "display": "13.3%",
    "estimand": "share of candidates with a CFscore within the center band",
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    "note": "",
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    "population": "House and Senate candidates of the two major parties with a dynamic CFscore",
    "source": "dime",
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
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    "display": "10.5%",
    "estimand": "share of candidates with a CFscore within the center band",
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    "note": "",
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    "population": "House and Senate candidates of the two major parties with a dynamic CFscore",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percent of candidates",
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
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    "estimand": "share of candidates with a CFscore within the center band",
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    "note": "",
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    "population": "House and Senate candidates of the two major parties with a dynamic CFscore",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percent of candidates",
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "note": "",
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    "population": "House and Senate candidates of the two major parties with a dynamic CFscore",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percent of candidates",
    "value": 2.00551,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "note": "",
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    "population": "House and Senate candidates of the two major parties with a dynamic CFscore",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percent of candidates",
    "value": 2.62295,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "display": "3.1%",
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    "note": "",
    "period": "2024",
    "population": "House and Senate candidates of the two major parties with a dynamic CFscore",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percent of candidates",
    "value": 3.09146,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "note": "",
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    "unit": "percent of candidates in the file",
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
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    "note": "",
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    "unit": "percent of candidates in the file",
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
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    "note": "",
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
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    "estimand": "share of candidates with under $10,000 in receipts who have a dynamic CFscore",
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    "population": "House and Senate candidates of the two major parties in the DIME candidate file, one record per candidate and cycle",
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
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    "estimand": "share of candidates with under $10,000 in receipts who have a dynamic CFscore",
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
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      36.1
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      -2.8
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      -6.6
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    "note": "",
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    "weights": "weight (single-wave survey weight)"
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      31.3
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    "note": "",
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    "population": "adult respondents to the Cooperative Election Study who placed themselves on the five-point scale",
    "source": "ces",
    "unit": "percent of respondents",
    "value": 30.7563,
    "weights": "weight (single-wave survey weight)"
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    "note": "",
    "period": "2006-2024",
    "population": "Cooperative Election Study",
    "source": "ces",
    "unit": "year",
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    "weights": "none (constant)"
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    "note": "",
    "period": "2006 to 2024",
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    "weights": "weight (single-wave survey weight)"
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
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  "cfseat_dem_2022": {
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    "unit": "CFscore units",
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
  "cfseat_rep_1980": {
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    "note": "",
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    "unit": "CFscore units",
    "value": 0.941,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "estimand": "median dynamic CFscore of the party's seated members with a roll-call score",
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    "note": "",
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    "population": "Republican members: seated House and Senate members of the two major parties with a roll-call score",
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    "unit": "CFscore units",
    "value": 1.198,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
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    "note": "",
    "period": "2002 to 2024",
    "population": "reliable individual donors active in the cycle",
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    "unit": "percentage points",
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "n": 31138,
    "note": "",
    "period": "first gift in 1980",
    "population": "reliable donors whose first itemized gift was in the cycle",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percent of the group's reliable donors",
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "n": 206419,
    "note": "",
    "period": "first gift in 2000",
    "population": "reliable donors whose first itemized gift was in the cycle",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percent of the group's reliable donors",
    "value": 8.64504,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "population": "reliable donors whose first itemized gift was in the cycle",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percent of the group's reliable donors",
    "value": 2.97563,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "display": "1.2%",
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    "note": "",
    "period": "first gift in 2012",
    "population": "reliable donors whose first itemized gift was in the cycle",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percent of the group's reliable donors",
    "value": 1.16333,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
  "coh_2024": {
    "display": "0.24%",
    "estimand": "share of the group within the center band",
    "n": 65445,
    "note": "",
    "period": "first gift in 2024",
    "population": "reliable donors whose first itemized gift was in the cycle",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percent of the group's reliable donors",
    "value": 0.235312,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
  "coh_early_max": {
    "display": "13.4%",
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    "n": 17042,
    "note": "",
    "period": "first gift from 1980 to 1988",
    "population": "reliable donors whose first itemized gift was in the cycle",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percent of the group's reliable donors",
    "value": 13.4257,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
  "coh_early_min": {
    "display": "11.8%",
    "estimand": "lowest share within the center band among the groups of 1980 to 1988",
    "n": 31138,
    "note": "",
    "period": "first gift from 1980 to 1988",
    "population": "reliable donors whose first itemized gift was in the cycle",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percent of the group's reliable donors",
    "value": 11.8119,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
  "coh_late_max": {
    "display": "10.1%",
    "estimand": "highest share within the center band among the groups of 1990 to 2024",
    "n": 123517,
    "note": "",
    "period": "first gift from 1990 to 2024",
    "population": "reliable donors whose first itemized gift was in the cycle",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percent of the group's reliable donors",
    "value": 10.0869,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
  "coh_r2_2024": {
    "display": "0.96%",
    "estimand": "share of the group within the center band",
    "n": 593408,
    "note": "",
    "period": "first gift in 2024",
    "population": "donors with a score from 2 or more recipients whose first itemized gift was in 2024",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percent of the group's donors",
    "value": 0.963587,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
  "coh_rel_2012": {
    "display": "16.1%",
    "estimand": "share who are reliable donors",
    "n": 2412170,
    "note": "",
    "period": "first gift in 2012",
    "population": "donors whose first itemized gift was in 2012",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percent of donors first seen in 2012",
    "value": 16.0754,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
  "coh_rel_2024": {
    "display": "2.7%",
    "estimand": "share who are reliable donors",
    "n": 2459713,
    "note": "",
    "period": "first gift in 2024",
    "population": "donors whose first itemized gift was in 2024",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percent of donors first seen in 2024",
    "value": 2.66068,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "display": "−11.2",
    "estimand": "contribution of donors who joined the pool to the change in the near-center share (average of two orders)",
    "note": "",
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    "population": "reliable individual donors active in the cycle",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percentage points of the near-center share",
    "value": -11.2037,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
  "dec_entry_a": {
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    "note": "",
    "period": "1980 to 2024, summed over 22 cycle-to-cycle steps",
    "population": "reliable individual donors active in the cycle",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percentage points of the near-center share",
    "value": -12.8498,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
  "dec_entry_b": {
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    "estimand": "contribution of joiners when joiners are added first",
    "note": "",
    "period": "1980 to 2024, summed over 22 cycle-to-cycle steps",
    "population": "reliable individual donors active in the cycle",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percentage points of the near-center share",
    "value": -9.5576,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
  "dec_exit": {
    "display": "+0.6",
    "estimand": "contribution of donors who left the pool to the change in the near-center share (average of two orders)",
    "note": "",
    "period": "1980 to 2024, summed over 22 cycle-to-cycle steps",
    "population": "reliable individual donors active in the cycle",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percentage points of the near-center share",
    "value": 0.554006,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
  "dec_exit_a": {
    "display": "+2.2",
    "estimand": "contribution of leavers when leavers are removed first",
    "note": "",
    "period": "1980 to 2024, summed over 22 cycle-to-cycle steps",
    "population": "reliable individual donors active in the cycle",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percentage points of the near-center share",
    "value": 2.20012,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
  "dec_exit_b": {
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    "estimand": "contribution of leavers when joiners are added first",
    "note": "",
    "period": "1980 to 2024, summed over 22 cycle-to-cycle steps",
    "population": "reliable individual donors active in the cycle",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percentage points of the near-center share",
    "value": -1.09211,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "population": "reliable individual donors active in the cycle",
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    "unit": "percentage points",
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
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  "dem_med_1980": {
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    "note": "",
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    "unit": "CFscore units",
    "value": -0.431,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
  "dem_med_2024": {
    "display": "−0.96",
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    "n": 1166,
    "note": "",
    "period": "2024",
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    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "CFscore units",
    "value": -0.962,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
  "dem_p75_1980": {
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    "n": 679,
    "note": "",
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    "population": "Democratic candidates: House and Senate candidates of the two major parties with a dynamic CFscore",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "CFscore units",
    "value": -0.0605,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
  "dem_p75_2024": {
    "display": "−0.76",
    "estimand": "75th percentile CFscore of the party's candidates, the edge of the party nearest zero",
    "n": 1166,
    "note": "",
    "period": "2024",
    "population": "Democratic candidates: House and Senate candidates of the two major parties with a dynamic CFscore",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "CFscore units",
    "value": -0.75725,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "display": "35.9%",
    "estimand": "share of itemized dollars from reliable donors left of zero, each donor capped at $1 million",
    "n": 31138,
    "note": "",
    "period": "1980",
    "population": "reliable individual donors active in the cycle",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percent of itemized dollars",
    "value": 35.8991,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
  "dleft_2024": {
    "display": "67.4%",
    "estimand": "share of itemized dollars from reliable donors left of zero, each donor capped at $1 million",
    "n": 2533588,
    "note": "",
    "period": "2024",
    "population": "reliable individual donors active in the cycle",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percent of itemized dollars",
    "value": 67.4269,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
  "dollar_ratio_2024": {
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    "estimand": "capped dollar share within the center band divided by the donor share within the center band",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2024",
    "population": "reliable individual donors active in the cycle",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "ratio of the dollar share to the donor share",
    "value": 2.89621,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
  "donor_change_2006": {
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    "estimand": "change in the share of active reliable donors within the center band",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2006 to 2024",
    "population": "reliable individual donors active in the cycle",
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    "unit": "percentage points",
    "value": -6.68135,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
  "donor_rel_2006": {
    "display": "85%",
    "estimand": "relative fall in the share of active reliable donors within the center band",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2006 to 2024",
    "population": "reliable individual donors active in the cycle",
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    "unit": "percent of the 2006 share",
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "estimand": "largest rise from one cycle to the next in the share of active reliable donors within the center band",
    "note": "",
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    "population": "reliable individual donors active in the cycle",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percentage points",
    "value": 0.325954,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "display": "90%",
    "estimand": "relative fall in the share of active reliable donors within the center band",
    "note": "",
    "period": "1980 to 2024",
    "population": "reliable individual donors active in the cycle",
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    "unit": "percent of the 1980 share",
    "value": 90.1606,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
  "drop_1986_2002": {
    "display": "26%",
    "estimand": "relative fall in the share of active reliable donors within the center band",
    "note": "",
    "period": "1986 to 2002",
    "population": "reliable individual donors active in the cycle",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percent of the 1986 share",
    "value": 26.0796,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
  "drop_2002_2024": {
    "display": "88%",
    "estimand": "relative fall in the share of active reliable donors within the center band",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2002 to 2024",
    "population": "reliable individual donors active in the cycle",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percent of the 2002 share",
    "value": 87.8635,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
  "dshare_1980": {
    "display": "12.2%",
    "estimand": "share of itemized dollars from reliable donors within the center band, each donor capped at $1 million",
    "n": 31138,
    "note": "",
    "period": "1980",
    "population": "reliable individual donors active in the cycle",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percent of itemized dollars",
    "value": 12.2456,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
  "dshare_2000": {
    "display": "9.6%",
    "estimand": "share of itemized dollars from reliable donors within the center band, each donor capped at $1 million",
    "n": 598971,
    "note": "",
    "period": "2000",
    "population": "reliable individual donors active in the cycle",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percent of itemized dollars",
    "value": 9.60565,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
  "dshare_2002_cap": {
    "display": "11.7%",
    "estimand": "share of itemized dollars within the center band, each donor capped at $1 million",
    "n": 794413,
    "note": "",
    "period": "2002",
    "population": "reliable individual donors active in the cycle",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percent of itemized dollars",
    "value": 11.7299,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
  "dshare_2002_nocap": {
    "display": "24.5%",
    "estimand": "share of itemized dollars from reliable donors within the center band, no cap",
    "n": 794413,
    "note": "",
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    "population": "reliable individual donors active in the cycle",
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    "unit": "percent of itemized dollars",
    "value": 24.4626,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "estimand": "share of itemized dollars from reliable donors within the center band, each donor capped at $1 million",
    "n": 1033327,
    "note": "",
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    "population": "reliable individual donors active in the cycle",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percent of itemized dollars",
    "value": 8.87429,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "note": "",
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    "population": "reliable individual donors active in the cycle",
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    "unit": "percent of itemized dollars",
    "value": 3.36605,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
  "dshare_2024_100k": {
    "display": "3.0%",
    "estimand": "share of itemized dollars within the center band, each donor capped at $100,000",
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    "population": "reliable individual donors active in the cycle",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percent of itemized dollars",
    "value": 3.04763,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
  "dshare_2024_10m": {
    "display": "3.6%",
    "estimand": "share of itemized dollars within the center band, each donor capped at $10 million",
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    "period": "2024",
    "population": "reliable individual donors active in the cycle",
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    "unit": "percent of itemized dollars",
    "value": 3.56279,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
  "dshare_2024_nocap": {
    "display": "6.3%",
    "estimand": "share of itemized dollars from reliable donors within the center band, no cap",
    "n": 2533588,
    "note": "",
    "period": "2024",
    "population": "reliable individual donors active in the cycle",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percent of itemized dollars",
    "value": 6.30635,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "display": "−0.32",
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    "source": "dime",
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    "value": -0.318,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "note": "",
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    "unit": "DW-NOMINATE first-dimension units",
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "note": "",
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "value": 0.8955,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
  "dw_r_dem_2022": {
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
  "dw_r_rep_2022": {
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
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    "population": "reliable individual donors active in the cycle",
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    "unit": "percent of active reliable donors",
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
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    "population": "reliable individual donors active in the cycle",
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    "unit": "percent of active reliable donors",
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "unit": "percent of active reliable donors",
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "source": "dime",
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
  "left_in_2024": {
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
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    "n": 31138,
    "note": "",
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    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "CFscore units",
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
  "median_2002": {
    "display": "+0.10",
    "estimand": "median CFscore of active reliable donors",
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    "unit": "CFscore units",
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "estimand": "median CFscore of active reliable donors",
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    "population": "reliable individual donors active in the cycle",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "CFscore units",
    "value": -0.169,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "display": "−0.98",
    "estimand": "median CFscore of active reliable donors",
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    "value": -0.975,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "note": "",
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
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    "value": 7043771,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
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    "note": "",
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
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    "note": "",
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    "population": "House and Senate candidates of the two major parties with a dynamic CFscore",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "candidates",
    "value": 2543,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
  "n_cand_2024": {
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    "population": "House and Senate candidates of the two major parties with a dynamic CFscore",
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "population": "House and Senate candidates of the two major parties with a dynamic CFscore",
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    "unit": "candidates",
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "display": "72",
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    "note": "",
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    "population": "House and Senate candidates of the two major parties with a dynamic CFscore",
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    "unit": "candidates",
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
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    "weights": "none (constant)"
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
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    "note": "",
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    "population": "reliable individual donors active in the cycle",
    "source": "dime",
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "note": "",
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    "population": "reliable individual donors active in the cycle",
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "note": "",
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    "population": "reliable individual donors active in the cycle",
    "source": "dime",
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    "value": 65445,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "note": "",
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    "population": "reliable donors within the center band on the left of zero",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "donors",
    "value": 1898,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "note": "",
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    "population": "reliable donors within the center band on the left of zero",
    "source": "dime",
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    "value": 16234,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "estimand": "count of active reliable donors with a CFscore within the center band",
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    "note": "",
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    "population": "reliable donors within the center band active in the cycle",
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    "unit": "donors",
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "estimand": "count of active reliable donors with a CFscore within the center band",
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    "note": "",
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    "population": "reliable donors within the center band active in the cycle",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "donors",
    "value": 29446,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "population": "reliable donors within the center band active in the cycle",
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "note": "",
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    "unit": "year",
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    "note": "",
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    "population": "reliable individual donors active in the cycle",
    "source": "dime",
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    "value": 456,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
  "n_over_cap_2024": {
    "display": "358",
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    "n": 2533588,
    "note": "",
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    "population": "reliable individual donors active in the cycle",
    "source": "dime",
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "display": "31,138",
    "estimand": "count of reliable donors with an itemized gift in the cycle",
    "note": "",
    "period": "1980",
    "population": "reliable individual donors active in the cycle",
    "source": "dime",
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "note": "",
    "period": "2002",
    "population": "reliable individual donors active in the cycle",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "donors",
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
  "n_rel_2024": {
    "display": "2,533,588",
    "estimand": "count of reliable donors with an itemized gift in the cycle",
    "note": "",
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    "population": "reliable individual donors active in the cycle",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "donors",
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "note": "",
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    "unit": "donors",
    "value": 1769,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
  "n_right_in_2024": {
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    "population": "reliable donors within the center band on the right of zero",
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
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    "display": "469",
    "estimand": "count of general-election winners with a dynamic CFscore",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2020",
    "population": "seated winners among House and Senate candidates of the two major parties with a dynamic CFscore",
    "source": "dime",
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "note": "",
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "note": "",
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "note": "",
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
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    "weights": "none (constant)"
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    "display": "72.1%",
    "estimand": "share of active reliable donors with a CFscore between -1.3 and -0.7 (0.1-wide bins)",
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    "unit": "percent of active reliable donors",
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
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    "weights": "none (constant)"
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    "weights": "none (constant)"
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  "peak_right_2024": {
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    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percent of active reliable donors",
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "note": "",
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    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "CFscore units",
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    "weights": "none (constant)"
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    "unit": "CFscore units",
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    "weights": "none (constant)"
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    "n": 2533588,
    "note": "",
    "period": "2024",
    "population": "reliable individual donors active in the cycle",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percent of active reliable donors",
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "note": "",
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    "population": "reliable individual donors active in the cycle",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "ratio of the 2024 pool to the 1980 pool",
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "display": "72.2%",
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    "n": 2533588,
    "note": "",
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    "population": "reliable individual donors active in the cycle",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percent of active reliable donors",
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "estimand": "share of active donors within the center band",
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    "note": "",
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    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percent of active donors in the group",
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    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
  "r16_2024": {
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    "estimand": "share of active donors within the center band",
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    "note": "",
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    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percent of active donors in the group",
    "value": 1.25947,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "display": "13.4%",
    "estimand": "share of active donors within the center band",
    "n": 57193,
    "note": "",
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    "population": "donors with a score and 2 or more distinct recipients",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percent of active donors in the group",
    "value": 13.3653,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "display": "16",
    "estimand": "minimum number of distinct recipients in the strict check",
    "note": "",
    "period": "career",
    "population": "strictest recipient filter checked",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "distinct recipients",
    "value": 16,
    "weights": "none (constant)"
  },
  "rec_low": {
    "display": "2",
    "estimand": "minimum number of distinct recipients in the loose check",
    "note": "",
    "period": "career",
    "population": "loosest recipient filter checked",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "distinct recipients",
    "value": 2,
    "weights": "none (constant)"
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    "estimand": "share of active donors who are reliable",
    "n": 154785,
    "note": "",
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    "population": "all individual donors with a score and an itemized gift in the cycle",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percent of active donors",
    "value": 20.1169,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
  "rel_frac_2024": {
    "display": "36.0%",
    "estimand": "share of active donors who are reliable",
    "n": 7043771,
    "note": "",
    "period": "2024",
    "population": "all individual donors with a score and an itemized gift in the cycle",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percent of active donors",
    "value": 35.9692,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "display": "+0.97",
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    "n": 586,
    "note": "",
    "period": "1980",
    "population": "Republican candidates: House and Senate candidates of the two major parties with a dynamic CFscore",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "CFscore units",
    "value": 0.971,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
  "rep_med_2024": {
    "display": "+1.35",
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    "n": 1163,
    "note": "",
    "period": "2024",
    "population": "Republican candidates: House and Senate candidates of the two major parties with a dynamic CFscore",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "CFscore units",
    "value": 1.346,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "display": "7.5%",
    "estimand": "share of repeat donors within the center band",
    "n": 1059925,
    "note": "",
    "period": "2008",
    "population": "reliable donors active in the cycle and in an earlier cycle",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percent of active repeat donors",
    "value": 7.491,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
  "repeat_2024": {
    "display": "1.19%",
    "estimand": "share of repeat donors within the center band",
    "n": 2468143,
    "note": "",
    "period": "2024",
    "population": "reliable donors active in the cycle and in an earlier cycle",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percent of active repeat donors",
    "value": 1.1868,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
  "right_in_1980": {
    "display": "8.7%",
    "estimand": "share of donors right of zero who are within the center band",
    "n": 20254,
    "note": "",
    "period": "1980",
    "population": "reliable individual donors active in the cycle",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percent of active reliable donors right of zero",
    "value": 8.73408,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
  "right_in_2024": {
    "display": "2.1%",
    "estimand": "share of donors right of zero who are within the center band",
    "n": 616644,
    "note": "",
    "period": "2024",
    "population": "reliable individual donors active in the cycle",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percent of active reliable donors right of zero",
    "value": 2.13235,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "display": "16.2%",
    "estimand": "share of general-election winners with a CFscore within the center band",
    "n": 451,
    "note": "",
    "period": "1980",
    "population": "seated winners among House and Senate candidates of the two major parties with a dynamic CFscore",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percent of winners",
    "value": 16.1863,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
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    "display": "1.5%",
    "estimand": "share of general-election winners with a CFscore within the center band",
    "n": 469,
    "note": "",
    "period": "2020",
    "population": "seated winners among House and Senate candidates of the two major parties with a dynamic CFscore",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percent of winners",
    "value": 1.49254,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
  "seated_2022": {
    "display": "2.8%",
    "estimand": "share of general-election winners with a CFscore within the center band",
    "n": 469,
    "note": "",
    "period": "2022",
    "population": "seated winners among House and Senate candidates of the two major parties with a dynamic CFscore",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percent of winners",
    "value": 2.77186,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
  "share_1980": {
    "display": "11.8%",
    "estimand": "share of active reliable donors with a CFscore within the center band",
    "n": 31138,
    "note": "",
    "period": "1980",
    "population": "reliable individual donors active in the cycle",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percent of active reliable donors",
    "value": 11.8119,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
  "share_1986": {
    "display": "13.0%",
    "estimand": "share of active reliable donors with a CFscore within the center band",
    "n": 45211,
    "note": "",
    "period": "1986",
    "population": "reliable individual donors active in the cycle",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percent of active reliable donors",
    "value": 12.9548,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
  "share_2002": {
    "display": "9.6%",
    "estimand": "share of active reliable donors with a CFscore within the center band",
    "n": 794413,
    "note": "",
    "period": "2002",
    "population": "reliable individual donors active in the cycle",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percent of active reliable donors",
    "value": 9.57625,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
  "share_2004": {
    "display": "7.7%",
    "estimand": "share of active reliable donors with a CFscore within the center band",
    "n": 1033327,
    "note": "",
    "period": "2004",
    "population": "reliable individual donors active in the cycle",
    "source": "dime",
    "unit": "percent of active reliable donors",
    "value": 7.71053,
    "weights": "none (administrative records: every itemized donor and every scored candidate is counted)"
  },
  "share_2006": {
    "display": "7.8%",
    "estimand": "share of active reliable donors with a CFscore within the center band",
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