The breakdown of large and small individual contributions comes directly from the candidate campaign's FEC filings. The FEC requires that the campaigns itemize contributions of $200 or more, and this is what the vast majority of campaigns do. Smaller contributions are usually summarized in a single line item and reported as "unitemized contributions". CRP uses the "unitemized contributions" total as the "Small Individual Contributions" figure. A few candidates, in an effort to completely disclose their donors, are itemizing all contributions, including those below the reporting threshold of $200. When they do this, the Large Individual Contributions figure listed actually includes both Large and Small Contributions.
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