Sea Polling & Strategic Design

$259K 2025-2026 cycle

Sea Polling & Strategic Design is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle Sea Polling & Strategic Design was paid $259K across 6 client committees.

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Part I Identity

Stable facts about this entity. These figures do not change as you adjust the timeframe in Part II.

Activity span ALL TIME
Jan 3, 2018 → Aug 21, 2026
spans 8.6 years
Disbursements ALL TIME
16
Schedule B rows
Client committees ALL TIME
6
distinct payers

Part II Activity in selected window

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Spend trajectory

Monthly spend to this vendor over the last 12 months.

Sep 2025 Aug 2026
$73K across 12 months
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Top buyers

Two views of the same data — diagram and table share the time-window control and the same top-buyers slice. Click "View all buyers in research" to drill in with the matching date range.

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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 3 months · top 1

COUNTRY FIRST $45K — · 2 txns SP Sea Polling & Strategic Design
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
COUNTRY FIRST
C00771113
$45,164 2
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 6 months · top 3

COUNTRY FIRST $45K — · 2 txns DCCC $14K — · 1 txn SOTO, DARREN $14K — · 1 txn SP Sea Polling & Strategic Design
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
COUNTRY FIRST
C00771113
$45,164 2
DCCC
C00000935
$14,050 1
SOTO, DARREN
FL · House DEM
$14,050 1
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 12 months · top 3

COUNTRY FIRST $45K — · 2 txns DCCC $14K — · 1 txn SOTO, DARREN $14K — · 1 txn SP Sea Polling & Strategic Design
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
COUNTRY FIRST
C00771113
$45,164 2
DCCC
C00000935
$14,050 1
SOTO, DARREN
FL · House DEM
$14,050 1
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 18 months · top 3

COUNTRY FIRST $45K — · 2 txns DCCC $14K — · 1 txn SOTO, DARREN $14K — · 1 txn SP Sea Polling & Strategic Design
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
COUNTRY FIRST
C00771113
$45,164 2
DCCC
C00000935
$14,050 1
SOTO, DARREN
FL · House DEM
$14,050 1
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 24 months · top 3

COUNTRY FIRST $45K — · 2 txns SOTO, DARREN $38K Strategy & Research · 2 txns DCCC $25K Strategy & Research · 2 txns SP Sea Polling & Strategic Design
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
COUNTRY FIRST
C00771113
$45,164 2
SOTO, DARREN
FL · House DEM
$38,200 2
DCCC
C00000935
$24,650 2

By party

Revenue by party

100% D
D · 100%
R · 0%
PartyAmount%
Democratic $259,442 100.00%
Republican $0 0.00%
Non-partisan $0 0.00%

Part III Reference tables

Full all-time and cycle-to-date data.

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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory

2018202220242026 Q1 2018 (2018 cycle): $19KQ2 2018 (2018 cycle): $14KQ3 2018 (2018 cycle): $29KQ3 2022 (2022 cycle): $8KQ4 2022 (2022 cycle): $41KQ2 2024 (2024 cycle): $21KQ3 2024 (2024 cycle): $20KQ4 2024 (2024 cycle): $35KQ2 2026 (2026 cycle): $28KQ3 2026 (2026 cycle): $45K Q1Q3Q4Q3Q2Q3 $45K

current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 4 years

Per-quarter totals
Year Q Cycle Total Txns Top buyer · share Top category · share Cum. (cycle) YoY %
2018 Q1 2018 $19K 1 RODRIGUEZ, JOSE JAVIER 100% Strategy & Research 100% $19K —
2018 Q2 2018 $14K 1 RODRIGUEZ, JOSE JAVIER 100% Strategy & Research 100% $33K —
2018 Q3 2018 $29K 1 SOTO, DARREN 100% Strategy & Research 100% $62K —
2022 Q3 2022 $8K 1 EMILYS LIST 100% Strategy & Research 100% $8K —
2022 Q4 2022 $41K 3 DCCC 100% Strategy & Research 100% $49K —
2024 Q2 2024 $21K 1 SOTO, DARREN 100% Strategy & Research 100% $21K —
2024 Q3 2024 $20K 2 FRIENDS OF LIZ DAHAN 100% Strategy & Research 100% $41K +144%
2024 Q4 2024 $35K 2 SOTO, DARREN 69% Strategy & Research 100% $75K -14%
2026 Q2 2026 $28K 2 DCCC 50% — $28K +33%
2026 Q3 2026 $45K 2 COUNTRY FIRST 100% — $73K +132%
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Revenue by service category

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Revenue by service category

last 24 months · hover bars for cycle context
Strategy & Research — cycle-to-date Total: $186K across 12 disbursements (avg $16K/check) Top buyer: SOTO, DARREN (40% of category) Last paid: 23mo ago · +147% vs prior cycle Strategy & Research $35K
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
Category Total spend Txns Avg check % of total Top buyer · share Last paid
Strategy & Research $186,178 12 $16K 100.0% SOTO, DARREN 40% 23mo ago
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Client retention

Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.

2
Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$153,660 · 59% of revenue
0
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$0 · 0% of revenue
4
One-time clients 1 cycle
$105,782 · 41% of revenue
Top 2 anchor clients · all-time
Client Cycles All-time spend Txns First paid Last paid
SOTO, DARREN 3 $88,400 4 2018-07-11 2026-05-13
DCCC 3 $65,260 5 2022-10-17 2026-06-26
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Geographic concentration

Where this vendor's clients are based — federal committees by state, plus implicit jurisdiction for CA and TX state filers.

State   Total spend % of revenue Clients
FL
$107,900 41.6% 2
DC
$106,378 41.0% 3
IL
$45,164 17.4% 1
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Notable disbursements

5 largest all-time · 5 largest in the current cycle · 5 most recent. Each row earns its place.

Reason Date Filer Category Purpose Amount
Largest all-time 2018-07-11 SOTO, DARREN Strategy & Research POLLING $29,000
Largest all-time 2026-08-21 COUNTRY FIRST — POLLING $24,725
Largest all-time 2024-10-17 SOTO, DARREN Strategy & Research POLLING $24,150
Largest all-time 2024-06-03 SOTO, DARREN Strategy & Research POLLING $21,200
Largest all-time 2022-10-25 DCCC Strategy & Research GENERIC CMTE. POLLING $20,880
Largest this cycle 2026-07-30 COUNTRY FIRST — POLLING $20,439
Largest this cycle 2026-05-13 SOTO, DARREN — POLLING $14,050
Largest this cycle 2026-06-26 DCCC — GENERIC CMTE. POLLING $14,050
Recent 2024-11-01 DCCC Strategy & Research GENERIC CMTE. POLLING $10,600
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