MODESTO, CA: $17.9M on 68,291 FEC receipts

68,291 lines behind MODESTO's $17.9M

MODESTO shows 68,291 itemizations behind $17,875,908. That is a receipt count, not a unique-person census. A file this long at $17.9M is a high-volume city field: many itemized rows, not a handful of oversized transfers. Volume does not prove small-dollar giving. The implied mean is about $262.

Modesto is a Stanislaus Valley volume field. Stockton is a neighboring San Joaquin string. Sacramento is a different capital-city key, not a parent of MODESTO, CA. The city total can include a PAC or joint-fundraising committee address when that is the city filers typed. LobbyVault does not recode those rows out of the city string. Read $17,875,908 as tagged federal receipts, not as what residents of MODESTO gave. The 68,291 lines are disclosed transactions, not unique persons.

If a newsroom map paints MODESTO together with Turlock, Ceres, and Stockton, the FEC file still splits them. This extract’s only city total is $17,875,908 on 68,291 MODESTO, CA rows, mean near $262. Keep the stored spelling MODESTO in the citation.

Why MODESTO on the receipt is not a census

Searchers often want “how much did people in Modesto give.” The honest citation on this page is narrower: itemized federal receipts with contributor city MODESTO, CA total $17,875,908 across 68,291 contributions. Dropping “itemized” and “contributor city” inflates the claim. No. MODESTO, CA is the stored Stanislaus string. Sacramento is a different city key. Turlock is a neighboring string when typed.

Party is not in this packet. Do not attach a partisan reading to $17,875,908. Occupation and employer may appear on named receipts on the city hub; they are not rolled up here. A mean near $262 is arithmetic from the two packet facts, not a typical household gift.

What $17,875,908 does not cover

Unitemized federal gifts never enter $17,875,908 or the 68,291-line count. CA state-office filings are also omitted. A candidate based in MODESTO can raise from other cities; a MODESTO, CA row can travel to a committee in any state.

Turlock, Ceres, and Stockton share a map with MODESTO and still need their own hubs. The 68,291 lines stored as MODESTO, CA are the only rows in this extract. About $262 each is division, not a household typical.

Same-name cities and the CA key

State CA is part of the match. MODESTO, CA is not merged with a same-named place in another state. MODESTO is a Central Valley volume book; 68,291 lines produce $17,875,908, mean near $262.

Sacramento is a comparison only on the same series: contributor city, itemized federal receipts. Turlock, Ceres, and Stockton are other strings when typed. Mixing CA state-campaign data with $17,875,908 breaks the comparison.

How 68,291 lines sit next to ZIP pages

The city field and the ZIP field are independent FEC columns. 68,291 MODESTO rows may cluster in a few codes or scatter. This packet lists neither those ZIPs nor a split. Use the ZIP directory and the live MODESTO hub.

Amendments can move the city hub and a ZIP page on different clocks. Recheck both before publishing a comparison. This guide’s facts remain $17,875,908 and 68,291 for contributor city MODESTO, CA.

Citing MODESTO, CA from FEC.gov

Report $17,875,908 with 68,291 lines and name FEC.gov as the source, indexed on LobbyVault. The mean near $262 is $17,875,908 divided by 68,291. Do not call that a typical MODESTO resident.

Links on this page go to the MODESTO hub, the all-cities directory, and the ZIP directory. Turlock is a neighbor, not a subset. Stanislaus County is not totaled here. If the live hub disagrees with this snapshot, the newer FEC extract controls.

Researchers citing MODESTO should keep state CA in the sentence so readers do not hunt a same-named place. The live city table can show named committees that this snapshot does not list. A later FEC extract can move $17,875,908 or 68,291 without this guide rewriting itself. Treat the mean near $262 as division only. Turlock, Ceres, and Stockton remain other strings. The 68,291-line count still is not a headcount.

Questions

How much is itemized from contributor city MODESTO, CA?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor city MODESTO, CA total $17,875,908 across 68,291 contributions in the LobbyVault aggregate. That figure is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of people who live in Modesto. Unitemized gifts sit outside it. The mean near $262 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.

Is Modesto folded into Sacramento on this extract?

No. MODESTO, CA is the stored Stanislaus string. Sacramento is a different city key. Turlock is a neighboring string when typed. LobbyVault counts 68,291 itemized contributions for MODESTO, CA against $17,875,908. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure, so 68,291 should not be quoted as a population. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.

Does the Modesto total include only residents?

No. The city is the contributor-city value on the FEC itemization. Filers typed MODESTO with state CA. Office addresses and mail that list Modesto can be part of $17,875,908 when that is the city string on the receipt. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. The 68,291-line count follows the same rule.

Are Modesto numbers from FEC.gov?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $17,875,908 and 68,291 lines for MODESTO, CA. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Unitemized federal gifts and non-federal filings from CA are outside both figures. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls.