HOUSEWIFE on FEC filings: $473.3M itemized

An older status word that still ranks

FEC employer and occupation fields preserve historical language. HOUSEWIFE remains a high-dollar string even as other filers type HOMEMAKER. LobbyVault does not modernize the vocabulary, because changing the letters would break the public file.

The $473.3M total is therefore a filing-text total. It is not a demographic estimate of married women outside the paid labor force, and it is not a NAICS household-sector number.

People, receipts, and the $473.3M sum

41,465 donors produced 1,243,513 HOUSEWIFE contribution lines. That unique-donor count is smaller than HOMEMAKER's, and the dollar total is smaller than HOMEMAKER's $1.2B row. The two labels are still separate; one did not 'replace' the other inside FEC storage.

Repeat giving accounts for receipts outnumbering donors. Party split is not attached to this industry total.

HOUSE WIFE with a space is another row

Some treasurers typed HOUSE WIFE as two words. That string has its own LobbyVault industry page and its own dollar figure. It is not inside the $473.3M HOUSEWIFE (one word) total.

Occupation pages may show mixed pairings: employer HOUSEWIFE, occupation NONE, or the reverse. This rollup follows the industry key HOUSEWIFE. One-word HOUSEWIFE still outranks the spaced variant in unique donors. The $473.3M total is this spelling only. HOMEMAKER is larger still and separate. Vocabulary modernization is not applied to FEC storage.

Reading the donor table

The HOUSEWIFE donor table is a list of disclosed names and amounts. A large gift is a public contribution. LobbyVault does not infer household wealth, a spouse's employer, or a political motive from the label.

Joint gifts and shared last names can split a household across rows. Use contribution detail, not the industry headline, to see the actual recipient committee. Search language has shifted toward homemaker. Filings have not fully shifted. Readers who only open the HOMEMAKER page miss 1,243,513 HOUSEWIFE lines. Open both tables, plus HOUSE WIFE, before claiming a complete household-status view.

Source

FEC.gov via LobbyVault: $473.3M, 1,243,513 contributions, 41,465 donors, top employer HOUSEWIFE. Unitemized and state-only activity are omitted.

Open committee pages for where receipts were reported. Spouse-employer receipts on other schedules pull some households out of this title. That is a typing choice, not a LobbyVault edit. Occupation pages show mixed NONE pairings.

Historical wording versus current search language

Searchers often look up homemaker giving and land on HOUSEWIFE because older schedules used that word. The $473.3M total, 1,243,513 contribution lines, and 41,465 donors are the one-word HOUSEWIFE key only. HOMEMAKER and HOUSE WIFE stay out. Unitemized gifts and state committees stay out. LobbyVault does not modernize the vocabulary, because changing letters would break the public file.

Household matching remains messy: joint gifts, suffixes, and a spouse listed as employer on other receipts. Occupation pages show mixed NONE and HOUSEWIFE pairings. Open the HOUSEWIFE donor table for names and committees. The string is not a NAICS industry and not a Census household-labor estimate. Data from FEC.gov via LobbyVault. Cite $473.3M as the HOUSEWIFE string from FEC.gov via LobbyVault. Do not call it a Census household-labor statistic or a NAICS sector. Filers who type HOMEMAKER today still leave a large HOUSEWIFE residue: $473.3M, 41,465 donors, 1,243,513 lines. Readers who follow modern search language to the homemaker page only will miss that residue. HOUSE WIFE with a space is a third key. LobbyVault does not modernize the letters. Spouse-employer receipts and joint-gift matching remain messy. Occupation pages show mixed NONE pairings. Unitemized gifts and state races are omitted. Cite $473.3M as the one-word HOUSEWIFE string from FEC.gov via LobbyVault, not a Census household statistic and not a NAICS sector. Modern search language prefers homemaker, but 41,465 donors still produced 1,243,513 HOUSEWIFE lines totaling $473.3M. Skip this page and that residue disappears. HOUSE WIFE with a space is a third key at the spaced-variant total. HOMEMAKER is $1.2B. LobbyVault does not rewrite the letters. Spouse-employer receipts pull some households onto company keys. Occupation pages show NONE pairings. Cite the one-word string from FEC.gov via LobbyVault, not a Census table.

Questions

How much have HOUSEWIFE donors given federally?

The HOUSEWIFE string totals $473.3M in itemized FEC receipts on LobbyVault, from 1,243,513 contributions and 41,465 donors. HOMEMAKER and HOUSE WIFE are not included in that figure. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

Is HOUSEWIFE the same as HOMEMAKER in FEC data?

No. They are different free-text values. LobbyVault keeps separate rows because FEC.gov stores separate strings. Neither is a NAICS industry. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

What about HOUSE WIFE with a space?

HOUSE WIFE is a third label with its own total. The one-word HOUSEWIFE figure of $473.3M does not contain the spaced spelling. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

How many unique HOUSEWIFE donors are in the table?

LobbyVault counts 41,465 donors and 1,243,513 contribution lines. Repeat itemized gifts explain the gap. The donor count is not a Census household statistic. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.