BOISE, ID: $32.8M on 146,425 FEC receipts

Boise’s volume relative to its dollars

One hundred forty-six thousand four hundred twenty-five lines produce $32,781,693. Divide the pair and the mean itemized line is about $224. That mean is arithmetic from the two packet facts, not a ranking of Treasure Valley giving. FEC.gov does not publish a median or a unique-donor count on this city aggregate.

Meridian, Nampa, and Eagle are other Ada and Canyon County city strings. They are not inside $32,781,693 unless the filer typed BOISE. Ada County is orientation, not an FEC roll-up.

Capital city string, not a statewide sum

Idaho Falls, Coeur d’Alene, and Pocatello keep separate Idaho hubs. Adding them to Boise would be a recode. This packet publishes BOISE, ID only: $32,781,693 and 146,425 lines.

State ID on the key is required in the citation. Recheck both facts on the live hub if a later extract lands.

City string versus postal map

FEC.gov stores whatever city appeared on the itemized receipt. BOISE plus ID is the match. Recoding into a Census place or a Boise MSA label is a different dataset.

ZIP pages cut the same federal series by postal code. Summing Treasure Valley ZIPs can diverge from $32,781,693 when some receipts used Meridian or Garden City as the city. The 146,425-line count follows the city field.

Limits of the Boise aggregate

Idaho state campaigns file under state law. Those receipts are outside $32,781,693 and outside 146,425. Unitemized federal gifts are omitted. Independent expenditures that never appear as contribution itemizations are outside both facts.

Nothing here estimates how Boise voted. Occupation and recipient live on other FEC fields. Use the city table, then ZIP pages, then the cities index.

Citing BOISE, ID

Name FEC.gov, name contributor city, and print $32,781,693 with 146,425 together. Dropping the line count hides Boise’s volume on a low-thirty-million dollar book.

Office addresses can share the Boise city field with household streets. Totals can include a PAC or joint-fundraising address when that is what filers typed. The 146,425 lines are receipts, not unique persons. If the live hub disagrees with this snapshot, trust the hub. Open original reports on FEC.gov when a named Boise receipt matters.

How researchers should use the Boise hub

Start on the live Boise city page, then open ZIP pages if a postal cut is the real question. $32,781,693 is the city-string dollar total in this snapshot. 146,425 is the matching line count. Those two numbers move together when FEC.gov amends a receipt. They do not move because a researcher prefers Meridian as the “real” suburb. Filers typed BOISE. LobbyVault indexed BOISE. Ada County and “the Treasure Valley” are useful for maps. They are not FEC dimensions on this hub.

A mean near $224 is only $32,781,693 divided by 146,425. The large line count is the shape of this extract: many receipts, a modest arithmetic mean. It is not a typical Boise household gift and not a typical downtown-office gift. Occupation, recipient, and party are different FEC fields. None of those fields are in this packet. Do not infer turnout from the 146,425 rows.

Cite the pair in one sentence: contributor city BOISE, ID, $32,781,693, 146,425 itemized federal contributions, source FEC.gov via LobbyVault. If a later extract on the live hub prints a different pair, discard this snapshot. Original PDFs remain on FEC.gov for any named Boise receipt that needs a line-by-line check. Idaho non-federal filings never enter either fact.

Ada County and the Treasure Valley are useful for maps. They are not FEC dimensions on this hub. Garden City, Meridian, and Eagle remain separate city strings even when mail routes cross the Boise city line. $32,781,693 does not grow because a researcher prefers a metro label. 146,425 does not shrink because a researcher prefers unique donors. This packet publishes no unique-donor figure.

The 146,425-line book is the distinctive shape of Boise on this extract: many receipts, a mean near $224. Do not treat that mean as typical. Do not treat the line count as turnout. Recheck both facts on the live hub. Original PDFs remain on FEC.gov for any named Boise receipt that needs a line-by-line check. Idaho non-federal filings stay outside the pair.

Questions

What is Boise’s federal contribution total on LobbyVault?

Itemized FEC.gov receipts listing contributor city BOISE, ID total $32,781,693 across 146,425 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Boise residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside both figures.

Why is Boise’s line count so large relative to the dollars?

LobbyVault counts 146,425 itemized lines for $32,781,693. The arithmetic mean is about $224. That shape is a high-volume city string, not a statement about Idaho politics. Repeat gifts and memo entries can add rows without adding donors. This packet publishes no unique-donor figure.

Does Boise’s total include Meridian or Nampa?

Only if the filer typed BOISE. Meridian, Nampa, and Eagle are separate city strings when they appear that way on the receipt. $32,781,693 is the BOISE, ID match. The 146,425 lines follow the same rule. Metro labels are not an FEC dimension on this hub.

Where do the Boise facts come from?

Both facts come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $32,781,693 and 146,425 lines. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Idaho non-federal filings are outside the pair. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $224 is arithmetic from those two packet numbers.