MISSOULA, MT: $21.8M on 89,876 FEC receipts

89,876 lines behind MISSOULA's $21.8M

MISSOULA shows 89,876 itemizations behind $21,765,491. That is a receipt count, not a unique-person census. A file this long at $21.8M 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 $242.

Missoula is a western-Montana volume book: 89,876 lines against $21.8 million, a mean near $242. Billings is a different eastern-Montana string. Kalispell is another western key, not a subset. 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 $21,765,491 as tagged federal receipts, not as what residents of MISSOULA gave. The 89,876 lines are disclosed transactions, not unique persons.

If a newsroom map paints MISSOULA together with Lolo, Frenchtown, and Kalispell, the FEC file still splits them. This extract’s only city total is $21,765,491 on 89,876 MISSOULA, MT rows, mean near $242. Keep the stored spelling MISSOULA in the citation.

Why MISSOULA on the receipt is not a census

Searchers often want “how much did people in Missoula give.” The honest citation on this page is narrower: itemized federal receipts with contributor city MISSOULA, MT total $21,765,491 across 89,876 contributions. Dropping “itemized” and “contributor city” inflates the claim. No. MISSOULA, MT is the stored western-Montana string. Billings is a different city key with its own packet.

Party is not in this packet. Do not attach a partisan reading to $21,765,491. Occupation and employer may appear on named receipts on the city hub; they are not rolled up here. A mean near $242 is arithmetic from the two packet facts, not a typical household gift.

Outside the MISSOULA itemized book

$21,765,491 is not spending by MISSOULA candidates. A candidate who lives in MISSOULA can raise money from other cities. A donor row tagged MISSOULA, MT can go to a committee anywhere. Unitemized federal gifts sit outside both packet facts.

Postal confusion with Lolo, Frenchtown, and Kalispell is why the city field is a poor residency proxy. $21,765,491 counts rows that stored MISSOULA, MT. 89,876 lines. About $242 each. Neighbor names need their own hubs. MT state-office receipts are omitted.

MISSOULA versus Billings on the FEC tape

MISSOULA is a western Montana high-volume book. 89,876 lines produce $21,765,491, a mean near $242. That line count is not a unique-donor count. Comparing this mean to Billings is only valid on the same series: contributor city, itemized federal receipts.

A MISSOULA total of $21,765,491 does not absorb Lolo, Frenchtown, and Kalispell. Those names are other city strings when filers typed them. State MT stays on the citation so MISSOULA, MT is not merged with a same-named place elsewhere. Mixing in MT state-campaign data breaks the comparison.

City total versus postal codes in MT

89,876 city-field lines can spread across many ZIPs or cluster in a few. This packet does not list those ZIPs. Open the ZIP directory and the live MISSOULA hub rather than guessing the split. After an amendment wave, recheck both the city hub and any ZIP you compared. Snapshots drift independently.

Because this packet carries only city, state, dollar total, and contribution count, every other story about MISSOULA politics sits outside the extract. That includes candidate quality, issue fights, and local election results. This guide stays on the two numbers FEC.gov supplied for the city field: $21,765,491 and 89,876.

Source tables for $21,765,491

A mean of about $242 is division of $21,765,491 by 89,876. It is fair to report as arithmetic. It is not fair to report as a typical resident of MISSOULA. Means move with a few large lines. Internal links on this page go only to the MISSOULA city hub, the all-cities directory, and the ZIP directory.

MISSOULA’s $21,765,491 across 89,876 contributions is a Missoula County city field, mean near $242. Lolo is a neighboring string, not a subset. Missoula County is not summed here. Repeat gifts add rows. Cite $21,765,491 with 89,876 from FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault. If the live hub disagrees with this snapshot, the newer FEC extract controls.

Questions

How much is itemized from contributor city MISSOULA, MT?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor city MISSOULA, MT total $21,765,491 across 89,876 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 Missoula. Unitemized gifts sit outside it. The mean near $242 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.

Is Missoula merged with Billings on this extract?

No. MISSOULA, MT is the stored western-Montana string. Billings is a different city key with its own packet. LobbyVault counts 89,876 itemized contributions for MISSOULA, MT against $21,765,491. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure, so 89,876 should not be quoted as a population. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.

Does the Missoula total include only residents?

No. The city is the contributor-city value on the FEC itemization. Filers typed MISSOULA with state MT. Office addresses and mail that list Missoula can be part of $21,765,491 when that is the city string on the receipt. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. The 89,876-line count follows the same rule.

Are Missoula numbers from FEC.gov?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $21,765,491 and 89,876 lines for MISSOULA, MT. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Unitemized federal gifts and non-federal filings from MT are outside both figures. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls.