AMHERST, NH: $105.6M on 14,464 FEC receipts

Amherst, NH: the itemized dollar total

Divide $105,621,053 by 14,464 and the average itemized line is about $7,302. Averages hide mixed line sizes. This packet has no distribution, so $7,302 is a mean, not a typical resident gift.

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. Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, orients Amherst. A small place name can still carry a large itemized book.

Annexation stories about Nashua, Merrimack, or Milford do not rewrite $105,621,053. FEC city strings do not auto-follow city-limit changes. 14,464 contributions tagged AMHERST, NH stay on this page until a filer types a different city. About $7,302 per line is still division.

Amherst’s high average line

Amherst is a concentration book on this extract: $105,621,053 on 14,464 lines produces a mean near $7,302. Fewer rows carry more dollars per row than a high-volume city book. That describes the average line, not a typical household.

A later extract can move Amherst across that description if large lines are refunded or if many small lines are added. Recheck $105,621,053 and 14,464 on the hub.

The FEC city field behind AMHERST, NH

FEC.gov stores whatever city string appeared on the itemized receipt. AMHERST, NH is that string plus state NH. Recoding rows into a Census place would be a new dataset. This page does not do that recode.

ZIP pages under the same state cut the same series more finely. An Amherst city total is not the sum of every ZIP that postal service maps to Amherst; it is the sum of rows that typed this city string.

If a newsroom map paints Amherst together with Nashua and Merrimack, the FEC file still splits them. Milford too. This extract’s only city total is $105,621,053 on 14,464 AMHERST, NH rows, mean near $7,302.

Finer grain than AMHERST, NH

Use ZIP pages to see concentration inside a metro without replacing $105,621,053. Adding selected ZIPs and calling the sum “Amherst” is a recode. FEC.gov did not publish that recode on this city packet.

State NH on the city key is required in the citation so Amherst is not confused with a same-named city in another state.

A complete AMHERST, NH footnote names FEC.gov as the source, names contributor city as the dimension, and prints $105,621,053 and 14,464 as a pair. Leaving off any of those parts turns a public-record total into a slogan. LobbyVault’s job on this page is the pair, the dimension, and the link to the live table.

Postal confusion with Nashua, Merrimack, or Milford is why the city field is a poor residency proxy. $105,621,053 counts rows that stored AMHERST, NH in state NH. 14,464 lines. About $7,302 each. Neighbor names need their own hubs.

Limits of the AMHERST, NH aggregate

State and local campaigns in NH file under state law. Those receipts are outside $105,621,053 and outside the 14,464 line count. Adding them by hand would mix disclosure systems.

The source for $105,621,053 and 14,464 is FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault. If a later bulk file disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls.

A complete AMHERST, NH citation

Title, H1, and table on the live hub should show the same $105,621,053 and 14,464 this guide cites. If they do not, the hub was rebuilt from a newer extract. Trust the hub over this paragraph.

Guides do not replace filings. Open original reports on FEC.gov when a named receipt on the Amherst hub matters to a story.

Amherst, New Hampshire’s $105,621,053 on 14,464 lines is a concentration book: about $7,302 per itemized row. That average can move if a few large lines amend. It still describes rows, not a typical Hillsborough County household. Amherst, Massachusetts is a different state key. Always include NH. Fourteen thousand four hundred sixty-four contributions is a short list next to high-volume city books and a large dollar total next to many small towns. New Hampshire state campaigns are outside FEC.gov city totals. Do not infer a single committee from the high mean; this packet has no committee roll-up. Open the Amherst FEC page for names. Cite $105,621,053 and 14,464 together.

Questions

What is the FEC donation total for AMHERST, NH?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor city AMHERST, NH total $105,621,053 across 14,464 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 Amherst. Unitemized gifts sit outside it.

Is 14,464 a count of Amherst donors?

LobbyVault counts 14,464 itemized contributions for AMHERST, NH. That is a line count, not a headcount of unique people. Repeat gifts, redesignations, and memo entries can add rows without adding new donors. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure, so 14,464 should not be quoted as a population. The matching dollar total on the same extract is $105,621,053.

Is AMHERST, NH a residency total?

No. The city is the contributor-city value on the FEC itemization. Filers typed AMHERST with state NH. Office addresses and mail that list Amherst can be part of $105,621,053 when that is the city string on the receipt. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. The 14,464-line count follows the same rule.

What is the source for AMHERST, NH campaign money figures?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $105,621,053 and 14,464 lines for AMHERST, NH. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Unitemized federal gifts and non-federal filings from NH are outside both figures. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $7,302 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.