POLITICAL CONSULTANT

A small roster, $4,327,768

Two hundred thirty-four unique donors produced 9,955 contributions totaling $4,327,768. Mean gift size is about $435. The high per-donor mean follows from a thin unique-person count, not from a packet fact about typical retainers. Top employer is POLITICAL CONSULTANT, so many filers used the title as the employer field (common for principals of small shops).

Firm names (a consulting LLC) are other industry keys if typed in the employer box. $4,327,768 is the title-string cluster.

Title versus firm, and versus lobbyist

LOBBYIST is a separate industry key in this same harvest wave. The packets do not identify overlap between people who sometimes write political consultant and sometimes write lobbyist. Do not add those totals together. Each string is its own $ amount.

Industry labels come from FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS. Occupation breakdowns remain the companion title index.

Questions

How much have political consultant-labeled filers given federally?

The POLITICAL CONSULTANT industry cluster totals $4,327,768 in itemized FEC contributions, from 9,955 contributions and 234 donors. Filers wrote that title in employer or occupation. The figure is their disclosed gifts, not a tally of client spending. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer/occupation string as indexed on LobbyVault from FEC.gov. Unitemized gifts, state filings, and lobbying reports are omitted and are not added to the itemized total cited here.

Is this the same as lobbyist donations?

No. LOBBYIST is a separate FEC self-report string with its own industry page. This packet’s $4,327,768 is POLITICAL CONSULTANT only. The facts do not identify overlapping people. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer/occupation string as indexed on LobbyVault from FEC.gov. Unitemized gifts, state filings, and lobbying reports are omitted and are not added to the itemized total cited here.

How many unique political-consultant-labeled donors are there?

LobbyVault counts 234 donors and 9,955 contributions. Unique-donor count is matching disclosure text, not a headcount of consulting firms. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer/occupation string as indexed on LobbyVault from FEC.gov. Unitemized gifts, state filings, and lobbying reports are omitted and are not added to the itemized total cited here.

Why is political consultant on the industry list?

LobbyVault industries rank FEC employer/occupation self-reports. Job titles share the index with company names because FEC.gov does not attach NAICS. Top employer in the facts is POLITICAL CONSULTANT. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer/occupation string as indexed on LobbyVault from FEC.gov. Unitemized gifts, state filings, and lobbying reports are omitted and are not added to the itemized total cited here.