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GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS

Total Donated

$8,440,747

Contributions

17,735

Unique Donors

947

Itemized federal receipts tagged GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS total $8,440,747 in LobbyVault’s index of FEC.gov files. That sum sits on 17,735 contributions from 947 donor records. Government affairs here is a two-word field phrase, stored separately from GOVERNMENT RELATIONS and from LOBBYIST if those keys did not normalize here. In compact millions the occupation total is $8.4 million.

Key figures

  • GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS occupation itemizations sum to $8,440,747 from 17,735 contributions and 947 donors.
  • Mean amounts are about $476 per contribution and about $8,913 per donor record.
  • The field phrase is stored separately from GOVERNMENT RELATIONS and LOBBYIST unless the extract merged them.
  • Industry pages are a separate employer-side cut and should not be added to this total.

A $476 mean on a two-word field label

$8,440,747, 17,735 itemizations, and 947 donor records are the occupation-level facts. Mean contribution size is about $476. Mean dollars per donor record are about $8,913. Repeat giving is about 19 itemizations per donor record.

17,735 lines from 947 records is a mid-volume advocacy-field stack with a smaller donor-record pool than many workplace titles. The $476 per-line mean sits near other professional field labels, not with high-repeat status keys that post many small gifts.

The packet has no LDA-registration field, no employer, and no median gift. A few large itemizations can lift the average.

GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS versus GOVERNMENT RELATIONS and LOBBYIST

The FEC record does not verify that the donor is a registered lobbyist. In-house government-affairs staff, consultants, association employees, and people describing a policy shop can all type the field phrase. Best-efforts rules do not force a controlled vocabulary.

This page cites only $8,440,747, 17,735 contributions, and 947 donors. GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, LOBBYIST, and PUBLIC AFFAIRS remain other keys unless the bulk extract merged them.

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Questions

How much have government-affairs occupation donors given in FEC data?
The GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS occupation string is attached to $8,440,747 across 17,735 contributions and 947 donor records in LobbyVault’s FEC bulk index. The figure is itemized occupation money, not a census of registered lobbyists. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.
Does GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS include GOVERNMENT RELATIONS or lobbyist filings?
Only if the bulk extract normalized those strings to this phrase. Otherwise they are separate keys. This page covers GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS: $8,440,747, 17,735 contributions, and 947 donors. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.
What is the average government-affairs contribution?
Dividing $8,440,747 by 17,735 itemizations yields about $476 per contribution. Dividing by 947 donors yields about $8,913 per donor record. Both are means, not medians. Repeat giving is about 19 itemizations per donor record. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.
Does listing government affairs prove LDA registration?
No. Occupation is self-reported free text. The FEC record does not verify lobbyist registration. Quote 17,735 contributions and 947 donor records with the $8,440,747 total. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Occupation is self-reported on FEC Form 3/3X itemizations. Indexed on LobbyVault from FEC bulk data.

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