What did Montgomery, AL itemize in the 2008 cycle?

$191,017 across 166 itemized individual contribution records. The citywide all-cycle total is $39,640,509, making 2008 0.48% of that stack. Data: FEC.gov aggregates by city and cycle.

Why is the Montgomery total ($39,640,509) larger than $191,017?

Because $39,640,509 sums every cycle for MONTGOMERY in AL, while $191,017 is the 2008 filter only (166 gifts). Other cycles account for $39,449,492. The city hub shows the sum; this tie shows 2008.

Is $191,017 from Montgomery confined to Alabama candidates?

These facts do not allocate by candidate or committee state. Donor city is Montgomery, AL. Recipients can be any FEC-registered committee. A AL city field is not a roster of Alabama races.

How many 2008 itemized gifts list Montgomery, AL?

166 records totaling $191,017, a mean of about $1,151 per record. Records are not unique donors. Unitemized and independent-expenditure activity is omitted. No unique-person count is available in this packet.

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Montgomery, AL political money — 2008 cycle

FEC.gov records $191,017 in itemized individual gifts from the city string MONTGOMERY (AL) during the 2008 election cycle. 166 contribution records produce that total. The citywide running aggregate for Montgomery, AL is $39,640,509 across every cycle in the table. This page explains the join, not a single hub. The dollars are individual and itemized only. Motive, party, and named donors are outside the packet.

Key figures

MONTGOMERY (AL) × 2008 = $191,017 itemized individual dollars (166 rows).
Montgomery city stack $39,640,509; 2008 share 0.48%; remainder $39,449,492.
Page is a city-cycle join from FEC.gov, not a restated hub.
No office, party, or recipient-state split of $191,017.
About $1,151 per row; not unique donors.

Two FEC columns: MONTGOMERY and 2008

Column A is city MONTGOMERY in AL. Column B is cycle 2008. Where both are true, the aggregate is $191,017 and the row count is 166. Column A alone is $39,640,509. 2008 is 0.48% of that city total; $39,449,492 (99.5%) is every other cycle. A modest slice of the city stack.

The Montgomery, AL hub still mixes cycles. The 2008 hub still mixes cities. This ties path keeps both filters. 166 and $191,017 are intersection facts. They do not show why a gift was made, who received it, or whether the committee was based in Alabama. Correlation of city and year is not causation.

2008 is stored as a presidential two-year FEC cycle with a presidential general in the window. That classification does not interpret $191,017. Source: FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates by donor city and election cycle.

Montgomery, AL without a year filter

$39,640,509 accumulates itemized individual receipts under Montgomery, AL for all cycles in the extract. Include 2008's $191,017 and exclude it and $39,449,492 remains. The figure is not a census of residents. Alabama statewide pages still include cities other than Montgomery.

The stored city is Montgomery, the Alabama capital. Montgomery County, Maryland, is a different geography. Prattville, Wetumpka, and Birmingham are not rolled into MONTGOMERY in AL. Only the AL key is in $39,640,509. Compare the stack ($39,640,509) with the 2008 cell ($191,017, 0.48%) rather than treating them as the same number. City hub = no year. This page = Montgomery in 2008. Committees on the other side of the receipt can be in any state.

Inside the 2008 presidential cycle

The Commission tags receipts with a two-year cycle. 2008 is that tag. Montgomery, AL donors itemized $191,017 on 166 lines, about $1,151 per line. The mean is not a median and not a person-level average. Unique donors are not reported in these facts.

Leave the national 2008 page for other cities and the Alabama page for other years. This file isolates the pair. Unitemized gifts, independent expenditures, and committee transfers are other datasets. 166 itemized rows is a sizable absolute count of receipts for this join. Linked hubs remain the wider tables.

Keep cityTotal and cycleTotal apart. $191,017 is the 2008 cell for Montgomery, AL: itemized individual contributions in that two-year FEC window only, across 166 records. $39,640,509 is the same city string across every cycle in this extract. Subtracting them leaves $39,449,492 in other even-year windows. Citing $39,640,509 as a 2008 figure mixes the city hub into this join. Citing $191,017 as the lifetime Montgomery total mixes the join into the city hub. 166 is cycleContributions for 2008 only; the packet has no all-cycle row count, so 166 cannot be turned into a share of citywide gifts. 0.48% is dollars only — $191,017 divided by $39,640,509 — not a share of Alabama and not a share of the national 2008 cycle. PAC receipts, independent expenditures, and unitemized gifts are other FEC tables; they are not mixed into $191,017 or $39,640,509. Donor names are not in the packet and are not invented. Source: FEC.gov.

Dollar share of Montgomery's stack

$191,017 ÷ $39,640,509 = 0.48%. $39,449,492 ÷ $39,640,509 = 99.5%. So about 0.48% of Montgomery, AL itemized individual dollars in this aggregate carry the 2008 tag, and about 99.5% do not. Denominators are the city stack, not Alabama and not the national 2008 cycle.

0.48% (money) and 166 (rows) are parallel facts. Without an all-cycle row count, a row share cannot be computed. Do not recast 0.48% as Montgomery's portion of nationwide 2008 receipts; that nationwide figure is not in the packet.

Contribution rows versus people

Operationally this page is 166 itemized contributions totaling $191,017. Repeat appearances and spelling variants of MONTGOMERY are possible. Unique persons are not derived. Montgomery is not ordered against other Alabama cities here.

$1,151 = $191,017 / 166. Occupation, industry, and committee dimensions are other ties. This cell does not itemize recipients. Nearby suburbs typed under other city names are not folded into Montgomery.

Nonpartisan reading of the join

No city ranking, no claim that 2008 was a wave, no stand-in for Alabama opinion. Donor city is not recipient city. AL on the receipt is not a Alabama-only destination. Amended FEC reports can change the totals. Newer hub extracts win if they conflict.

Not included: unitemized individual gifts, independent expenditures, PAC transfers, federal award dollars. Adjacent tables: Montgomery, AL; 2008 election cycle; Alabama campaign finance; all FEC ties. Source: FEC.gov.

Questions

What did Montgomery, AL itemize in the 2008 cycle?: $191,017 across 166 itemized individual contribution records. The citywide all-cycle total is $39,640,509, making 2008 0.48% of that stack. Data: FEC.gov aggregates by city and cycle.
Why is the Montgomery total ($39,640,509) larger than $191,017?: Because $39,640,509 sums every cycle for MONTGOMERY in AL, while $191,017 is the 2008 filter only (166 gifts). Other cycles account for $39,449,492. The city hub shows the sum; this tie shows 2008.
Is $191,017 from Montgomery confined to Alabama candidates?: These facts do not allocate by candidate or committee state. Donor city is Montgomery, AL. Recipients can be any FEC-registered committee. A AL city field is not a roster of Alabama races.
How many 2008 itemized gifts list Montgomery, AL?: 166 records totaling $191,017, a mean of about $1,151 per record. Records are not unique donors. Unitemized and independent-expenditure activity is omitted. No unique-person count is available in this packet.

FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates by donor city and election cycle.