How much did Minneapolis, MN donors give in 2008?

Itemized FEC individual contributions listing contributor city MINNEAPOLIS and cycle 2008 total $656,204 across 520 receipts in this LobbyVault extract. That is the city-cycle join, not the all-cycle Minneapolis, MN book of $142.2 million. Unitemized gifts and Minnesota state-office filings sit outside both figures.

Is $656,204 all of Minneapolis’s federal political money?

No. $142.2 million is the all-cycle itemized book for contributor city MINNEAPOLIS in MN. The 2008 slice is $656,204, 0.5% of that book. Other cycles in the same city string are on the Minneapolis, MN hub. 520 is a 2008 receipt count, not a unique-donor count.

Does the 2008 Minneapolis total count only residents?

No. The city is the contributor-city value on the FEC itemization. Filers typed MINNEAPOLIS with state MN. Office addresses and joint-fundraising mail that list Minneapolis can sit in $656,204 when that is the stored string. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book.

Where do the Minneapolis, MN 2008 numbers come from?

FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates, indexed on LobbyVault: $656,204 and 520 lines for MINNEAPOLIS in cycle 2008, and $142.2 million for the city string across cycles. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls.

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Minneapolis, MN political money in the 2008 election cycle

Filers listing Minneapolis, MN reported $656,204 in itemized individual contributions during the 2008 presidential election cycle, across 520 FEC receipts. That dollar figure is the city-and-cycle join, not Minneapolis’s all-cycle book of $142.2 million and not a national 2008 total. Source: FEC.gov Schedule A aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

Key figures

$656,204 across 520 itemized receipts is the Minneapolis, MN × 2008 join.
$142.2 million is the all-cycle Minneapolis, MN city book; 2008 is 0.5% of that book.
Mean near $1,262 is $656,204 ÷ 520, not a median resident.
City MINNEAPOLIS is filer-entered; 2008 is the FEC cycle tag.
If the live hub disagrees, the newer FEC extract controls.

How Minneapolis meets the 2008 election cycle

$656,204 is the overlap of two FEC dimensions: contributor city MINNEAPOLIS with state MN, and election cycle 2008. LobbyVault stores that join so a reader can open the Minneapolis, MN city hub and the 2008 election cycle hub without treating either page as a substitute for this one. The city hub answers “how much itemized money has this city string produced across cycles.” The cycle hub answers “how much itemized money did that two-year federal window produce nationally.” This page answers only the intersection: Minneapolis, MN in 2008.

520 is a receipt count for that intersection, not a unique-donor census. A person who gave twice is two lines. A PAC or joint-fundraising address that stored MINNEAPOLIS is in the same city field as a household street. Arithmetic mean per line is about $1,262 ($656,204 ÷ 520). That mean is division, not a typical resident and not a median.

2008 is a presidential election cycle. That calendar label does not explain $656,204. This packet does not carry party splits, committee names, or occupation mix for the join. Cite the two packet dollars — $656,204 for the 2008 slice and $142.2 million for the Minneapolis, MN book — and stop before assigning motive.

The Minneapolis, MN side of the join

Across cycles in this extract, contributor city MINNEAPOLIS in Minnesota totals $142.2 million. $656,204 is 0.5% of that city book. A small share does not mean 2008 was quiet in Minneapolis; it means later or earlier cycles in the same city string can dwarf a single window. The live Minneapolis, MN table is the place to compare other years. This snapshot lists one cycle.

The stored city sits in Hennepin County, Minnesota. St. Paul is a separate city string across the river. State MN stays on the citation so Minneapolis is not merged with a same-named place in another state. A repeated city name under another state code is a different FEC key. $142.2 million is the MN key only.

The 2008 cycle side for Minnesota filers in Minneapolis

Federal election cycles are two-year windows on FEC.gov. The 2008 cycle is not a calendar year of January gifts only; it is the Commission’s cycle tag on itemized receipts. 520 Minneapolis, MN lines in that window produced $656,204. National 2008 activity — every city — lives on the 2008 election cycle hub, not here.

Minnesota campaign-finance pages roll up the state, including cities that are not Minneapolis. Do not add $656,204 to a state total from that hub; the state page already contains this city when the same extract is used. All FEC ties is the directory of other city-cycle and city-industry joins. None of those pages converts $656,204 into spending by Minneapolis candidates.

What $656,204 does not measure

$656,204 is itemized federal individual contributions with contributor city MINNEAPOLIS. Unitemized gifts below the itemization threshold sit outside it. State-office campaigns in Minnesota file under state law and sit outside it. Independent-expenditure totals are a different FEC table. A candidate who lives in Minneapolis can raise money from other cities; those gifts are not this join.

City labels are filer-entered. A donor who typed MINNEAPOLIS is counted; a donor who typed a neighborhood, a firm city, or a nearby suburb is not recoded into Minneapolis. LobbyVault does not rewrite the city field into a Census place or a residency test. Treat 520 as lines that stored this string in 2008.

Reading Minneapolis and 2008 together without mixing tables

Correlation is not causation. $656,204 beside $142.2 million does not mean 2008 “caused” the city book or that Minneapolis “drove” the 2008 cycle. The join is a filter: city string plus cycle tag. Amended reports can move either number. If the live Minneapolis, MN hub or the live 2008 cycle hub disagrees with this prose, the newer FEC extract controls.

Internal links on this page go to Minneapolis, MN, the 2008 election cycle, Minnesota campaign finance, and All FEC ties. Use those four doors. Do not paste $656,204 into a USAspending award story; FEC receipts and federal obligations are different statutes. This packet has no award dollars.

Questions

How much did Minneapolis, MN donors give in 2008?: Itemized FEC individual contributions listing contributor city MINNEAPOLIS and cycle 2008 total $656,204 across 520 receipts in this LobbyVault extract. That is the city-cycle join, not the all-cycle Minneapolis, MN book of $142.2 million. Unitemized gifts and Minnesota state-office filings sit outside both figures.
Is $656,204 all of Minneapolis’s federal political money?: No. $142.2 million is the all-cycle itemized book for contributor city MINNEAPOLIS in MN. The 2008 slice is $656,204, 0.5% of that book. Other cycles in the same city string are on the Minneapolis, MN hub. 520 is a 2008 receipt count, not a unique-donor count.
Does the 2008 Minneapolis total count only residents?: No. The city is the contributor-city value on the FEC itemization. Filers typed MINNEAPOLIS with state MN. Office addresses and joint-fundraising mail that list Minneapolis can sit in $656,204 when that is the stored string. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book.
Where do the Minneapolis, MN 2008 numbers come from?: FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates, indexed on LobbyVault: $656,204 and 520 lines for MINNEAPOLIS in cycle 2008, and $142.2 million for the city string across cycles. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls.

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