Rancher donations in the 2008 FEC cycle

Rancher as occupation, 2008 as the cycle

Two FEC fields define the cell: occupation RANCHER and election cycle 2008. Matching rows sum to $1,476,383, 1,456 contributions, and 740 donors. 2008 is a mid-size presidential-year land-title cell, not a USDA inventory. The occupation hub rolls every cycle that used this spelling. The 2008 election-cycle hub rolls every occupation that filed that cycle. Neither hub restates this intersection; this tie page exists because the two dimensions meet.

Rancher is a one-word land-and-livestock title as typed. Nearby strings — FARMER, CATTLEMAN, RANCH OWNER, and AGRICULTURE — sit in other occupation hubs when filers used those words. Do not stack those dollar figures onto $1,476,383 or $17,057,096. Ownership of a ranch is not proven by typing RANCHER on an itemized receipt.

2008’s dollar share is 8.7% ($1,476,383 of $17,057,096). The remainder sits in other cycles on the occupation hub and is not itemized by year on this packet. Correlation between a job title and a two-year FEC window is a reporting overlap, not causation of an election outcome. Itemized individual receipts are the coverage. Unitemized money never appears in $1,476,383.

The Rancher string across cycles

Under the exact label RANCHER, harvested individual contributions sum to $17.1 million ($17,057,096). The 2008 cell is 8.7% of that occupation total. The FEC file does not verify acreage, livestock, or a state brand. A share in a presidential cycle is a slice, not proof that the remaining dollars sat in any particular other year. Those other years are not in this packet.

Rancher is not a commodity-PAC membership and not a drought-aid roster. Open Rancher donations for the $17,057,096 roll. Open the 2008 election cycle hub for every occupation in that window. All occupations and All FEC ties place this pair beside other occupation-cycle pages without combining dollar figures.

2008 receipts and donors

Inside the 2008 cell, 1,456 itemized contributions map to 740 donors. That is about 2.0 receipts per donor in the join — a repeat-gift ratio, not a unique-person survey of everyone who holds a similar job. Dollars per receipt average about $1,014; dollars per donor average about $1,995. Averages hide large and small lines sitting in the same total.

Presidential-year volume can mix primary, general, and other receipts dated to 2008. This packet does not split $1,476,383 by those stages or by party. The 2008 election cycle hub shows the cycle’s full occupation mix; this page shows only the Rancher row. 740 donors is a disclosure count for this key in 2008, not a turnout figure.

How to read the two dollar columns

Keep $1,476,383 attached to 2008 and $17,057,096 attached to the occupation string. Adding them would double-count the 2008 dollars that already sit inside the occupation total. Subtracting them does not yield “all other cycles”; it only yields a remainder that this packet does not itemize by year.

Cite FEC.gov. Individual contributions are not PAC independent expenditures and not lobbying registrations. Nothing in the join says donations paid for a federal award, a research grant, or a USAspending obligation. Quote $1,476,383 with both nouns: Rancher and 2008.

What the Rancher–2008 join does not claim

Occupation labels are filer-entered. Rancher is not a commodity-PAC membership and not a drought-aid roster. A person who wrote a nearby title is not in $1.5 million. A person who wrote this string is in it even if the day job differs. LobbyVault does not audit licenses. The public record is the string plus the dollars.

No motive, no vote, no ranking of occupations. Not a USDA farm census, not a cattle-inventory count, and not a brand-inspection roll. Use All occupations to compare other labels; use All FEC ties for other joins. 1,456 receipts and 740 donors are the volume facts for this join.

Questions

How much did ranchers donate in 2008?

Filers who wrote Rancher on FEC individual contribution records itemized $1,476,383 in the 2008 cycle, across 1,456 receipts from 740 donors. That cell is 8.7% of $17,057,096 harvested under the same exact occupation string. Nearby spellings are counted on other occupation pages.

Is Rancher the same as Farmer in FEC data?

No. RANCHER and FARMER are different occupation strings. Cattleman, Ranch Owner, and Agriculture are other keys if filers used those words. This join uses only RANCHER and does not recode farm titles into one agriculture total. Figures are FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates. Rancher in 2008 is $1,476,383 on 1,456 receipts from 740 donors.

What is an occupation-cycle join on LobbyVault?

It is the overlap of one self-reported occupation key and one even-numbered FEC cycle. The occupation hub holds $17.1 million for this string across cycles. The cycle hub holds every occupation that filed in 2008. This page reports only the overlapping cell, $1.5 million, so the two dimensions are not restated as one table.

Does the 2008 Rancher total include PACs or party committees?

$1,476,383 is an aggregate of individual contributions whose occupation field matches this string. It is not PAC independent spending, not committee-to-committee transfers, and not a party split. This packet has no party field. Open the Rancher donations hub or the 2008 election cycle hub for committee-level rows.