Rancher political contributions from Montana

RANCHER plus Montana, a high unique-donor cell

Occupation RANCHER and donor state MT produce $1,041,776, 3,210 contributions, and 260 donors. The occupation hub is $17,057,096, 40,878 contributions, and 3,387 donors. Montana’s dollar share is about 6.1% ($1,041,776 of $17,057,096). Its contribution share is about 7.9% (3,210 of 40,878). Its donor share is about 7.7% (260 of 3,387).

Contribution share and donor share exceed dollar share. Two hundred sixty Montana donors produced a larger slice of people and of itemized lines than of dollars. That is the inverse of concentrated cells where a few large gifts dominate. Here the unique-person list is relatively thick.

FARMER, RANCH OWNER, and CATTLEMAN are other keys if stored separately. They are not inside $17,057,096 unless grouped here. This packet does not claim that grouping.

A land-use title without an acreage file

RANCHER is typed on the receipt. FEC.gov does not match it to a brand inspection, a grazing permit, or a Census of Agriculture farm. Three thousand three hundred eighty-seven national donors used the string. People who typed FARMER sit in another occupation total if that string is a separate slug.

Forty thousand eight hundred seventy-eight contributions from 3,387 donors nationwide is about 12 itemized gifts per donor. Montana’s 3,210 contributions from 260 donors is about 12 gifts per donor as well. Receipt frequency matches. The distinctive Montana pattern is share of donors (7.7%) relative to share of dollars (6.1%).

Montana cell averages

Dividing $1,041,776 by 3,210 contributions yields about $325 per gift. Dividing by 260 donors yields about $4,007 per donor. Nationally, $17,057,096 divided by 40,878 contributions is about $417 per gift. Montana’s mean is lower than the national occupation mean, which fits a cell where donor share outruns dollar share.

Donor state MT is the address on the receipt. Recipients need not be Montana committees. This join does not assign party, does not measure herd size, and does not join to USDA program payments on USAspending.

Two hundred sixty Montana donors produced 3,210 contributions, about 12 itemized gifts per person, matching the national 12. Frequency is not distinctive. Mean gift (about $325 versus about $417) is lower, which is why donor share (7.7%) can exceed dollar share (6.1%). Montana is over-represented in unique people relative to dollars inside this occupation.

What 6.1% of Rancher dollars is not

Montana’s share is a table split. It is not evidence that Montana caused rancher giving, that ranchers as a class funded a party, or that campaign receipts measure agricultural conditions. Occupation and state travel together on receipts. Causation is not in the join.

Coverage is itemized individual contributions from FEC.gov. Unitemized money and independent expenditures are out of scope. Occupation labels are filer-entered. FEC gifts and federal farm awards are different ledgers.

FARMER is a sibling title, not a parent. A Montana filer who typed FARMER is not in $1,041,776. USDA program payments on USAspending are a different ledger. Sharing a rural occupation word does not join campaign receipts to farm awards.

Occupation hub, state hub, other rural titles

Rancher donations carries the $17,057,096 national occupation total. Montana campaign finance carries all MT-coded itemized individual activity. All occupations and All FEC ties keep RANCHER separate from FARMER so $1,041,776 is not treated as a combined agriculture occupation.

The occupation hub still holds $16,015,320 outside Montana ($17,057,096 minus $1,041,776). Use Rancher donations for that remainder. Montana campaign finance holds every other MT-coded title. This page holds only RANCHER × MT.

Donor share ahead of dollars, still just a join

Montana’s 7.7% of Rancher-coded donors and 6.1% of dollars is the inverse of cells where a few large gifts dominate. Two hundred sixty unique people and 3,210 contributions produced $1,041,776 at a mean below the national occupation mean. That is a broad unique-person slice, not a ranch census.

Keep FARMER off this total. Keep USDA awards off this total. $1,041,776 is RANCHER × MT on FEC individual receipts only.

Questions

How much have Rancher donors in Montana given?

FEC itemized individual contributions from donors listing occupation Rancher and state Montana total $1,041,776, from 3,210 contributions and 260 donors. Nationwide, Rancher-coded receipts are $17,057,096 from 40,878 contributions and 3,387 donors. Montana is about 6.1% of those dollars.

Does Rancher mean working ranch operators in Montana?

RANCHER is the occupation text as entered on itemized filings. FEC aggregates do not verify acreage or livestock. The 260 Montana donors and 3,387 national donors are people whose records used that title, not a USDA operator count.

Why is Montana’s donor share higher than its dollar share?

Montana holds about 7.7% of Rancher-coded donors (260 of 3,387) and about 6.1% of dollars ($1,041,776 of $17,057,096). Mean gift in the cell is about $325 versus about $417 nationally. More of the occupation’s people, slightly less of its dollars, sit in this join.

Is this money given to Montana candidates?

Not necessarily. MT is the donor state on the contribution. The $1,041,776 can be received by any FEC-filing committee. This page does not break receipts by office or by in-state versus out-of-state committees.