Grouped/Clipped Objects not aligning as a group in Illustrator

[Douglas Design]

Hey there, 

I have broken up and put this group of objects into on group, cascasding groups, and in a clipping mask but they refuse to align as a group. Instead they align to the artboard.. sorta.. real inconsistent. 

I have the Group or Mask selected, nothing is left out of the selection and I have selected "align to artboard" so I am lost on what is causing the issue. 

When I build other groups in Illustrator, even on this file, they align properly. It's just this one complex group.

Thanks for your help,

Matt

[tromboniator]

Hi, Matt,

Any possibility that you could share a link to the problem file? It's difficult to figure out the problem just from your description.

Peter

[Met1]

You're sure it's not grouped with something else, like empty text marginally outside your group?

If you draw a box to the visible bounds of the mask &/or group, does it align as expected?