What auto-dealer occupation donors give in federal races

Mid-volume lines and a four-figure mean gift

$12,020,006, 10,546 itemizations, and 1,377 donor records are the occupation-level facts. Mean contribution size is about $1,140. Mean dollars per donor record are about $8,729. Repeat giving is about 8 itemizations per donor record.

10,546 lines from 1,377 records is a mid-volume dealer-title stack: fewer schedules than high-repeat status keys, a per-line mean above $1,000. The $8,729 per-donor mean is arithmetic, not dealership profit allocated to politics.

The packet has no new-versus-used split, no franchise brand, and no median gift. A few large itemizations can lift the average.

AUTO DEALER is not a NADA membership list

The FEC record does not verify that the donor holds a dealer license, owns a store, or sells cars. Sales managers, used-car lots, and people describing a family business can all appear. Best-efforts rules do not force a controlled vocabulary.

This page cites only $12,020,006, 10,546 contributions, and 1,377 donors. Neighboring strings such as DEALER or BUSINESS OWNER remain other keys unless the bulk extract merged them.

Donor records and overlapping business titles

1,377 donor records used AUTO DEALER on at least one matching itemization. Address variants split records. A person who listed AUTO DEALER on some gifts and OWNER on others will appear in both occupation totals for those lines.

Occupation is stored per transaction. LobbyVault does not infer party from the dealer phrase.

Industry tables already cover auto employers

Industry pages group employers. AUTO DEALER as occupation is the donor’s job text, not the employer-industry code. Adding $12,020,006 to an industry total double-counts.

Open the AUTO DEALER occupation page for rows. Use the occupations index to place the phrase next to other retail and owner titles.

Citation language

A usable sentence is: occupation equals AUTO DEALER, dollars equal $12,020,006, contributions equal 10,546, donors equal 1,377, sourced from FEC Form 3/3X itemizations indexed on LobbyVault.

Unitemized receipts never carry an occupation code. Quote the three facts together so the four-figure mean gift is visible next to the headline dollars.

Refunds and memo entries follow FEC presentation in the underlying schedules; this guide does not invent a fourth occupation-level fact beyond $12,020,006, 10,546 contributions, and 1,377 donors. Neighboring owner titles stay on their own pages unless the extract merged them into AUTO DEALER.

Reading AUTO DEALER as a two-word trade key

AUTO DEALER in this extract is $12,020,006 on 10,546 itemizations from 1,377 donor records, or $12.0 million in compact millions. Those dollars are itemized activity on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules indexed on LobbyVault from FEC.gov bulk data. Unitemized receipts never carry an occupation code, so they never enter the total. Refunds and memo entries follow FEC presentation in the underlying schedules. People who type dealer, owner, or sales manager may sit on other occupation pages. Only the exact AUTO DEALER key is in $12,020,006.

Arithmetic means on this key are about $1,140 per contribution and about $8,729 per donor record, with roughly 8 itemizations per donor record. Means are not medians. The packet has no gift-size distribution and no party split. Combining AUTO DEALER with neighboring owner strings without naming each source total changes the unit from one FEC string to a homemade cluster. 1,377 donor records on 10,546 lines is a mid-volume trade pool, not a franchise census.

Industry pages group employer-side categories and should not be added to $12,020,006. A person who listed AUTO DEALER on some gifts and a neighboring title on others will appear in both occupation totals for the respective lines. A public-record citation that stays inside the packet is: occupation equals AUTO DEALER, dollars equal $12,020,006, contributions equal 10,546, donors equal 1,377. Candidate and committee pages hold the recipient side.

Researchers who need cycle cuts, employer text, or recipient lists should leave this guide and open the live AUTO DEALER occupation hub. This file restates harvested packet facts only. Compact millions ($12.0 million) are the same headline amount as $12,020,006, rounded to one decimal place. Keep 10,546 contributions and 1,377 donor records in any sentence that quotes the dollars, so readers can see the mid-volume trade pattern rather than a franchise census. Exact-string matching is the method. Anything else is a different query. The occupation field is donor-supplied free text, not a dealer license. A citation that stays inside the packet names AUTO DEALER, $12,020,006, 10,546, and 1,377 together.

Questions

How much have auto-dealer occupation donors given in FEC data?

The AUTO DEALER occupation string is attached to $12,020,006 across 10,546 contributions and 1,377 donor records in LobbyVault’s FEC bulk index. The figure is itemized occupation money, not a census of licensed dealers. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Does AUTO DEALER include used-car and franchise stores?

The string matches whatever donors typed. The FEC does not split new, used, or brand. This page covers AUTO DEALER: $12,020,006, 10,546 contributions, and 1,377 donors. Check the occupations index for neighboring owner strings. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules.

What is the average auto-dealer contribution?

Dividing $12,020,006 by 10,546 itemizations yields about $1,140 per contribution. Dividing by 1,377 donors yields about $8,729 per donor record. Both are means, not medians. Repeat giving is about 8 itemizations per donor record. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Does listing auto dealer prove the donor owns a dealership?

No. Occupation is self-reported free text. The FEC record does not verify license or ownership. Quote 10,546 contributions and 1,377 donor records with the $12,020,006 total. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.