WRITER occupation money in FEC itemizations

A narrow pool that itemizes often

8,768 donor records against 312,329 itemizations is about 36 contributions per donor record, among the higher repeat rates in this harvest. $80,210,868 divided by lines is about $257 per contribution. Divided by donors, the mean is about $9,148 per donor record.

High frequency plus a four-digit mean per donor can appear when a modest set of records gives many times, including to multiple committees. The packet does not name recipients. It only supplies the three WRITER facts.

Author, journalist, and screenwriter are other strings if donors used those words. This page is WRITER only.

Self-reporting in creative titles

The FEC does not verify publication credits. Freelance writers, staff writers, and people who write as a side occupation may all type WRITER. Best-efforts collection records the donor’s word, not a guild roster.

A writer who listed ARTIST or SELF-EMPLOYED on other gifts appears in those occupation totals for those lines. Occupation is per transaction.

What the dollars do not measure

$80,210,868 is not publishing-industry revenue and not a Hollywood PAC total. Industry pages use employer categories. Occupation and industry will not match dollar for dollar.

Party is not in the occupation column. Open the WRITER occupation page for recipient rows rather than reading bloc preference from the job word. Restated in compact millions, the occupation total is $80.2 million. That compact figure is the same headline amount as the full dollar total on this page, rounded to one decimal place in millions.

Using the hub

Cite $80,210,868, 312,329 contributions, and 8,768 donors. Use the occupations index to compare WRITER with ARTIST without merging them. Source: Form 3/3X itemizations indexed on LobbyVault.

Unitemized receipts are omitted. Harvested facts have no cycle year. Live filters may change displayed sums. Restated in compact millions, the occupation total is $80.2 million. That compact figure is the same headline amount as the full dollar total on this page, rounded to one decimal place in millions.

Limits

8,768 is a contributor-record count, not a unique-person estimate after name matching. Shared pen names are not resolved in these facts. Do not treat the mean of about $9,148 per donor record as typical freelance income allocated to politics; it is an arithmetic mean of itemized occupation money.

Researchers comparing occupation keys should keep WRITER on its own line with its own dollar, contribution, and donor facts. The occupations index is the inventory of neighboring strings. Industry pages remain an employer-side cut and should not be added to this occupation total. Unitemized receipts never carry an occupation code, so $80.2 million is itemized activity for this string in the loaded extract. Restated in compact millions, the occupation total is $80.2 million. That compact figure is the same headline amount as the full dollar total on this page, rounded to one decimal place in millions.

WRITER’s small pool and high repeat rate

WRITER is $80.2 million on 312,329 itemizations from 8,768 donor records. About 36 itemizations per donor record is a high repeat rate. Mean line size is about $257; mean dollars per donor record are about $9,148. ARTIST is a separate creative-title key and is not included. Author and journalist are other strings unless they normalized to WRITER.

Publication credits are not verified. 8,768 is not a guild roster. Industry pages for media or publishing will not equal $80,210,868. The high per-donor mean is an arithmetic result on a modest record set; it is not typical freelance income. Cite the three facts as an exact-string occupation total on itemized Form 3/3X receipts. WRITER is a small creative-title pool with high repeat itemizing: 8,768 donor records, 312,329 itemizations, $80.2 million, about 36 itemizations per donor record. ARTIST is the neighboring creative string. Author and journalist may live in other keys. Guild membership is not verified. Industry pages for publishing will not equal this occupation total. Cite the exact string.

Questions

How much have WRITER donors given in FEC records?

Occupation WRITER is attached to $80,210,868 in LobbyVault’s FEC bulk index, from 312,329 contributions and 8,768 donor records. The total is itemized occupation money, not a writers-guild roster. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total. The live hub may apply cycle filters; this packet is the harvested occupation key.

Why are there so many writer contributions per donor?

312,329 itemizations from 8,768 donors implies about 36 contributions per donor record. Repeat itemizing raises the line count. Mean line size is about $257. The packet does not split causes. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total. The live hub may apply cycle filters; this packet is the harvested occupation key.

Is ARTIST included in WRITER?

No. ARTIST is a separate occupation string. This page covers WRITER only: $80,210,868, 312,329 contributions, and 8,768 donors. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total. The live hub may apply cycle filters; this packet is the harvested occupation key.

Does WRITER include journalists and authors?

Only if they typed WRITER. Donors who wrote journalist or author are in other strings unless those texts normalized to WRITER. The matching contribution count is 312,329 and the matching donor-record count is 8,768. Those three numbers are occupation-string totals from FEC Form 3/3X itemizations indexed on LobbyVault, not a licensed roster and not a party split.