ACTOR

Actor as stored text, 2008 as cycle

Employer and occupation groupings sit on one axis; election cycles sit on the other. Rows that match both — Actor and 2008 — sum to $826,426. 556 itemized contributions and 136 unique donors produced it. The total is not an official organization disbursement and does not name recipients. Independent expenditures and committee transfers live in other FEC tables.

Neither the Actor hub nor the 2008 election cycle hub is this number; each hub drops one of the two keys. Actor is a self-reported title, not a union roster. One hundred thirty-six donors and 556 lines in 2008 matched that word. ACTRESS is a neighboring gendered title with its own cell. ARTIST is a broader occupation key. Named studios typed as employer sit elsewhere. ACTRESS, ARTIST, PERFORMER, ENTERTAINER, and named studios or talent agencies are other keys. This page is the one-word Actor string.

5.3% of the Actor roll

The grouping’s stored total across cycles is $15,661,611 ($15.7 million). The 2008 slice of $826,426 is about 5.3% of that running sum. Other even-year windows hold the remaining 94.7% ($14,835,185). Treating 2008 as the Actor FEC story would ignore that remainder.

Treat $15,661,611 as the denominator for the 5.3% share. It is not market capitalization, not revenue, and not proof of a multi-year political program. The industry hub is the year index for this string. This tie keeps 2008 from being folded silently into $15,661,611.

Questions

How much did Actor donors give in 2008?

FEC.gov aggregates show $826,426 in itemized individual contributions for the Actor grouping in the 2008 cycle, across 556 contributions and 136 donors. That sum is not a PAC total and not the $15,661,611 all-cycle figure.

What share of Actor FEC money is 2008?

The grouping’s all-cycle total is $15,661,611. The 2008 cell of $826,426 is about 5.3% of that figure. Other cycles hold the remaining 94.7% ($14,835,185) on the industry hub. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell; the Actor hub holds other cycles; the 2008 election cycle hub holds other employer strings from the same window.

Does this include only licensed or currently employed Actor donors?

No. The bucket is the self-reported string Actor. The FEC does not verify licenses or current jobs. Related phrases may sit in other groupings. This join reports the string match for 2008 only, totaling $826,426 from 136 donors.

Where is the overlay for the Actor 2008 join?

Open Actor 2008 for the cycle overlay, Actor for the grouping hub, and the 2008 election cycle for the year without this employer filter. All FEC ties lists other two-dimension pages. This JSON file names the join; the overlay holds the itemized rows.