BANK OF AMERICA

Bank of America as stored employer text, 2008 as cycle

Employer and occupation groupings sit on one axis; election cycles sit on the other. Rows that match both — Bank of America and 2008 — sum to $847,569. 948 itemized contributions and 456 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 Bank of America hub nor the 2008 election cycle hub is this number; each hub drops one of the two keys. Four hundred fifty-six donors and 948 lines in 2008 sit under the three-word Bank of America employer string. Merrill Lynch as a stored name is a different key even when corporate history later joined the brands. This join does not recode those neighbors. BOA, BofA, BANK OF AMERICA CORP, MERRILL LYNCH, and BANKER occupation strings are other keys if filers used them.

7.3% of the Bank of America roll

The grouping’s stored total across cycles is $11,582,158 ($11.6 million). The 2008 slice of $847,569 is about 7.3% of that running sum. Other even-year windows hold the remaining 92.7% ($10,734,589). Treating 2008 as the Bank of America FEC story would ignore that remainder.

Treat $11,582,158 as the denominator for the 7.3% 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 $11,582,158.

Questions

How much did Bank of America donors give in 2008?

FEC.gov aggregates show $847,569 in itemized individual contributions for the Bank of America grouping in the 2008 cycle, across 948 contributions and 456 donors. That sum is not a PAC total and not the $11,582,158 all-cycle figure.

What share of Bank of America FEC money is 2008?

The grouping’s all-cycle total is $11,582,158. The 2008 cell of $847,569 is about 7.3% of that figure. Other cycles hold the remaining 92.7% ($10,734,589) on the industry hub. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell; the Bank of America hub holds other cycles; the 2008 election cycle hub holds other employer strings from the same window.

Is $847,569 the Bank of America PAC total for 2008?

No. $847,569 is itemized individual contributions whose employer field grouped to Bank of America in the 2008 cycle. It is not committee disbursements, not independent expenditures, and not a verified employee census. 948 contributions came from 456 donors. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell; the Bank of America hub holds other cycles; the 2008 election cycle hub holds other employer strings from the same window.

Where is the overlay for the Bank of America 2008 join?

Open Bank of America 2008 for the cycle overlay, Bank of America 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.