CME

CME 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 — CME and 2008 — sum to $752,478. 628 itemized contributions and 188 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 CME hub nor the 2008 election cycle hub is this number; each hub drops one of the two keys. CME is a three-letter employer grouping as stored, not a membership roster of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. One hundred eighty-eight donors and 628 lines in 2008 matched those letters. Expanding the acronym into a legal name would point at a different key if filers typed the words out. CME GROUP, CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE, CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE, and TRADER occupation strings are other keys if stored separately.

7.1% of the CME roll

The grouping’s stored total across cycles is $10,607,839 ($10.6 million). The 2008 slice of $752,478 is about 7.1% of that running sum. Other even-year windows hold the remaining 92.9% ($9,855,361). Treating 2008 as the CME FEC story would ignore that remainder.

Treat $10,607,839 as the denominator for the 7.1% 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 $10,607,839.

Questions

How much did CME donors give in 2008?

FEC.gov aggregates show $752,478 in itemized individual contributions for the CME grouping in the 2008 cycle, across 628 contributions and 188 donors. That sum is not a PAC total and not the $10,607,839 all-cycle figure.

What share of CME FEC money is 2008?

The grouping’s all-cycle total is $10,607,839. The 2008 cell of $752,478 is about 7.1% of that figure. Other cycles hold the remaining 92.9% ($9,855,361) on the industry hub. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell; the CME hub holds other cycles; the 2008 election cycle hub holds other employer strings from the same window.

Is $752,478 the CME PAC total for 2008?

No. $752,478 is itemized individual contributions whose employer field grouped to CME in the 2008 cycle. It is not committee disbursements, not independent expenditures, and not a verified employee census. 628 contributions came from 188 donors. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell; the CME hub holds other cycles; the 2008 election cycle hub holds other employer strings from the same window.

Where is the overlay for the CME 2008 join?

Open CME 2008 for the cycle overlay, CME 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.