CONTRACTOR

Contractor as a string, 2012 as a window

Filers write Contractor for many jobs. The aggregate does not split those meanings. This page reports the dollars where that grouped string meets the 2012 federal cycle: $1,760,335 from 1,413 itemized gifts and 416 unique donors.

Average contribution is about $1,246; average per donor is about $4,232. Those means sit near ordinary itemized individual gifts. High volume with a modest average is the pattern of a common occupation word in a presidential year, not a few dominant checks.

The occupation hub stacks all cycles. The cycle hub stacks all employers. This tie is only the overlap.

Six percent of a $28 million occupation bucket

$28,385,563 is every cycle combined. $1,760,335 in 2012 is about 6.2% of that stack. Other windows hold a little less than 94%. A presidential-year cell can look large in isolation and still be a thin slice of a multi-cycle occupation string.

General contractor, independent contractor, and a company name are separate groupings if stored separately. This cell is the one-word Contractor bucket only.

Questions

How much did Contractor-labeled donors give in 2012?

The Contractor grouping’s 2012 cell is $1,760,335 in itemized individual contributions, from 1,413 contributions and 416 donors, based on FEC.gov aggregates. That join is not a PAC total and not the $28,385,563 all-cycle occupation total.

Does Contractor mean federal contractors?

Not necessarily. The bucket is the self-reported occupation/employer string Contractor. Construction, independent work, defense, and other uses can land in the same cell. The word on an FEC form is not a SAM.gov vendor flag. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell; the industry hub holds other cycles; the cycle hub holds other employer strings from the same window.

What share of Contractor FEC money fell in 2012?

About 6.2%. The 2012 cell is $1,760,335 against a lifetime grouping total of $28,385,563. Other cycles hold the remaining dollars on the occupation hub. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell; the industry hub holds other cycles; the cycle hub holds other employer strings from the same window.

Is this the same as federal contract awards?

No. These numbers are FEC individual contribution aggregates. USAspending records federal awards. Sharing the English word contractor is not evidence that campaign gifts funded those awards. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell; the industry hub holds other cycles; the cycle hub holds other employer strings from the same window.