CONTRACTOR

Contractor × 2014 as a separate join

The occupation hub stacks all cycles into $28,385,563. A 2012 Contractor relationship page uses a different cycle key. This page uses 2014: $1,292,602 from 929 itemized gifts and 320 unique donors. Mixing those cells would invent a combined year the packet does not contain.

Average contribution is about $1,391; average per donor is about $4,039. Those means sit near ordinary itemized individual gifts. The midterm cell is smaller in dollars and in contribution count than the 2012 Contractor cell, with a still-broad donor base.

Filers write Contractor for construction, defense, independent work, and other jobs. The aggregate does not split those meanings.

Four-and-a-half percent of a $28 million bucket

$1,292,602 divided by $28,385,563 is about 4.6%. Other windows hold about 95.4%. A midterm cell at 4.6% is a thin slice of a multi-cycle occupation string, consistent with lower national individual totals outside presidential years.

The industry hub is the place to compare 2014 with other Contractor cycle cells. This tie only certifies the 2014 arithmetic.

Questions

How much did Contractor-labeled donors give in 2014?

The Contractor grouping’s 2014 cell is $1,292,602 in itemized individual contributions, from 929 contributions and 320 donors, based on FEC.gov aggregates. That join is not a PAC total and not the $28,385,563 all-cycle occupation total.

Is this the same as the Contractor 2012 page?

No. Both pages share the same occupation grouping and the same lifetime total of $28,385,563, but the cycle keys differ. 2014 is $1,292,602 from 320 donors. This join is only the 2014 overlap. 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.

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.

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.