DOCTOR

What the DOCTOR × 2012 join contains

LobbyVault groups itemized individual contributions by a normalized employer/occupation string and by FEC election cycle. The overlay table for this join is the Doctor 2012 hub. The string is whatever filers typed that grouped to DOCTOR. It is not NAICS 6211, not a state medical-board roster, and not a merge with PHYSICIAN, MD, or hospital employer names that sit on other industry keys.

One thousand one hundred twenty-three unique donors produced 3,573 itemized lines totaling $37,057,161. That is on the order of 3.2 lines per donor in 2012 — a repeat-present but not extreme pattern. The packet does not publish a mean gift, a party split, or a specialty breakout. Unitemized gifts never appear.

The all-cycle DOCTOR total of $111,741,528 is the parent industry roll-up. Two-thirds of that book sits in cycles other than 2012. Citing 2012 as if it were the entire occupation would overstate this slice by treating $37.1 million as $111.7 million.

2012 as an FEC clock, not a medical year

FEC election cycles are two-year clocks ending on the even year. Cycle 2012 covers the federal reporting window labeled 2012, including the presidential general. This join does not convert that clock into a calendar of residency matches, CMS fee schedules, or hospital fiscal years. Those systems are not FEC.gov.

The 2012 election cycle hub shows all industry strings in that window. DOCTOR is one string among them. Comparing DOCTOR’s $37.1 million to another occupation in 2012 is a same-cycle comparison of self-reported text, not a ranking of professions’ civic virtue.

Questions

How much did DOCTOR-listed donors give in 2012?

LobbyVault attributes $37,057,161 to the DOCTOR employer/occupation string in the 2012 cycle, from 3,573 contributions and 1,123 donors. These are itemized individual receipts. Unitemized gifts are omitted.

Is that the same as all DOCTOR donations?

No. The all-cycle DOCTOR total is $111,741,528. The 2012 slice is $37,057,161, or 33.2% of that parent total. Other cycles hold the rest.

Does this count every physician who donated in 2012?

No. Only receipts whose grouped text is DOCTOR are in the $37.1 million. People who wrote PHYSICIAN or a hospital name are in other rows. The 1,123 donor count is unique contributors in this string, not a license census.

What years does the 2012 cycle cover?

FEC cycle 2012 is the two-year federal election window labeled 2012. This join does not republish day-by-day coverage rules. The 2012 election cycle hub is the cycle-wide table.