GOOGLE

Google 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 — Google and 2008 — sum to $817,677. 577 itemized contributions and 253 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 Google hub nor the 2008 election cycle hub is this number; each hub drops one of the two keys. Two hundred fifty-three donors and 577 lines in 2008 sit under the one-word Google brand. Later parent-company labels are not recoded backward into this historical cell. MICROSOFT is a neighboring technology-employer string, not a share of this total. GOOGLE INC, GOOGLE LLC, ALPHABET, and YOUTUBE or other product-brand strings are other keys if filers typed them.

2.9% of the Google roll

The grouping’s stored total across cycles is $28,141,117 ($28.1 million). The 2008 slice of $817,677 is about 2.9% of that running sum. Other even-year windows hold the remaining 97.1% ($27,323,440). Treating 2008 as the Google FEC story would ignore that remainder.

Treat $28,141,117 as the denominator for the 2.9% 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 $28,141,117.

Questions

How much did Google donors give in 2008?

FEC.gov aggregates show $817,677 in itemized individual contributions for the Google grouping in the 2008 cycle, across 577 contributions and 253 donors. That sum is not a PAC total and not the $28,141,117 all-cycle figure.

What share of Google FEC money is 2008?

The grouping’s all-cycle total is $28,141,117. The 2008 cell of $817,677 is about 2.9% of that figure. Other cycles hold the remaining 97.1% ($27,323,440) on the industry hub. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell; the Google hub holds other cycles; the 2008 election cycle hub holds other employer strings from the same window.

Is $817,677 the Google PAC total for 2008?

No. $817,677 is itemized individual contributions whose employer field grouped to Google in the 2008 cycle. It is not committee disbursements, not independent expenditures, and not a verified employee census. 577 contributions came from 253 donors. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell; the Google hub holds other cycles; the 2008 election cycle hub holds other employer strings from the same window.

Where is the overlay for the Google 2008 join?

Open Google 2008 for the cycle overlay, Google 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.