TRADER

Trader as stored text, 2010 as cycle

Employer groupings sit on one axis; election cycles sit on the other. Rows that match both — Trader and 2010 — sum to $397,195. The cell holds 243 itemized contributions and 71 unique donors. 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 Trader hub nor the 2010 election cycle hub is this number; each hub drops one of the two keys. Trader as a one-word occupation can collect securities traders, commodities traders, and anyone who typed the word. Seventy-one donors in 2010 are matching keys, not a FINRA roster. Named broker-dealers typed as employer sit on firm pages instead. STOCK TRADER, BOND TRADER, TRADER JOE’S-style employer names, and generic FINANCE occupation strings are other keys.

7.2% of the Trader roll

The grouping’s stored total across cycles is $5,491,710 ($5.5 million). The 2010 slice of $397,195 is about 7.2% of that running sum. Other even-year windows hold the remaining 92.8%. Treating 2010 as the Trader FEC story would ignore that remainder.

Treat $5,491,710 as the denominator for the 7.2% 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 2010 from being folded silently into $5,491,710.

Questions

How much did Trader donors give in 2010?

FEC.gov aggregates show $397,195 in itemized individual contributions for the Trader grouping in the 2010 cycle, across 243 contributions and 71 donors. That sum is not a PAC total and not the $5,491,710 all-cycle figure.

What share of Trader FEC money is 2010?

The grouping’s all-cycle total is $5,491,710. The 2010 cell of $397,195 is about 7.2% of that figure. Other cycles hold the remaining 92.8% on the industry hub. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell; the Trader hub holds other cycles; the 2010 election cycle hub holds other employer strings from the same window.

Does this include only licensed or currently employed traders?

No. The bucket is the self-reported string Trader. The FEC does not verify licenses or current jobs. Related phrases may sit in other groupings. This join reports the string match for 2010 only, totaling $397,195 from 71 donors.

Where is the overlay for the Trader 2010 join?

Open Trader 2010 for the cycle overlay, Trader for the grouping hub, and the 2010 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.