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ECONOMIST

Total Donated

$15,061,265

Contributions

47,419

Unique Donors

1,790

Contributors who listed ECONOMIST as occupation posted $15,061,265 in itemized federal receipts in LobbyVault’s FEC.gov bulk index. Those dollars sit on 47,419 contributions from 1,790 donor records. ECONOMIST is a compact professional-title key with high repeat itemizing, kept separate from ANALYST and PROFESSOR. In compact millions the occupation total is $15.1 million.

Key figures

  • ECONOMIST occupation itemizations sum to $15,061,265 from 47,419 contributions and 1,790 donors.
  • Repeat itemizing is about 26 contributions per donor record; mean line size is about $318.
  • ANALYST, PROFESSOR, and RESEARCHER are separate occupation keys.
  • The title is self-reported and is not matched to degree records.

Modest pool, high line count

$15,061,265 is the occupation-level dollar total. 47,419 is the itemization count. 1,790 is the donor-record count. Mean contribution size is about $318. Mean dollars per donor record are about $8,414. Repeat giving is about 26 itemizations per donor record.

47,419 lines from 1,790 records is a high-repeat pattern for a four-digit donor pool. The per-line mean of about $318 sits between high-volume workplace titles and concentrated finance strings.

These means are not typical-check estimates and not a measure of research salaries allocated to politics. The packet has no academic-versus-private split and no gift-size distribution.

ECONOMIST is not ANALYST and not PROFESSOR

ANALYST, FINANCIAL ANALYST, PROFESSOR, and RESEARCHER are neighboring occupation keys. This page cites only ECONOMIST: $15,061,265, 47,419 contributions, and 1,790 donors. Those other strings stay outside the total unless the bulk extract normalized them here.

The FEC does not verify PhD records, NBER affiliation, or government-economist job series. Academic economists, bank economists, and people who used the title loosely can all appear. Occupation is the donor’s word on that line.

Full analysis: What ECONOMIST donors give in federal races →

Questions

How much have ECONOMIST donors given in FEC records?
Occupation ECONOMIST is attached to $15,061,265 in LobbyVault’s FEC bulk index, from 47,419 contributions and 1,790 donor records. The total is itemized occupation money, not a PhD census. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.
Are professors included in ECONOMIST?
Only if they typed ECONOMIST. PROFESSOR is a separate occupation string. This page covers ECONOMIST: $15,061,265, 47,419 contributions, and 1,790 donors. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.
Why are there so many ECONOMIST contributions per donor?
47,419 itemizations from 1,790 donors implies about 26 contributions per donor record. Repeat itemizing raises the line count. Mean line size is about $318. The packet does not split causes. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.
Does listing ECONOMIST prove a graduate degree?
No. Occupation is self-reported free text. The FEC record does not verify degrees. Quote 47,419 contributions and 1,790 donor records with the $15,061,265 total. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Occupation is self-reported on FEC Form 3/3X itemizations. Indexed on LobbyVault from FEC bulk data.

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