Actor occupation money in the 2008 FEC cycle

Actor as occupation, 2008 as the cycle

Two FEC fields define the cell: occupation ACTOR and election cycle 2008. Matching rows sum to $1,179,295, 827 contributions, and 387 donors. ACTOR in 2008 is a performing-arts title on itemized receipts. FEC.gov does not check union cards or IMDb listings. The occupation hub is $13,378,363 across every cycle in the aggregate. The 2008 cycle hub mixes every other occupation that used that year. Neither hub restates this intersection; this tie page exists because the two dimensions meet.

2008’s dollar share is 8.8% ($1,179,295 of $13,378,363). The remainder, $12,199,068, sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. Hundreds of donor keys and hundreds of lines is a mid-scale entertainment-title cell, not a one-person stack. Correlation between a job title and a two-year FEC window is a reporting overlap, not causation of an election outcome. Itemized individual receipts are the coverage. Unitemized money never appears in $1,179,295.

The ACTOR string across every cycle on file

$13,378,363 is the occupation-side denominator. It is not limited to 2008. Actress, Entertainer, and Producer are other occupation keys if stored separately. Adding those keys to $13,378,363 would be a researcher-built recode, not this table. Occupation labels are filer-entered on itemized individual receipts.

Open Actor donations for the $13,378,363 roll. Open the 2008 election cycle hub for every occupation in that window. All occupations and All FEC ties place this pair beside other occupation-cycle pages without combining dollar figures.

387 donors and a four-figure mean gift

Dividing $1,179,295 by 827 contributions yields about $1,426 per gift. Dividing by 387 donors yields about $3,047 per donor. Gifts per donor average about 2.1 (827 ÷ 387). Those ratios describe this string in 2008, not payroll at firms that employ people with similar titles.

387 is a donor-key count inside the occupation × cycle aggregate, not a headcount of everyone who held the job in 2008. Repeat itemization, couples filing separately, and people who used the string on some receipts but not others all move the 387 figure. The cycle hub still holds every other occupation’s 2008 receipts beside this cell. The Actress string is a separate occupation key in this table. Combining Actor and Actress would be a researcher merge, not this join.

What Actor dollars in 2008 are not

A 8.8% share of Actor-coded dollars from 2008 does not mean the occupation caused those gifts, and it does not mean people with that title funded a policy outcome. Occupation and cycle are reported together. The overlap is descriptive. Independent expenditures, committee-to-committee transfers, and unitemized gifts are out of scope.

Federal awards on USAspending.gov are a different ledger. This join does not claim that 2008 donations funded contracts or grants. Quote $1,179,295 as itemized individual receipts tagged ACTOR in 2008, source FEC.gov, and stop there.

How to cite Actor × 2008

A complete claim names Actor and 2008, then $1,179,295, 827 contributions, 387 donors, and 8.8% of $13,378,363, source FEC.gov. Do not convert 387 keys into licensed or employed practitioners. Do not fold independent expenditures or USAspending awards into the cell. Keep both sides of the name—Actor and 2008—whenever the dollars are quoted. Mean gift $1,426 and mean per donor $3,047 travel with those counts; they do not travel with a licensing board.

Occupation hub, 2008 hub, and Actress as a sibling

The occupation hub still holds $12,199,068 outside 2008. Most of the $13,378,363 roll is not this cycle’s cell. This page isolates the overlap for readers who need both the title and the year, not either hub restated. Actress, Entertainer, and Producer are other occupation keys if stored separately. Those titles are not parents of ACTOR on this page. Gifts per donor in 2008 average about 2.1. That ratio is 827 divided by 387, not a measure of turnout.

Questions

How much did Actor-tagged donors give in 2008?

The join records $1,179,295 in itemized individual contributions for occupation Actor in the 2008 FEC cycle, from 827 contributions and 387 donors. The occupation’s all-cycle total is $13,378,363, so 2008 is 8.8% of that roll. Figures come from FEC.gov aggregates. Occupation labels are filer-entered.

Does this count every actor who donated in 2008?

No. The 387 donor keys are people whose itemized receipts grouped to ACTOR in 2008. Filers who used a different title are other occupation rows. FEC.gov does not verify jobs. The cell totals $1,179,295 on 827 lines. Unitemized gifts never appear in this aggregate.

What share of Actor occupation money is the 2008 cycle?

8.8%: $1,179,295 of $13,378,363. The remaining $12,199,068 sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. That share is $1,179,295 divided by $13,378,363, not a ranking of civic engagement and not a peak-year list. Other years’ amounts are not in this packet except as that remainder.

Where are the live Actor and 2008 tables?

Actor donations carries the $13,378,363 occupation total. The 2008 election cycle hub places Actor beside other occupation strings that year. All occupations and All FEC ties list sibling joins. Original filings remain at FEC.gov. This tie page is the Actor × 2008 intersection only.