Actor occupation money in the 2012 FEC cycle

Actor as occupation, 2012 as the cycle

Two FEC fields define the cell: occupation ACTOR and election cycle 2012. Matching rows sum to $1,163,398, 773 contributions, and 291 donors. ACTOR in 2012 uses the same one-word key as the 2008 Actor join, with a different cycle total and donor count. The occupation hub is $13,378,363 across every cycle in the aggregate. The 2012 cycle hub mixes every other occupation that used that year. Neither hub restates this intersection; this tie page exists because the two dimensions meet.

2012’s dollar share is 8.7% ($1,163,398 of $13,378,363). The remainder, $12,214,965, sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. Fewer donor keys than the 2008 Actor cell, with hundreds of lines still in a presidential window. 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 $1,163,398.

The same ACTOR roll, a different two-year clock

$13,378,363 is the occupation-side denominator. It is not limited to 2012. Actress, Entertainer, and Writer 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 2012 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.

291 donors and a four-figure mean gift

Dividing $1,163,398 by 773 contributions yields about $1,505 per gift. Dividing by 291 donors yields about $3,998 per donor. Gifts per donor average about 2.7 (773 ÷ 291). Those ratios describe this string in 2012, not payroll at firms that employ people with similar titles.

291 is a donor-key count inside the occupation × cycle aggregate, not a headcount of everyone who held the job in 2012. Repeat itemization, couples filing separately, and people who used the string on some receipts but not others all move the 291 figure. The cycle hub still holds every other occupation’s 2012 receipts beside this cell. Do not add the 2008 Actor cell to this 2012 figure. Each cycle is its own join against the same occupation denominator.

What Actor dollars in 2012 are not

A 8.7% share of Actor-coded dollars from 2012 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 2012 donations funded contracts or grants. Quote $1,163,398 as itemized individual receipts tagged ACTOR in 2012, source FEC.gov, and stop there.

How to cite Actor × 2012

A complete claim names Actor and 2012, then $1,163,398, 773 contributions, 291 donors, and 8.7% of $13,378,363, source FEC.gov. Do not convert 291 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 2012—whenever the dollars are quoted. Mean gift $1,505 and mean per donor $3,998 travel with those counts; they do not travel with a licensing board.

Occupation hub, 2012 hub, and the 2008 Actor cell

The occupation hub still holds $12,214,965 outside 2012. 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 Writer are other occupation keys if stored separately. Those titles are not parents of ACTOR on this page. Gifts per donor in 2012 average about 2.7. That ratio is 773 divided by 291, not a measure of turnout.

Questions

How much did Actor-tagged donors give in 2012?

The join records $1,163,398 in itemized individual contributions for occupation Actor in the 2012 FEC cycle, from 773 contributions and 291 donors. The occupation’s all-cycle total is $13,378,363, so 2012 is 8.7% of that roll. Figures come from FEC.gov aggregates. Occupation labels are filer-entered.

Does this count every actor who donated in 2012?

No. The 291 donor keys are people whose itemized receipts grouped to ACTOR in 2012. Filers who used a different title are other occupation rows. FEC.gov does not verify jobs. The cell totals $1,163,398 on 773 lines. Unitemized gifts never appear in this aggregate.

What share of Actor occupation money is the 2012 cycle?

8.7%: $1,163,398 of $13,378,363. The remaining $12,214,965 sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. That share is $1,163,398 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 2012 tables?

Actor donations carries the $13,378,363 occupation total. The 2012 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 × 2012 intersection only.