How much did American Airlines donors give in 2008?

Donors who listed American Airlines reported $417,643 in the 2008 cycle on this aggregate — 598 contributions, 161 donors. The figure is not $6,427,635 and is not a named-recipient list. FEC.gov is the source for $417,643, 598 contributions, and 161 donors in the American Airlines × 2008 cell. The lifetime grouping total stored for this string is $6,427,635.

What share of American Airlines FEC money is 2008?

6.5% of $6,427,635 is tagged 2008 ($417,643). That ratio uses only packet facts for AMERICAN AIRLINES. It is not a share of all 2008 FEC receipts. FEC.gov is the source for $417,643, 598 contributions, and 161 donors in the American Airlines × 2008 cell. The lifetime grouping total stored for this string is $6,427,635.

Does this include only American Airlines employees?

Only as a text match. American Airlines here is airline employer text. The Commission does not certify a workforce. $417,643 is the 2008 overlap for AMERICAN AIRLINES. FEC.gov is the source for $417,643, 598 contributions, and 161 donors in the American Airlines × 2008 cell. The lifetime grouping total stored for this string is $6,427,635.

Where is the overlay for the American Airlines 2008 join?

American Airlines 2008 is the overlay. American Airlines is every cycle for the string. 2008 election cycle is every grouping that year. All FEC ties lists other intersections. Packet total $417,643. FEC.gov is the source for $417,643, 598 contributions, and 161 donors in the American Airlines × 2008 cell. The lifetime grouping total stored for this string is $6,427,635.

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American Airlines and the 2008 FEC election cycle

598 itemized gifts totaling $417,643 sit at the meeting of American Airlines and the 2008 cycle. 161 unique donors produced the cell. FEC.gov is the source. The grouping’s all-cycle total is $6,427,635, so this window is about 6.5% — airline employer text in a two-year tag, not an airline PAC, a transportation NAICS rollup, or American Airlines as a corporate treasury.

Key figures

$417,643 is the American Airlines × 2008 overlap.
161 unique donors; 598 itemized contributions; mean gift about $698.
Lifetime grouping $6,427,635; 2008 share about 6.5%.
The page is airline employer text, not an airline PAC.
Unitemized gifts, PACs, and federal awards sit outside this cell.

Two keys: AMERICAN AIRLINES and 2008

The packet’s keys are literal: industry string AMERICAN AIRLINES, cycle 2008. Their product on FEC.gov individual-contribution aggregates is $417,643, from 598 contributions and 161 donors. No recipient list, party split, or PAC total is published here.

Treat the label as airline employer text. Self-reported employer and occupation fields are free text. Filers who wrote a longer firm name, a parent company, or a nearby title are counted elsewhere. This page does not merge those buckets.

$417,643 is smaller than $6,427,635 because other cycles exist, and it is not a share of national 2008 giving because this packet has no cycle-wide denominator. The join is the point.

Where $6,009,992 still sits

After this 2008 cell of $417,643, $6,009,992 of the American Airlines grouping remains in other even-year windows. That remainder is 93.5% of $6,427,635. The 2008 page is not empty of other employers; this file simply does not add them.

Percentages here use packet facts only. No national 2008 total is supplied, so no “share of the election” claim is possible. 6.5% is American Airlines-internal. Because 2008 is about 6.5% of $6,427,635, most stored American Airlines money sits outside this window ($6,009,992). The industry hub is the index for those other cycles. This page isolates 2008 so the lifetime figure is not mistaken for a two-year number.

How 161 donors produced 598 gifts

161 donors and 598 contributions are compatible because one identity can give more than once. The implied 3.7 gifts per donor is a mean. High-repeat filers would pull that mean up; one-time filers would pull it down. The packet does not split those groups.

$2,594 per donor and $698 per line are derived from $417,643. They are not contribution limits and not typical gift size if the distribution is skewed. Volume math uses only three facts: $417,643, 598 contributions, 161 donors. Derived means are $698 per gift and $2,594 per identity. They describe this cell, not typical American giving and not a party split.

2008 is not Election Day

An election-night search is the wrong grain for $417,643. The FEC cycle 2008 is a two-year bucket. Dates belong on the overlay, not in invented subtotals.

The cycle hub and this tie differ by one filter. The hub is all strings in 2008. The tie is American Airlines in 2008. Only the tie is $417,643. Searchers often want a single Tuesday. FEC cycle 2008 is two years. Both years can feed $417,643. Dates, if needed, belong on the overlay, not as invented subtotals in this prose.

Limits of the American Airlines string

The string AMERICAN AIRLINES is not NAICS, not a Dunn-style firm ID, and not a donor page. It is airline employer text. Related names remain other keys. $417,643 does not absorb them.

Motive, party, and recipient strategy are not in the facts. This file does not speculate. 161 donors and 598 contributions are counts, not a narrative about why people gave. The Commission does not verify that AMERICAN AIRLINES is a legal entity, a license, or a current job. American Airlines is airline employer text. $417,643 is a text-match aggregate for 2008 itemized individual receipts.

Keeping American Airlines 2008 distinct from the hubs

American Airlines without 2008 is $6,427,635. 2008 without American Airlines is the year hub. American Airlines with 2008 is $417,643. Mixing those three sentences is the usual citation error this page exists to prevent.

Internal links: American Airlines 2008 (overlay), American Airlines (grouping), 2008 election cycle (year), All FEC ties (other joins). Anchors stay as supplied in the packet. A durable citation names AMERICAN AIRLINES, 2008, $417,643, 598 contributions, 161 donors, and FEC.gov. Add 6.5% of $6,427,635 when lifetime context is required. Do not add USAspending dollars. Restating the join without new numbers: American Airlines in 2008 is $417,643 from 598 itemized individual contributions and 161 unique donors on FEC.gov. The same string stores $6,427,635 across cycles, so 2008 is about 6.5% and other windows hold $6,009,992 (93.5%). The grouping is airline employer text, not an airline PAC, a transportation NAICS rollup, or American Airlines as a corporate treasury. No donor names, recipient committees, party split, or USAspending dollars are in this packet. Live overlay pages override this snapshot. Mean gift size is about $698; mean per donor about $2,594; about 3.7 contributions per donor. Those means are arithmetic, not medians. The two-year FEC window tagged 2008 can include receipts from both years. Independent expenditures remain outside $417,643.

Questions

How much did American Airlines donors give in 2008?: Donors who listed American Airlines reported $417,643 in the 2008 cycle on this aggregate — 598 contributions, 161 donors. The figure is not $6,427,635 and is not a named-recipient list. FEC.gov is the source for $417,643, 598 contributions, and 161 donors in the American Airlines × 2008 cell. The lifetime grouping total stored for this string is $6,427,635.
What share of American Airlines FEC money is 2008?: 6.5% of $6,427,635 is tagged 2008 ($417,643). That ratio uses only packet facts for AMERICAN AIRLINES. It is not a share of all 2008 FEC receipts. FEC.gov is the source for $417,643, 598 contributions, and 161 donors in the American Airlines × 2008 cell. The lifetime grouping total stored for this string is $6,427,635.
Does this include only American Airlines employees?: Only as a text match. American Airlines here is airline employer text. The Commission does not certify a workforce. $417,643 is the 2008 overlap for AMERICAN AIRLINES. FEC.gov is the source for $417,643, 598 contributions, and 161 donors in the American Airlines × 2008 cell. The lifetime grouping total stored for this string is $6,427,635.
Where is the overlay for the American Airlines 2008 join?: American Airlines 2008 is the overlay. American Airlines is every cycle for the string. 2008 election cycle is every grouping that year. All FEC ties lists other intersections. Packet total $417,643. FEC.gov is the source for $417,643, 598 contributions, and 161 donors in the American Airlines × 2008 cell. The lifetime grouping total stored for this string is $6,427,635.

FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates by employer/industry grouping and election cycle.