American Express political money in the 2012 cycle

111 American Express-coded donors in 2012

In 2012, receipts tagged AMERICAN EXPRESS sum to $237,805 on 296 itemized lines from 111 harvested donors. About $803 per receipt is $237,805 divided by 296. About $2,142 per harvested donor is $237,805 divided by 111. Lines per donor average about 2.7. FEC even-year cycles run through December 31 of the even year; 2012 names that two-year window, not a single November night.

296 lines from 111 donors is a mid-scale card-issuer employer cell with a four-figure mean per donor. A payments brand on Schedule A is still filer-entered employer text. It is not a GSA SmartPay award.

American Express as stored employer text

This page exists because two FEC dimensions meet: employer/industry grouping American Express and even-year election cycle 2012. $237,805 is the intersection. $4,940,512 is the grouping’s harvested all-cycle total before the year filter. 296 is the 2012 line count. The 2012 donor count is 111 (111 harvested donors). LobbyVault does not convert those integers into a motive, a lobbying total, or a USAspending award.

The American Express grouping beyond 2012

The parent grouping indexes $4,940,512 ($4.94 million rounded). 2012’s $237,805 is 4.8% of that parent. Other even-year cuts exist on other cycle hubs. This packet publishes one cycle integer for this page: $237,805. Do not invent a 2010 or 2014 total from these facts. The leftover $4,702,707 sits in other harvested years under the same American Express key.

Employer strings are filer-entered. American Express captures whatever collapsed into this key in the harvest. AMEX, AMERICAN EXPRESS CO, and AMEX CENTURION can sit on other employer keys. Independent expenditures by a committee that shares a brand with American Express are a different schedule and are not inside $237,805 or $4,940,512.

4.8% is $237,805 divided by $4,940,512. Rounding to $237,805 and $4.94 million does not create extra facts. Use exact integers in a table. Use the rounded forms only as headlines of those same integers.

A card-brand employer is not a travel-card award

This join is not a claim that American Express bought an election in 2012. It is not a party split; this packet has none. It is not a unique-person census of a workforce. The harvest counts 111 donor keys in the 2012 slice, and one person can still appear across committees. It is not federal spending under USAspending.gov. Contributions do not fund awards on this page.

It is not a card-network settlement table, a GSA travel-card award book, or a company PAC independent-expenditure total. Unitemized federal gifts never enter $237,805. State-office campaigns never enter $237,805. Amendments can restate large transfers while most of the 296 small lines stay put. After quarterly filings, reread the American Express 2012 hub. If that hub and this snapshot disagree, FEC.gov controls.

Comparing American Express in 2012 to another industry requires that other industry’s cycle hub. This packet has one grouping and one cycle. A ranking of industries for 2012 is a different page — the 2012 election-cycle index — not a homemade sort of this file.

How to cite American Express × 2012

The American Express 2012 overlay is the live table for this cut. The American Express industry page is the parent grouping at $4,940,512. The 2012 election-cycle index lists other employer strings in the same two-year window; it is not a license to add those strings to $237,805. All FEC ties holds sibling joins. Use all four links. None of them converts $237,805 into USAspending obligations.

Citation template: employer/industry grouping American Express, election cycle 2012, $237,805 on 296 itemized individual contributions from 111 harvested donors, which is 4.8% of the grouping’s harvested $4,940,512 all-cycle total. Source: FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

Keep the unit explicit. American Express is an employer/industry string. 2012 is an FEC two-year cycle. $237,805 is itemized individual contributions in that intersection. The harvested donor count is 111 harvested donors. 296 is the line count. $4,940,512 is the parent grouping. None of those fields is a vote total.

Questions

How much did American Express donors give in 2012?

FEC itemized individual contributions tagged American Express totaled $237,805 in 2012 across 296 receipts from 111 harvested donors. That cycle is 4.8% of the grouping’s $4,940,512 all-cycle total. It is not PAC independent spending.

Is $237,805 American Express’s PAC spending?

No. The join is itemized individual contributions coded to AMERICAN EXPRESS in the 2012 cycle. A connected PAC, if one exists, is a committee page. Independent expenditures are a different schedule. Filings remain on FEC.gov. This page quotes packet facts only.

How many American Express donors appear in 2012?

The harvest counts 111 donor keys on 296 itemized receipts totaling $237,805. Donor count is not a unique-person census and not a payroll. Repeat gifts add lines. About $2,142 per donor is dollars divided by 111. Filings remain on FEC.gov. This page quotes packet facts only.

Where is the live American Express 2012 table?

Use the American Express 2012 cycle hub, the American Express industry page, the 2012 election-cycle index, and All FEC ties. Original filings remain on FEC.gov. This guide quotes $237,805, 296 receipts, 111 harvested donors, and $4,940,512.