Analyst donations in the 2008 FEC cycle

Analyst as occupation, 2008 as the cycle

Two FEC fields define the cell: occupation ANALYST and election cycle 2008. Matching rows sum to $1,556,960, 1,588 contributions, and 785 donors. 2008 is a presidential-year slice of a noisy one-word desk title. The occupation hub rolls every cycle that used this spelling. The 2008 election-cycle hub rolls every occupation that filed that cycle. Neither hub restates this intersection; this tie page exists because the two dimensions meet.

Analyst is a short desk title as typed, not a licensed specialty. Nearby strings — FINANCIAL ANALYST, RESEARCH ANALYST, DATA ANALYST, and SYSTEMS ANALYST — sit in other occupation hubs when filers used those words. Do not stack those dollar figures onto $1,556,960 or $21,535,032. Associate and Analyst can describe overlapping junior seats; they remain separate keys.

2008’s dollar share is 7.2% ($1,556,960 of $21,535,032). The remainder sits in other cycles on the occupation hub and is not itemized by year on this packet. 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 $1,556,960.

The Analyst string across cycles

Under the exact label ANALYST, harvested individual contributions sum to $21.5 million ($21,535,032). The 2008 cell is 7.2% of that occupation total. The FEC file does not verify a Series 7, a CFA charter, or a clearance. A share in a presidential cycle is a slice, not proof that the remaining dollars sat in any particular other year. Those other years are not in this packet.

Analyst is not a security clearance, a Series 7, or a think-tank affiliation. Open Analyst donations for the $21,535,032 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.

2008 receipts and donors

Inside the 2008 cell, 1,588 itemized contributions map to 785 donors. That is about 2.0 receipts per donor in the join — a repeat-gift ratio, not a unique-person survey of everyone who holds a similar job. Dollars per receipt average about $980; dollars per donor average about $1,983. Averages hide large and small lines sitting in the same total.

Presidential-year volume can mix primary, general, and other receipts dated to 2008. This packet does not split $1,556,960 by those stages or by party. The 2008 election cycle hub shows the cycle’s full occupation mix; this page shows only the Analyst row. 785 donors is a disclosure count for this key in 2008, not a turnout figure.

How to read the two dollar columns

Keep $1,556,960 attached to 2008 and $21,535,032 attached to the occupation string. Adding them would double-count the 2008 dollars that already sit inside the occupation total. Subtracting them does not yield “all other cycles”; it only yields a remainder that this packet does not itemize by year.

Cite FEC.gov. Individual contributions are not PAC independent expenditures and not lobbying registrations. Nothing in the join says donations paid for a federal award, a research grant, or a USAspending obligation. Quote $1,556,960 with both nouns: Analyst and 2008.

What the Analyst–2008 join does not claim

Occupation labels are filer-entered. Analyst is not a security clearance, a Series 7, or a think-tank affiliation. A person who wrote a nearby title is not in $1.6 million. A person who wrote this string is in it even if the day job differs. LobbyVault does not audit licenses. The public record is the string plus the dollars.

No motive, no vote, no ranking of occupations. Not a CFA census, not a bank-title org chart, and not a data-team headcount. Use All occupations to compare other labels; use All FEC ties for other joins. 1,588 receipts and 785 donors are the volume facts for this join.

Questions

How much did analysts donate in 2008?

Filers who wrote Analyst on FEC individual contribution records itemized $1,556,960 in the 2008 cycle, across 1,588 receipts from 785 donors. That cell is 7.2% of $21,535,032 harvested under the same exact occupation string. Nearby spellings are counted on other occupation pages.

Is Analyst a single profession in FEC data?

No. ANALYST is a function word covering finance, policy, data, and other desks. Financial Analyst, Research Analyst, and Systems Analyst are other keys when those longer strings were typed. This page does not split the cell by industry. Figures are FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates. Analyst in 2008 is $1,556,960 on 1,588 receipts from 785 donors.

What is an occupation-cycle join on LobbyVault?

It is the overlap of one self-reported occupation key and one even-numbered FEC cycle. The occupation hub holds $21.5 million for this string across cycles. The cycle hub holds every occupation that filed in 2008. This page reports only the overlapping cell, $1.6 million, so the two dimensions are not restated as one table.

Does the 2008 Analyst total include PACs or party committees?

$1,556,960 is an aggregate of individual contributions whose occupation field matches this string. It is not PAC independent spending, not committee-to-committee transfers, and not a party split. This packet has no party field. Open the Analyst donations hub or the 2008 election cycle hub for committee-level rows.