Associate occupation money in the 2008 FEC cycle

Associate as occupation, 2008 as the cycle

Two FEC fields define the cell: occupation ASSOCIATE and election cycle 2008. Matching rows sum to $1,054,614, 1,535 contributions, and 377 donors. ASSOCIATE in 2008 is a one-word rank title. Many filers who use it work in law firms; FEC.gov does not require that reading. The occupation hub is $14,867,080 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 7.1% ($1,054,614 of $14,867,080). The remainder, $13,812,466, sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. Hundreds of donor keys producing more than fifteen hundred lines is a high gifts-per-donor cell in a presidential year. 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 $1,054,614.

The ASSOCIATE string across every cycle on file

$14,867,080 is the occupation-side denominator. It is not limited to 2008. Attorney, Lawyer, and Associate Attorney are other occupation keys if stored as different strings. Adding those keys to $14,867,080 would be a researcher-built recode, not this table. Occupation labels are filer-entered on itemized individual receipts.

Open Associate donations for the $14,867,080 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.

377 donors and a high gifts-per-donor ratio

Dividing $1,054,614 by 1,535 contributions yields about $687 per gift. Dividing by 377 donors yields about $2,797 per donor. Gifts per donor average about 4.1 (1,535 ÷ 377). Those ratios describe this string in 2008, not payroll at firms that employ people with similar titles.

377 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 377 figure. The cycle hub still holds every other occupation’s 2008 receipts beside this cell. A high gifts-per-donor ratio can reflect multiple committees in one cycle. It is not a measure of hours billed.

What Associate dollars in 2008 are not

A 7.1% share of Associate-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 $1,054,614 as itemized individual receipts tagged ASSOCIATE in 2008, source FEC.gov, and stop there.

How to cite Associate × 2008

A complete claim names Associate and 2008, then $1,054,614, 1,535 contributions, 377 donors, and 7.1% of $14,867,080, source FEC.gov. Do not convert 377 keys into licensed or employed practitioners. Do not fold independent expenditures or USAspending awards into the cell. Keep both sides of the name—Associate and 2008—whenever the dollars are quoted. Mean gift $687 and mean per donor $2,797 travel with those counts; they do not travel with a licensing board.

Occupation hub, 2008 hub, and Attorney as a sibling

The occupation hub still holds $13,812,466 outside 2008. Most of the $14,867,080 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. Attorney, Lawyer, and Associate Attorney are other occupation keys if stored as different strings. Those titles are not parents of ASSOCIATE on this page. Gifts per donor in 2008 average about 4.1. That ratio is 1,535 divided by 377, not a measure of turnout.

Questions

How much did Associate-tagged donors give in 2008?

The join records $1,054,614 in itemized individual contributions for occupation Associate in the 2008 FEC cycle, from 1,535 contributions and 377 donors. The occupation’s all-cycle total is $14,867,080, so 2008 is 7.1% of that roll. Figures come from FEC.gov aggregates. Occupation labels are filer-entered.

Does this count every associate who donated in 2008?

No. The 377 donor keys are people whose itemized receipts grouped to ASSOCIATE in 2008. Filers who used a different title are other occupation rows. FEC.gov does not verify jobs. The cell totals $1,054,614 on 1,535 lines. Unitemized gifts never appear in this aggregate.

What share of Associate occupation money is the 2008 cycle?

7.1%: $1,054,614 of $14,867,080. The remaining $13,812,466 sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. That share is $1,054,614 divided by $14,867,080, 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 Associate and 2008 tables?

Associate donations carries the $14,867,080 occupation total. The 2008 election cycle hub places Associate 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 Associate × 2008 intersection only.