Associate donations in the 2012 FEC cycle

Associate as occupation, 2012 as the cycle

Two FEC fields define the cell: occupation ASSOCIATE and election cycle 2012. Matching rows sum to $1,418,038, 2,110 contributions, and 416 donors. 2012 packs more than two thousand receipts into a few hundred Associate-coded donors. The occupation hub rolls every cycle that used this spelling. The 2012 election-cycle hub rolls every occupation that filed that cycle. Neither hub restates this intersection; this tie page exists because the two dimensions meet.

Associate is a one-word junior-or-member title as typed. Nearby strings — ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY, ASSOCIATE, LAW ASSOCIATE, and FINANCIAL ASSOCIATE — sit in other occupation hubs when filers used those words. Do not stack those dollar figures onto $1,418,038 or $14,867,080. A law-firm class year and a retail-associate job can share ASSOCIATE; they stay one key here.

2012’s dollar share is 9.5% ($1,418,038 of $14,867,080). 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 $1,418,038.

The Associate string across cycles

Under the exact label ASSOCIATE, harvested individual contributions sum to $14.9 million ($14,867,080). The 2012 cell is 9.5% of that occupation total. The FEC file does not verify a bar admission, a Series license, or a firm seat. 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.

Associate is not a bar roster and not an analyst recode. Open Associate donations for the $14,867,080 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.

2012 receipts and donors

Inside the 2012 cell, 2,110 itemized contributions map to 416 donors. That is about 5.1 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 $672; dollars per donor average about $3,409. Averages hide large and small lines sitting in the same total.

Presidential-year volume can mix primary, general, and other receipts dated to 2012. This packet does not split $1,418,038 by those stages or by party. The 2012 election cycle hub shows the cycle’s full occupation mix; this page shows only the Associate row. 416 donors is a disclosure count for this key in 2012, not a turnout figure.

How to read the two dollar columns

Keep $1,418,038 attached to 2012 and $14,867,080 attached to the occupation string. Adding them would double-count the 2012 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 $1,418,038 with both nouns: Associate and 2012.

What the Associate–2012 join does not claim

Occupation labels are filer-entered. Associate is not a bar roster and not an analyst recode. A person who wrote a nearby title is not in $1.4 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 law-firm class list, not a bank-title census, and not a partnership track. Use All occupations to compare other labels; use All FEC ties for other joins. 2,110 receipts and 416 donors are the volume facts for this join.

Questions

How much did associate-coded filers donate in 2012?

Filers who wrote Associate on FEC individual contribution records itemized $1,418,038 in the 2012 cycle, across 2,110 receipts from 416 donors. That cell is 9.5% of $14,867,080 harvested under the same exact occupation string. Nearby spellings are counted on other occupation pages.

Does Associate mean a law-firm associate?

Not necessarily. ASSOCIATE is a junior-or-member stamp used in law, banking, consulting, and other shops. Associate Attorney and Financial Associate are other keys if spelled out. This join does not recode those compounds into ASSOCIATE. Figures are FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates. Associate in 2012 is $1,418,038 on 2,110 receipts from 416 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 $14.9 million for this string across cycles. The cycle hub holds every occupation that filed in 2012. This page reports only the overlapping cell, $1.4 million, so the two dimensions are not restated as one table.

Does the 2012 Associate total include PACs or party committees?

$1,418,038 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 Associate donations hub or the 2012 election cycle hub for committee-level rows.