Associate political contributions from District of Columbia

ASSOCIATE in the District, not the Virginia counterpart

Occupation ASSOCIATE and donor state DC produce $1,229,853, 2,075 contributions, and 113 donors. The occupation hub is $14,867,080, 55,072 contributions, and 2,045 donors. D.C.’s dollar share is about 8.3% ($1,229,853 of $14,867,080). Its contribution share is about 3.8% (2,075 of 55,072). Its donor share is about 5.5% (113 of 2,045).

Dollar share exceeds contribution share. One hundred thirteen District donors produced a larger slice of dollars than of itemized lines, which is consistent with a higher mean gift than the national occupation mix.

The Virginia Associate join reports $1,504,656 from 154 donors. Those rows used donor state VA. They are not inside $1,229,853. Adding the two cells would mix state codes, not produce a verified regional figure.

What ASSOCIATE captures in D.C. filings

The word appears on law-firm, think-tank, association, and sales receipts. FEC.gov does not recode it. ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY and RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, if stored as other slugs, are not inside $14,867,080 unless grouped here. This packet does not claim that grouping.

Fifty-five thousand seventy-two contributions from 2,045 donors nationwide is about 27 itemized gifts per donor. D.C.’s 2,075 contributions from 113 donors is about 18 gifts per donor. Repeat itemization is less dense in the District cell than in the national occupation average, while mean gift size is higher.

District cell averages versus Virginia’s

Dividing $1,229,853 by 2,075 contributions yields about $593 per gift in D.C. Dividing by 113 donors yields about $10,884 per donor. Nationally, $14,867,080 divided by 55,072 contributions is about $270 per gift. The District mean is more than double the national occupation mean.

Virginia’s Associate cell in this wave averages about $367 per gift ($1,504,656 / 4,096). The two means are not a ranking of regions. They are ratios on different donor-state filters. Donor state DC is the address on the receipt, not proof of a District employer.

One hundred thirteen District donors produced 2,075 contributions, about 18 itemized gifts per person, versus about 27 nationally. The District ASSOCIATE cell is less receipt-dense than Virginia’s ASSOCIATE cell (about 27 gifts per donor) and has a higher mean gift (about $593 versus Virginia’s about $367). Those are two different donor-state filters, not a ranking of regions.

Do not fold D.C. and Virginia Associate dollars

A person who listed an Arlington address is not in this cell. A person who listed a District address is. The join does not commute to a combined labor market. Executive Director donors in the District of Columbia are a neighboring occupation join with 247 donors and $1,507,367; those facts are not inside ASSOCIATE.

Coverage is itemized individual contributions from FEC.gov. Unitemized money and independent expenditures are out of scope. Occupation labels are filer-entered. The 8.3% share is a table split, not causation.

Executive Director donors in the District share DC as donor state and a different title. $1,507,367 in that join is not inside $1,229,853. A person who typed ASSOCIATE on one receipt and EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR on another would appear in different occupation joins for those receipts.

Hubs on each side of the District join

Associate donations carries the $14,867,080 national occupation total used by both the Virginia and District ties. District of Columbia campaign finance carries all DC-coded itemized individual activity. All occupations and All FEC ties keep the two ASSOCIATE state joins as separate files.

The occupation hub still holds $13,637,227 outside the District ($14,867,080 minus $1,229,853). Virginia’s Associate join holds another $1,504,656 of that remainder. Do not add the two state cells and call the sum a metro ASSOCIATE total.

Questions

How much have Associate donors in D.C. given?

FEC itemized individual contributions from donors listing occupation Associate and state District of Columbia total $1,229,853, from 2,075 contributions and 113 donors. Nationwide, Associate-coded receipts are $14,867,080 from 55,072 contributions and 2,045 donors. D.C. is about 8.3% of those dollars.

Should I add D.C. and Virginia Associate totals together?

No. This join is donor state DC only ($1,229,853, 2,075 contributions, 113 donors). The Virginia Associate join has its own $1,504,656. Adding them mixes donor-state codes and is not a verified metro occupation total.

Does Associate mean law-firm associates in the District?

ASSOCIATE is the occupation text as entered on itemized filings. It can cover many job types. FEC aggregates do not verify bar admission. The 113 District donors are people whose records used that word.

Is this money given to District of Columbia candidates?

Not necessarily. DC is the donor state on the contribution. The $1,229,853 can be received by any FEC-filing committee. This page does not break receipts by office or by in-state versus out-of-state committees.