Author political money in the 2008 election cycle

Author as occupation, 2008 as the cycle

Two FEC fields define the cell: occupation AUTHOR and election cycle 2008. Matching rows sum to $738,290, 655 contributions, and 264 donors. AUTHOR is a creative occupation string. FEC.gov does not verify published books or advances. The occupation hub is $19,237,050 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 3.8% ($738,290 of $19,237,050). The remainder, $18,498,760, sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. 655 lines from 264 donors with about 2.5 gifts per person is a mid-scale literary-title cell in a presidential cycle. 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 $738,290.

A large Author occupation total across cycles

$19,237,050 is the occupation-side denominator. It is not limited to 2008. Writer, Journalist, and Novelist are other occupation keys if stored separately. Adding those keys to $19,237,050 would be a researcher-built recode, not this table. Occupation labels are filer-entered on itemized individual receipts.

Open Author donations for the $19,237,050 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. A 3.8% year share of this occupation total means most Author-coded money sits outside 2008.

264 donors and a four-figure mean gift

Dividing $738,290 by 655 contributions yields about $1,127 per gift. Dividing by 264 donors yields about $2,797 per donor. Gifts per donor average about 2.5 (655 ÷ 264). Those ratios describe this string in 2008, not payroll at firms that employ people with similar titles.

264 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 264 figure. The cycle hub still holds every other occupation’s 2008 receipts beside this cell.

What 3.8% of Author-coded dollars is not

A 3.8% share of Author-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 $738,290 as itemized individual receipts tagged AUTHOR in 2008, source FEC.gov, and stop there.

How to cite Author × 2008

A complete claim names Author and 2008, then $738,290, 655 contributions, 264 donors, and 3.8% of $19,237,050, source FEC.gov. Do not convert 264 keys into licensed or employed practitioners. Do not fold independent expenditures or USAspending awards into the cell. Keep both sides of the name—Author and 2008—whenever the dollars are quoted. Mean gift $1,127 and mean per donor $2,797 travel with those counts; they do not travel with a licensing board.

Occupation hub, 2008 hub, and Writer as a sibling key

The occupation hub still holds $18,498,760 outside 2008. Most of the $19,237,050 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. Writer, Journalist, and Novelist are other occupation keys if stored separately. Those titles are not parents of AUTHOR on this page. Gifts per donor in 2008 average about 2.5. That ratio is 655 divided by 264, not a measure of turnout.

Repeat the four numbers together: $738,290 in the 2008 cycle, 655 contributions, 264 donors, and 3.8% of $19,237,050. That sentence is the join. It is not a license census and not a federal award total.

Questions

How much did Author-tagged donors give in 2008?

The join records $738,290 in itemized individual contributions for occupation Author in the 2008 FEC cycle, from 655 contributions and 264 donors. The occupation’s all-cycle total is $19,237,050, so 2008 is 3.8% of that roll. Figures come from FEC.gov aggregates. Occupation labels are filer-entered.

Does this count every author who donated in 2008?

No. The 264 donor keys are people whose itemized receipts grouped to AUTHOR in 2008. Filers who used a different title are other occupation rows. FEC.gov does not verify jobs. The cell totals $738,290 on 655 lines. Unitemized gifts never appear in this aggregate.

What share of Author occupation money is the 2008 cycle?

3.8%: $738,290 of $19,237,050. The remaining $18,498,760 sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. That share is $738,290 divided by $19,237,050, 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 Author and 2008 tables?

Author donations carries the $19,237,050 occupation total. The 2008 election cycle hub places Author 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 Author × 2008 intersection only.