Auto Dealer political money in the 2008 cycle

Auto Dealer as occupation, 2008 as the cycle

Two FEC fields define the cell: occupation AUTO DEALER and election cycle 2008. Matching rows sum to $752,422, 524 contributions, and 317 donors. AUTO DEALER is a retail-title string. FEC.gov does not verify franchise agreements or new-versus-used lots. The occupation hub is $12,020,006 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 6.3% ($752,422 of $12,020,006). The remainder, $11,267,584, sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. 524 lines from 317 donors in a presidential cycle is a mid-scale dealer-title cell, not a trade-association PAC total. 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 $752,422.

The Auto Dealer string across every cycle on file

$12,020,006 is the occupation-side denominator. It is not limited to 2008. Car Dealer, Automobile Dealer, and Dealer Principal are other occupation keys if stored separately. Adding those keys to $12,020,006 would be a researcher-built recode, not this table. Occupation labels are filer-entered on itemized individual receipts.

Open Auto Dealer donations for the $12,020,006 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 dealer association PAC is a committee object. This page is individual receipts tagged AUTO DEALER in 2008.

317 donors and a four-figure mean gift

Dividing $752,422 by 524 contributions yields about $1,436 per gift. Dividing by 317 donors yields about $2,374 per donor. Gifts per donor average about 1.7 (524 ÷ 317). Those ratios describe this string in 2008, not payroll at firms that employ people with similar titles.

317 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 317 figure. The cycle hub still holds every other occupation’s 2008 receipts beside this cell.

What 6.3% of Auto Dealer dollars is not

A 6.3% share of Auto Dealer-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 $752,422 as itemized individual receipts tagged AUTO DEALER in 2008, source FEC.gov, and stop there.

How to cite Auto Dealer × 2008

A complete claim names Auto Dealer and 2008, then $752,422, 524 contributions, 317 donors, and 6.3% of $12,020,006, source FEC.gov. Do not convert 317 keys into licensed or employed practitioners. Do not fold independent expenditures or USAspending awards into the cell. Keep both sides of the name—Auto Dealer and 2008—whenever the dollars are quoted. Mean gift $1,436 and mean per donor $2,374 travel with those counts; they do not travel with a licensing board.

Occupation hub, 2008 hub, and dealer-PAC as a different object

The occupation hub still holds $11,267,584 outside 2008. Most of the $12,020,006 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. Car Dealer, Automobile Dealer, and Dealer Principal are other occupation keys if stored separately. Those titles are not parents of AUTO DEALER on this page. Gifts per donor in 2008 average about 1.7. That ratio is 524 divided by 317, not a measure of turnout.

Questions

How much did Auto Dealer-tagged donors give in 2008?

The join records $752,422 in itemized individual contributions for occupation Auto Dealer in the 2008 FEC cycle, from 524 contributions and 317 donors. The occupation’s all-cycle total is $12,020,006, so 2008 is 6.3% of that roll. Figures come from FEC.gov aggregates. Occupation labels are filer-entered.

Does this count every auto dealer who donated in 2008?

No. The 317 donor keys are people whose itemized receipts grouped to AUTO DEALER in 2008. Filers who used a different title are other occupation rows. FEC.gov does not verify jobs. The cell totals $752,422 on 524 lines. Unitemized gifts never appear in this aggregate.

What share of Auto Dealer occupation money is the 2008 cycle?

6.3%: $752,422 of $12,020,006. The remaining $11,267,584 sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. That share is $752,422 divided by $12,020,006, 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 Auto Dealer and 2008 tables?

Auto Dealer donations carries the $12,020,006 occupation total. The 2008 election cycle hub places Auto Dealer 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 Auto Dealer × 2008 intersection only.