How much did Banker-tagged donors give in 2008?

The join records $6,795,446 in itemized individual contributions for occupation Banker in the 2008 FEC cycle, from 5,702 contributions and 3,185 donors. The occupation’s all-cycle total is $58,732,088, so 2008 is 11.6% of that roll. Figures come from FEC.gov aggregates. Occupation labels are filer-entered.

Does this count every banker who donated in 2008?

No. The 3,185 donor keys are people whose itemized receipts grouped to BANKER in 2008. Filers who used a different title are other occupation rows. FEC.gov does not verify jobs. The cell totals $6,795,446 on 5,702 lines. Unitemized gifts never appear in this aggregate.

What share of Banker occupation money is the 2008 cycle?

11.6%: $6,795,446 of $58,732,088. The remaining $51,936,642 sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. That share is $6,795,446 divided by $58,732,088, 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 Banker and 2008 tables?

Banker donations carries the $58,732,088 occupation total. The 2008 election cycle hub places Banker 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 Banker × 2008 intersection only.

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Banker political money in the 2008 FEC cycle

$6,795,446 in itemized individual contributions is the FEC.gov join between the occupation BANKER and the 2008 election cycle. That cell covers 5,702 contributions from 3,185 donors. The occupation’s all-cycle total is $58,732,088, so 2008 is 11.6% of the labeled roll. This page is the occupation-and-cycle match, not an FDIC institution list, a bank PAC, or a TARP ledger.

Key figures

Banker × 2008: $6,795,446 in individual contributions.
5,702 receipts from 3,185 donors in that cell.
11.6% of the $58,732,088 occupation-string total.
Occupation text is filer-entered; nearby spellings are other keys.

Banker as occupation, 2008 as the cycle

Two FEC fields define the cell: occupation BANKER and election cycle 2008. Matching rows sum to $6,795,446, 5,702 contributions, and 3,185 donors. Banker in 2008 is a job title on itemized receipts. FEC.gov does not confirm employment at a chartered bank. The occupation hub is $58,732,088 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 11.6% ($6,795,446 of $58,732,088). The remainder, $51,936,642, sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. Thousands of donor keys in a financial-crisis presidential year is a broad occupation cell, not a count of bank holding companies. 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 $6,795,446.

The Banker string across every cycle on file

$58,732,088 is the occupation-side denominator. It is not limited to 2008. INVESTMENT BANKER, BANKING, and FINANCE are other occupation keys if stored separately. Adding those keys to $58,732,088 would be a researcher-built recode, not this table. Occupation labels are filer-entered on itemized individual receipts.

Open Banker donations for the $58,732,088 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.

3,185 donors and a 2008 mean gift

Dividing $6,795,446 by 5,702 contributions yields about $1,192 per gift. Dividing by 3,185 donors yields about $2,134 per donor. Gifts per donor average about 1.8 (5,702 ÷ 3,185). Those ratios describe this string in 2008, not payroll at firms that employ people with similar titles.

3,185 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 3,185 figure. The cycle hub still holds every other occupation’s 2008 receipts beside this cell.

What 11.6% of Banker dollars is not

A 11.6% share of Banker-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 $6,795,446 as itemized individual receipts tagged BANKER in 2008, source FEC.gov, and stop there.

How to cite Banker × 2008

A complete claim names Banker and 2008, then $6,795,446, 5,702 contributions, 3,185 donors, and 11.6% of $58,732,088, source FEC.gov. Do not convert 3,185 keys into licensed or employed practitioners. Do not fold independent expenditures or USAspending awards into the cell. Keep both sides of the name—Banker and 2008—whenever the dollars are quoted. Mean gift $1,192 and mean per donor $2,134 travel with those counts; they do not travel with a licensing board.

Occupation hub, cycle hub, and Investor as a sibling key

The occupation hub still holds $51,936,642 outside 2008. Most of the $58,732,088 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. INVESTMENT BANKER, BANKING, and FINANCE are other occupation keys if stored separately. Those titles are not parents of BANKER on this page. Gifts per donor in 2008 average about 1.8. That ratio is 5,702 divided by 3,185, not a measure of turnout.

Questions

How much did Banker-tagged donors give in 2008?: The join records $6,795,446 in itemized individual contributions for occupation Banker in the 2008 FEC cycle, from 5,702 contributions and 3,185 donors. The occupation’s all-cycle total is $58,732,088, so 2008 is 11.6% of that roll. Figures come from FEC.gov aggregates. Occupation labels are filer-entered.
Does this count every banker who donated in 2008?: No. The 3,185 donor keys are people whose itemized receipts grouped to BANKER in 2008. Filers who used a different title are other occupation rows. FEC.gov does not verify jobs. The cell totals $6,795,446 on 5,702 lines. Unitemized gifts never appear in this aggregate.
What share of Banker occupation money is the 2008 cycle?: 11.6%: $6,795,446 of $58,732,088. The remaining $51,936,642 sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. That share is $6,795,446 divided by $58,732,088, 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 Banker and 2008 tables?: Banker donations carries the $58,732,088 occupation total. The 2008 election cycle hub places Banker 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 Banker × 2008 intersection only.

FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates by self-reported occupation and election cycle. Occupation labels are filer-entered.