Banking occupation money in the 2008 FEC cycle

Banking as occupation, 2008 as the cycle

Two FEC fields define the cell: occupation BANKING and election cycle 2008. Matching rows sum to $955,621, 768 contributions, and 426 donors. BANKING in 2008 uses the same one-word key as the 2012 Banking join, with a smaller cycle total and fewer gifts. The occupation hub is $9,515,899 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 10.0% ($955,621 of $9,515,899). The remainder, $8,560,278, sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. Hundreds of donor keys and hundreds of lines is a mid-scale industry-title cell in a presidential year. 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 $955,621.

The same BANKING roll, a different two-year clock

$9,515,899 is the occupation-side denominator. It is not limited to 2008. Banker, Investment Banking, and Finance are other occupation keys if stored as different strings. Adding those keys to $9,515,899 would be a researcher-built recode, not this table. Occupation labels are filer-entered on itemized individual receipts.

Open Banking donations for the $9,515,899 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.

426 donors and a four-figure mean gift

Dividing $955,621 by 768 contributions yields about $1,244 per gift. Dividing by 426 donors yields about $2,243 per donor. Gifts per donor average about 1.8 (768 ÷ 426). Those ratios describe this string in 2008, not payroll at firms that employ people with similar titles.

426 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 426 figure. The cycle hub still holds every other occupation’s 2008 receipts beside this cell. Do not add the 2012 Banking cell to this 2008 figure. Each cycle is its own join against the same occupation denominator.

What Banking dollars in 2008 are not

A 10.0% share of Banking-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 $955,621 as itemized individual receipts tagged BANKING in 2008, source FEC.gov, and stop there.

How to cite Banking × 2008

A complete claim names Banking and 2008, then $955,621, 768 contributions, 426 donors, and 10.0% of $9,515,899, source FEC.gov. Do not convert 426 keys into licensed or employed practitioners. Do not fold independent expenditures or USAspending awards into the cell. Keep both sides of the name—Banking and 2008—whenever the dollars are quoted. Mean gift $1,244 and mean per donor $2,243 travel with those counts; they do not travel with a licensing board.

Occupation hub, 2008 hub, and the 2012 Banking cell

The occupation hub still holds $8,560,278 outside 2008. Most of the $9,515,899 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. Banker, Investment Banking, and Finance are other occupation keys if stored as different strings. Those titles are not parents of BANKING on this page. Gifts per donor in 2008 average about 1.8. That ratio is 768 divided by 426, not a measure of turnout.

Questions

How much did Banking-tagged donors give in 2008?

The join records $955,621 in itemized individual contributions for occupation Banking in the 2008 FEC cycle, from 768 contributions and 426 donors. The occupation’s all-cycle total is $9,515,899, so 2008 is 10.0% of that roll. Figures come from FEC.gov aggregates. Occupation labels are filer-entered.

Does this count every banking who donated in 2008?

No. The 426 donor keys are people whose itemized receipts grouped to BANKING in 2008. Filers who used a different title are other occupation rows. FEC.gov does not verify jobs. The cell totals $955,621 on 768 lines. Unitemized gifts never appear in this aggregate.

What share of Banking occupation money is the 2008 cycle?

10.0%: $955,621 of $9,515,899. The remaining $8,560,278 sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. That share is $955,621 divided by $9,515,899, 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 Banking and 2008 tables?

Banking donations carries the $9,515,899 occupation total. The 2008 election cycle hub places Banking 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 Banking × 2008 intersection only.