Broker occupation money in the 2008 FEC cycle

Broker as occupation, 2008 as the cycle

Two FEC fields define the cell: occupation BROKER and election cycle 2008. Matching rows sum to $1,046,221, 862 contributions, and 541 donors. BROKER in 2008 is a one-word title covering several trades. The packet has no employer field to split securities from real estate. The occupation hub is $11,582,453 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 9.0% ($1,046,221 of $11,582,453). The remainder, $10,536,232, sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. Hundreds of donor keys and hundreds of lines is a mid-scale trade-title cell, not a named-exchange roster. 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 $1,046,221.

The BROKER string across every cycle on file

$11,582,453 is the occupation-side denominator. It is not limited to 2008. Stockbroker, Real Estate Broker, and Insurance Broker are other occupation keys if stored separately. Adding those keys to $11,582,453 would be a researcher-built recode, not this table. Occupation labels are filer-entered on itemized individual receipts.

Open Broker donations for the $11,582,453 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.

541 donors and a four-figure mean gift

Dividing $1,046,221 by 862 contributions yields about $1,214 per gift. Dividing by 541 donors yields about $1,934 per donor. Gifts per donor average about 1.6 (862 ÷ 541). Those ratios describe this string in 2008, not payroll at firms that employ people with similar titles.

541 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 541 figure. The cycle hub still holds every other occupation’s 2008 receipts beside this cell. Real Estate Broker and Insurance Broker are longer keys. This page quotes only the one-word BROKER grouping.

What Broker dollars in 2008 are not

A 9.0% share of Broker-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 $1,046,221 as itemized individual receipts tagged BROKER in 2008, source FEC.gov, and stop there.

How to cite Broker × 2008

A complete claim names Broker and 2008, then $1,046,221, 862 contributions, 541 donors, and 9.0% of $11,582,453, source FEC.gov. Do not convert 541 keys into licensed or employed practitioners. Do not fold independent expenditures or USAspending awards into the cell. Keep both sides of the name—Broker and 2008—whenever the dollars are quoted. Mean gift $1,214 and mean per donor $1,934 travel with those counts; they do not travel with a licensing board.

Occupation hub, 2008 hub, and Real Estate Broker as a sibling

The occupation hub still holds $10,536,232 outside 2008. Most of the $11,582,453 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. Stockbroker, Real Estate Broker, and Insurance Broker are other occupation keys if stored separately. Those titles are not parents of BROKER on this page. Gifts per donor in 2008 average about 1.6. That ratio is 862 divided by 541, not a measure of turnout.

Questions

How much did Broker-tagged donors give in 2008?

The join records $1,046,221 in itemized individual contributions for occupation Broker in the 2008 FEC cycle, from 862 contributions and 541 donors. The occupation’s all-cycle total is $11,582,453, so 2008 is 9.0% of that roll. Figures come from FEC.gov aggregates. Occupation labels are filer-entered.

Does this count every broker who donated in 2008?

No. The 541 donor keys are people whose itemized receipts grouped to BROKER in 2008. Filers who used a different title are other occupation rows. FEC.gov does not verify jobs. The cell totals $1,046,221 on 862 lines. Unitemized gifts never appear in this aggregate.

What share of Broker occupation money is the 2008 cycle?

9.0%: $1,046,221 of $11,582,453. The remaining $10,536,232 sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. That share is $1,046,221 divided by $11,582,453, 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 Broker and 2008 tables?

Broker donations carries the $11,582,453 occupation total. The 2008 election cycle hub places Broker 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 Broker × 2008 intersection only.