Builder occupation money in the 2008 FEC cycle

Builder as occupation, 2008 as the cycle

Two FEC fields define the cell: occupation BUILDER and election cycle 2008. Matching rows sum to $1,016,071, 1,124 contributions, and 554 donors. BUILDER in 2008 is a one-word trade title. FEC.gov does not distinguish residential from commercial work. The occupation hub is $9,547,759 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 10.6% ($1,016,071 of $9,547,759). The remainder, $8,531,688, sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. Hundreds of donor keys and more than a thousand lines is a high-volume construction-title cell. 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 $1,016,071.

The BUILDER string across every cycle on file

$9,547,759 is the occupation-side denominator. It is not limited to 2008. General Contractor, Contractor, and Construction are other occupation keys if stored as different strings. Adding those keys to $9,547,759 would be a researcher-built recode, not this table. Occupation labels are filer-entered on itemized individual receipts.

Open Builder donations for the $9,547,759 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.

554 donors and a four-figure mean gift

Dividing $1,016,071 by 1,124 contributions yields about $904 per gift. Dividing by 554 donors yields about $1,834 per donor. Gifts per donor average about 2.0 (1,124 ÷ 554). Those ratios describe this string in 2008, not payroll at firms that employ people with similar titles.

554 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 554 figure. The cycle hub still holds every other occupation’s 2008 receipts beside this cell. General Contractor is a two-word sibling, not a parent of BUILDER. Keep the one-word label on the 2008 dollars.

What Builder dollars in 2008 are not

A 10.6% share of Builder-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 $1,016,071 as itemized individual receipts tagged BUILDER in 2008, source FEC.gov, and stop there.

How to cite Builder × 2008

A complete claim names Builder and 2008, then $1,016,071, 1,124 contributions, 554 donors, and 10.6% of $9,547,759, source FEC.gov. Do not convert 554 keys into licensed or employed practitioners. Do not fold independent expenditures or USAspending awards into the cell. Keep both sides of the name—Builder and 2008—whenever the dollars are quoted. Mean gift $904 and mean per donor $1,834 travel with those counts; they do not travel with a licensing board.

Occupation hub, 2008 hub, and General Contractor as a sibling

The occupation hub still holds $8,531,688 outside 2008. Most of the $9,547,759 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. General Contractor, Contractor, and Construction are other occupation keys if stored as different strings. Those titles are not parents of BUILDER on this page. Gifts per donor in 2008 average about 2.0. That ratio is 1,124 divided by 554, not a measure of turnout.

Questions

How much did Builder-tagged donors give in 2008?

The join records $1,016,071 in itemized individual contributions for occupation Builder in the 2008 FEC cycle, from 1,124 contributions and 554 donors. The occupation’s all-cycle total is $9,547,759, so 2008 is 10.6% of that roll. Figures come from FEC.gov aggregates. Occupation labels are filer-entered.

Does this count every builder who donated in 2008?

No. The 554 donor keys are people whose itemized receipts grouped to BUILDER in 2008. Filers who used a different title are other occupation rows. FEC.gov does not verify jobs. The cell totals $1,016,071 on 1,124 lines. Unitemized gifts never appear in this aggregate.

What share of Builder occupation money is the 2008 cycle?

10.6%: $1,016,071 of $9,547,759. The remaining $8,531,688 sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. That share is $1,016,071 divided by $9,547,759, 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 Builder and 2008 tables?

Builder donations carries the $9,547,759 occupation total. The 2008 election cycle hub places Builder 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 Builder × 2008 intersection only.