Business political money in the 2010 election cycle

Business as occupation, 2010 as the cycle

Two FEC fields define the cell: occupation BUSINESS and election cycle 2010. Matching rows sum to $704,061, 540 contributions, and 267 donors. BUSINESS is a one-word occupation string. It is among the least specific titles in the FEC occupation file. The occupation hub is $18,619,893 across every cycle in the aggregate. The 2010 cycle hub mixes every other occupation that used that year. Neither hub restates this intersection; this tie page exists because the two dimensions meet.

2010’s dollar share is 3.8% ($704,061 of $18,619,893). The remainder, $17,915,832, sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. 540 lines from 267 donors is a mid-scale midterm cell, 3.8% of a large all-cycle total for this vague label. 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 $704,061.

A vague one-word label across every cycle

$18,619,893 is the occupation-side denominator. It is not limited to 2010. Business Owner, Businessman, and Business Executive are other occupation keys if stored separately. Adding those keys to $18,619,893 would be a researcher-built recode, not this table. Occupation labels are filer-entered on itemized individual receipts.

Open Business donations for the $18,619,893 roll. Open the 2010 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. Do not treat BUSINESS as a NAICS industry. It is a typed occupation, not an economic census cell.

267 donors and a four-figure mean gift

Dividing $704,061 by 540 contributions yields about $1,304 per gift. Dividing by 267 donors yields about $2,637 per donor. Gifts per donor average about 2.0 (540 ÷ 267). Those ratios describe this string in 2010, not payroll at firms that employ people with similar titles.

267 is a donor-key count inside the occupation × cycle aggregate, not a headcount of everyone who held the job in 2010. Repeat itemization, couples filing separately, and people who used the string on some receipts but not others all move the 267 figure. The cycle hub still holds every other occupation’s 2010 receipts beside this cell.

What 3.8% of Business-coded dollars is not

A 3.8% share of Business-coded dollars from 2010 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 2010 donations funded contracts or grants. Quote $704,061 as itemized individual receipts tagged BUSINESS in 2010, source FEC.gov, and stop there.

How to cite Business × 2010

A complete claim names Business and 2010, then $704,061, 540 contributions, 267 donors, and 3.8% of $18,619,893, source FEC.gov. Do not convert 267 keys into licensed or employed practitioners. Do not fold independent expenditures or USAspending awards into the cell. Keep both sides of the name—Business and 2010—whenever the dollars are quoted. Mean gift $1,304 and mean per donor $2,637 travel with those counts; they do not travel with a licensing board.

Occupation hub, 2010 hub, and Business Owner as a sibling

The occupation hub still holds $17,915,832 outside 2010. Most of the $18,619,893 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. Business Owner, Businessman, and Business Executive are other occupation keys if stored separately. Those titles are not parents of BUSINESS on this page. Gifts per donor in 2010 average about 2.0. That ratio is 540 divided by 267, not a measure of turnout.

Questions

How much did Business-tagged donors give in 2010?

The join records $704,061 in itemized individual contributions for occupation Business in the 2010 FEC cycle, from 540 contributions and 267 donors. The occupation’s all-cycle total is $18,619,893, so 2010 is 3.8% of that roll. Figures come from FEC.gov aggregates. Occupation labels are filer-entered.

Does this count every business who donated in 2010?

No. The 267 donor keys are people whose itemized receipts grouped to BUSINESS in 2010. Filers who used a different title are other occupation rows. FEC.gov does not verify jobs. The cell totals $704,061 on 540 lines. Unitemized gifts never appear in this aggregate.

What share of Business occupation money is the 2010 cycle?

3.8%: $704,061 of $18,619,893. The remaining $17,915,832 sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. That share is $704,061 divided by $18,619,893, 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 Business and 2010 tables?

Business donations carries the $18,619,893 occupation total. The 2010 election cycle hub places Business 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 Business × 2010 intersection only.