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Business Owner political money in the 2010 election cycle

Donors who listed Business Owner as their occupation account for $5,758,197 in itemized individual contributions in the 2010 FEC cycle. The slice covers 3,298 contributions from 1,783 donors. The grouping’s all-cycle total is $82,755,159, so 2010 is 7.0% of that roll. Business Owner is a job label on a federal receipt, not a license file and not a connected PAC.

Key figures

  • $5,758,197 tagged Business Owner in the 2010 FEC cycle.
  • 3,298 contributions from 1,783 donors; about $1,746 per contribution.
  • 2010 is 7.0% of the grouping’s $82,755,159 all-cycle total.
  • Occupation string, not a license census, union roster, or connected PAC.
  • Source: FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates.

Business Owner meeting the 2010 election cycle

2010 is a midterm federal cycle on the FEC calendar. Intersecting the Business Owner occupation grouping with that year produces $5,758,197, 3,298 lines, and 1,783 donor keys. Those three figures are the join. The occupation hub still holds $82,755,159 across all cycles in the aggregate. This page does not restate that hub without the year filter.

About $3,229 per donor ($5,758,197 ÷ 1,783) and about $1,746 per contribution ($5,758,197 ÷ 3,298) describe this string in 2010. Lines per donor average about 1.8 (3,298 ÷ 1,783). Those ratios are arithmetic on the packet, not typical gifts and not a unique-person audit. Repeat givers raise the line count.

The 2010 election-cycle hub places Business Owner beside other occupation keys that year. Neither that hub nor this tie converts $5,758,197 into a civic-engagement score. Named employers who share a workplace with people in this cell sit in industry rows if the legal name was used instead of the occupation word.

7.0% of the Business Owner all-cycle grouping

7.0% is $5,758,197 divided by $82,755,159. The leftover $76,996,962 sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. A 7.0% year share is a piece of this grouping’s recorded history, not a ranked list of peak years — other years’ amounts are not in this packet except as that residual.

Midterm solicitation volume can lift itemized counts. 3,298 lines still describe only receipts tagged Business Owner in 2010. The packet does not publish committee names inside the cell; those live on the occupation and cycle overlays. Do not treat 7.0% as proof that 2010 was this occupation’s largest year in every dataset.

Business Owner is a self-label, not a firm census

BUSINESS OWNER is filer-entered occupation text. FEC.gov does not match it to EIN filings or a Chamber roster. BUSINESSMAN is a neighboring gendered string and is not added here. OWNER, ENTREPRENEUR, and a legal company name as employer are other keys.

A person who typed the LLC as employer is usually out of this cell. A person who typed Business Owner is in. This page does not estimate revenue, employees, or industry sector. The string is the filter.

What Business Owner money in this cycle is not

The cell is not a small-business PAC and not a count of employer firms. Independent expenditures about tax or labor bills are other FEC objects. SBA and procurement awards are USAspending objects.

This join does not claim that Business Owner-coded gifts funded federal contracts. Unitemized gifts are omitted. Motive is outside the packet. Keep Business Owner and the cycle year named together.

Pages that keep Business Owner and 2010 apart

The Business Owner occupation page holds $82,755,159 and other years. The 2010 election-cycle page holds that year’s occupation list. All occupations ranks neighboring job strings. All FEC ties lists other occupation–cycle pages so this cell is not mistaken for an industry–PAC join.

Keep both sides of the name — Business Owner and 2010 — whenever $5,758,197 is quoted. Cite 3,298 contributions, 1,783 donors, 7.0% of $82,755,159, and FEC.gov. Do not convert 1,783 keys into licensed or enrolled people. Do not fold USAspending into the cell.

How to cite Business Owner × 2010

A complete claim names Business Owner and 2010, then $5,758,197, 3,298 contributions, 1,783 donors, and 7.0% of $82,755,159, source FEC.gov. Occupation labels are filer-entered. Unitemized gifts stay omitted. Independent expenditures stay omitted. Federal awards that mention a similar profession stay omitted.

The 1,783-donor count is the net of filing choices in 2010: people who typed Business Owner increased the cell; people who typed a firm name or a neighboring title reduced it. $5,758,197 and the 7.0% share travel with that net. They do not travel with a licensing board, a union roster, or a USAspending file. Quote the occupation hub for $82,755,159 and other cycles.

2010 remains a midterm federal cycle. That calendar fact does not add dollars. The join stops at itemized individual receipts tagged Business Owner in 2010: $5,758,197 on 3,298 lines from 1,783 donors. About $1,746 per line and $3,229 per donor are means, not typical gifts. Repeat filers can sit in the 3,298 without raising unique people above 1,783.

Questions

How much did Business Owner-tagged donors give in 2010?
The join records $5,758,197 in itemized individual contributions for Business Owner in 2010, from 3,298 contributions and 1,783 donors. The grouping’s all-cycle total is $82,755,159.
What share of the Business Owner grouping is 2010?
7.0%: $5,758,197 of $82,755,159. Other years’ amounts are not listed in this packet except as the leftover $76,996,962 on the occupation hub. A year share is not a ranking of peak cycles.
Does this include people who listed a company instead of Business Owner?
Usually not. Named firms are other industry keys. Neighboring titles are other occupation keys. This cell is the grouped Business Owner string in 2010. Mixing keys would blur the 1,783-donor count.
Do Business Owner donations fund federal awards?
No. FEC individual contributions and USAspending obligations are different datasets. This tie reports only itemized individual receipts tagged Business Owner in 2010: $5,758,197 across 3,298 contributions from 1,783 donors.

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