Chairman political money in the 2008 FEC cycle

Chairman as occupation, 2008 as the cycle

Two FEC fields define the cell: occupation CHAIRMAN and election cycle 2008. Matching rows sum to $7,204,893, 3,045 contributions, and 1,598 donors. Chairman in 2008 is a title people type on Form 3 receipts. FEC.gov does not confirm board seats. The occupation hub is $98,545,716 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 7.3% ($7,204,893 of $98,545,716). The remainder, $91,340,823, sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. A few thousand lines from under two thousand donors with a higher mean than many 2008 occupation cells is a thinner, higher-dollar executive-title join. 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 $7,204,893.

The Chairman string across every cycle on file

$98,545,716 is the occupation-side denominator. It is not limited to 2008. CHAIRPERSON, CHAIR, and CEO are other occupation keys if stored as different strings. Adding those keys to $98,545,716 would be a researcher-built recode, not this table. Occupation labels are filer-entered on itemized individual receipts.

Open Chairman donations for the $98,545,716 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.

1,598 donors and a higher 2008 mean gift

Dividing $7,204,893 by 3,045 contributions yields about $2,366 per gift. Dividing by 1,598 donors yields about $4,509 per donor. Gifts per donor average about 1.9 (3,045 ÷ 1,598). Those ratios describe this string in 2008, not payroll at firms that employ people with similar titles.

1,598 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 1,598 figure. The cycle hub still holds every other occupation’s 2008 receipts beside this cell.

What 7.3% of Chairman dollars is not

A 7.3% share of Chairman-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 $7,204,893 as itemized individual receipts tagged CHAIRMAN in 2008, source FEC.gov, and stop there.

How to cite Chairman × 2008

A complete claim names Chairman and 2008, then $7,204,893, 3,045 contributions, 1,598 donors, and 7.3% of $98,545,716, source FEC.gov. Do not convert 1,598 keys into licensed or employed practitioners. Do not fold independent expenditures or USAspending awards into the cell. Keep both sides of the name—Chairman and 2008—whenever the dollars are quoted. Mean gift $2,366 and mean per donor $4,509 travel with those counts; they do not travel with a licensing board.

Occupation hub, cycle hub, and Chairperson as a sibling key

The occupation hub still holds $91,340,823 outside 2008. Most of the $98,545,716 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. CHAIRPERSON, CHAIR, and CEO are other occupation keys if stored as different strings. Those titles are not parents of CHAIRMAN on this page. Gifts per donor in 2008 average about 1.9. That ratio is 3,045 divided by 1,598, not a measure of turnout.

Questions

How much did Chairman-tagged donors give in 2008?

The join records $7,204,893 in itemized individual contributions for occupation Chairman in the 2008 FEC cycle, from 3,045 contributions and 1,598 donors. The occupation’s all-cycle total is $98,545,716, so 2008 is 7.3% of that roll. Figures come from FEC.gov aggregates. Occupation labels are filer-entered.

Does this count every chairman who donated in 2008?

No. The 1,598 donor keys are people whose itemized receipts grouped to CHAIRMAN in 2008. Filers who used a different title are other occupation rows. FEC.gov does not verify jobs. The cell totals $7,204,893 on 3,045 lines. Unitemized gifts never appear in this aggregate.

What share of Chairman occupation money is the 2008 cycle?

7.3%: $7,204,893 of $98,545,716. The remaining $91,340,823 sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. That share is $7,204,893 divided by $98,545,716, 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 Chairman and 2008 tables?

Chairman donations carries the $98,545,716 occupation total. The 2008 election cycle hub places Chairman 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 Chairman × 2008 intersection only.