Comcast Corporation and the 2008 FEC election cycle
FEC.gov records $375,920 for the string COMCAST CORPORATION inside the 2008 election cycle. That cell is 284 itemized contributions and 101 unique donors. Across all cycles the grouping stores $3,868,762, which means 2008 is about 9.7% of the running sum. This page is a join: Comcast Corporation on one axis, 2008 on the other — not Comcast PAC, a telecommunications NAICS rollup, or Comcast as a corporate treasury.
Key figures
- COMCAST CORPORATION in 2008 totals $375,920 on FEC.gov itemized individual receipts.
- 284 contributions and 101 unique donors produced the cell.
- About 9.7% of $3,868,762 stored for this string sits in 2008 ($3,492,842 remains).
- Comcast Corporation is media-and-cable employer text, not NAICS and not a donor list.
- Do not treat campaign gifts as USAspending awards.
Why Comcast Corporation and 2008 share a page
Comcast Corporation pages without a year mix every even-year window. 2008 pages without this string mix every employer and occupation. The reason this file exists is the overlap: $375,920 from FEC.gov itemized individual receipts tagged COMCAST CORPORATION in 2008. 284 contributions and 101 donors are the volume counts. Recipients are not in this packet.
The stored employer label is media-and-cable employer text. The Commission does not certify that each filer worked there, held that title, or used a legal entity name. Neighboring spellings remain other keys. Comcast pac, a telecommunications naics rollup, or comcast as a corporate treasury would be a different dataset or a different string.
Keep $3,868,762 on the industry hub and keep the 2008 cycle hub for the year without this filter. The overlap — and only the overlap — is $375,920.
2008 as a slice of $3,868,762
$3,868,762 is the all-cycle total stored for COMCAST CORPORATION. Subtract $375,920 and $3,492,842 remains in other cycles (90.3%). 2008 therefore accounts for about 9.7% of the grouping. That percentage is arithmetic on two packet facts, not a ranking against other employers.
Do not read 9.7% as intensity, influence, or a planned 2008 campaign. It is $375,920 divided by $3,868,762. The industry hub is where the other windows live. The 9.7% ratio is $375,920 divided by $3,868,762. Other even-year joins for COMCAST CORPORATION are not listed in this packet; they collectively hold $3,492,842. Citing 2008 as if it were the Comcast Corporation lifetime total would overstate this cell by $3,492,842.
Volume: 284 lines, 101 identities
284 itemized contributions and 101 unique donors sit behind $375,920. Average gift size is about $1,324; average dollars per donor about $3,722; lines per donor about 2.8. Averages hide skew.
Unique donors are FEC contributor keys for this string and cycle. They are not staff headcount for Comcast Corporation. This packet does not publish names. Open the overlay for rows; do not invent them here. A mean of $1,324 per itemized line and $3,722 per donor can hide a few large receipts. The packet supplies no median. 284 contributions remaining larger than 101 donors is the expected pattern when identities give more than once.
The two-year 2008 window
FEC election cycles are two-year spans. 2008 covers that even-year window, so receipts from the odd year before the election can sit in $375,920. This packet does not split those years.
The 2008 hub is the place to see every other employer string that year. This page keeps the Comcast Corporation filter on. Without a cycle-wide total in the facts, no percentage of national 2008 giving is claimed. FEC cycle 2008 tags a two-year window. Odd-year receipts inside that window are in $375,920 if they were itemized against COMCAST CORPORATION. This file does not publish a year-by-year split because the facts do not.
Form text is not a payroll file
FEC employer and occupation fields are typed by filers. COMCAST CORPORATION is stored as written for this grouping. The Commission does not verify employment, tribal enrollment, professional licenses, or corporate identity on this aggregate. Comcast Corporation here is media-and-cable employer text.
PAC filings, independent expenditures, and unitemized gifts are other tables. USAspending obligations are another database entirely. $375,920 does not fund federal awards, and federal awards do not explain $375,920. Two datasets can share a name without sharing a payment trail. Comcast Corporation as media-and-cable employer text can appear in contracting databases under similar names. Those obligation tables are not this $375,920. The join does not claim a payment trail from campaign gifts to federal awards or the reverse.
How to quote $375,920
A complete quote names both sides: Comcast Corporation and 2008, $375,920, 284 itemized contributions, 101 unique donors, FEC.gov. Add 9.7% of $3,868,762 if the lifetime context matters. Omit any number that is not in those facts.
The overlay Comcast Corporation 2008 is for rows. The Comcast Corporation hub is for other years. The 2008 election cycle is for other strings. All FEC ties is the join index. Use every one of those hrefs; do not substitute a donor URL. Quote both keys: Comcast Corporation and 2008. Quote the dollars: $375,920. Quote the volume: 284 contributions, 101 donors. Quote the source: FEC.gov. Leave NAICS codes and named donors out unless a later overlay supplies them.
Questions
- How much did Comcast Corporation donors give in 2008?
- The Comcast Corporation × 2008 cell is $375,920. FEC.gov counted 284 itemized individual contributions from 101 unique donors. That is the join, not the $3,868,762 lifetime grouping total and not a committee disbursement. FEC.gov is the source for $375,920, 284 contributions, and 101 donors in the Comcast Corporation × 2008 cell. The lifetime grouping total stored for this string is $3,868,762.
- What share of Comcast Corporation FEC money is 2008?
- About 9.7%. $375,920 divided by $3,868,762 is the 2008 share for this exact string. $3,492,842 (90.3%) sits in other cycles. No national 2008 denominator is in the packet. FEC.gov is the source for $375,920, 284 contributions, and 101 donors in the Comcast Corporation × 2008 cell. The lifetime grouping total stored for this string is $3,868,762.
- Does this include only Comcast Corporation employees?
- No. 101 unique donors matched COMCAST CORPORATION in 2008. Retirees, household members, and former workers can reuse the string. Neighboring spellings are other keys. The total remains $375,920. FEC.gov is the source for $375,920, 284 contributions, and 101 donors in the Comcast Corporation × 2008 cell. The lifetime grouping total stored for this string is $3,868,762.
- Where is the overlay for the Comcast Corporation 2008 join?
- The overlay path is the Comcast Corporation 2008 link. The industry hub drops the year. The 2008 election cycle drops the string. All FEC ties is the directory of joins. Dollars: $375,920. FEC.gov is the source for $375,920, 284 contributions, and 101 donors in the Comcast Corporation × 2008 cell. The lifetime grouping total stored for this string is $3,868,762.
FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates by employer/industry grouping and election cycle.