Controller political money in the 2012 election cycle

Controller as occupation, 2012 as the cycle

Two FEC fields define the cell: occupation CONTROLLER and election cycle 2012. Matching rows sum to $761,727, 853 contributions, and 405 donors. Controller is a finance title as typed on the receipt. FEC.gov does not verify whether the filer kept books, signed filings, or held a municipal office. The occupation hub is $7,491,629 across every cycle in the aggregate. The 2012 cycle hub mixes every other occupation that used that year. Neither hub restates this intersection; this tie page exists because the two dimensions meet.

2012’s dollar share is 10.2% ($761,727 of $7,491,629). The remainder, $6,729,902, sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. 405 donor keys and 853 lines describe this presidential-cycle 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 $761,727. A separate Controller × 2008 cell exists on another tie path; do not add that year’s dollars to $761,727. Each cycle is its own join against the same $7,491,629 occupation total.

A large Controller occupation total across cycles

$7,491,629 is the occupation-side denominator. It is not limited to 2012. CFO, Comptroller, and Chief Financial Officer are other occupation keys if stored separately. Adding those keys to $7,491,629 would be a researcher-built recode, not this table. Occupation labels are filer-entered on itemized individual receipts. Controller is a finance title as typed on the receipt. FEC.gov does not verify whether the filer kept books, signed filings, or held a municipal office.

Open Controller donations for the $7,491,629 roll. Open the 2012 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. A 10.2% year share of this occupation total means the rest of the labeled money sits outside 2012.

405 donors and a four-figure mean gift

Dividing $761,727 by 853 contributions yields about $893 per gift. Dividing by 405 donors yields about $1,881 per donor. Gifts per donor average about 2.1 (853 ÷ 405). Those ratios describe this string in 2012, not payroll at firms that employ people with similar titles, and not an officer census or a state controller’s office payroll.

405 is a donor-key count inside the occupation × cycle aggregate, not a headcount of everyone who held the job in 2012. Repeat itemization, couples filing separately, and people who used the string on some receipts but not others all move the 405 figure. The cycle hub still holds every other occupation’s 2012 receipts beside this cell. People who left occupation blank or used a nearby spelling are not in $761,727.

What 10.2% of Controller-coded dollars is not

A 10.2% share of Controller-coded dollars from 2012 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 2012 donations funded contracts or grants. Quote $761,727 as itemized individual receipts tagged CONTROLLER in 2012, source FEC.gov, and stop there. Correlation is not causation.

How to cite Controller × 2012

A complete claim names Controller and 2012, then $761,727, 853 contributions, 405 donors, and 10.2% of $7,491,629, source FEC.gov. Do not convert 405 keys into licensed or employed practitioners. Do not fold independent expenditures or USAspending awards into the cell. Keep both sides of the name—Controller and 2012—whenever the dollars are quoted. Mean gift $893 and mean per donor $1,881 travel with those counts; they do not travel with an officer census or a state controller’s office payroll.

This URL exists because two filters meet. Controller donations rolls every cycle into one CONTROLLER running total. The 2012 election cycle rolls every occupation into one 2012 total. Only the Controller × 2012 overlay applies both filters, which is why this page cites 853 receipts and $761,727. All FEC ties is the directory of other occupation-cycle cells.

Occupation hub, 2012 hub, and sibling keys

The occupation hub still holds $6,729,902 outside 2012. Most of the $7,491,629 roll is not this cycle’s cell when 10.2% is the year share. CFO, Comptroller, and Chief Financial Officer are other occupation keys if stored separately. Those titles are not parents of CONTROLLER on this page. Gifts per donor in 2012 average about 2.1.

Presidential cycles still use the same occupation string. What 2012 changes is the window, not the spelling of CONTROLLER. Keep Controller in the title and the H1 so the page is not mistaken for a generic 2012 roundup.

Questions

How much did Controller-tagged donors give in 2012?

The join records $761,727 in itemized individual contributions for occupation Controller in the 2012 FEC cycle, from 853 contributions and 405 donors. The occupation’s all-cycle total is $7,491,629, so 2012 is 10.2% of that roll. Figures come from FEC.gov aggregates. Occupation labels are filer-entered.

Does this count every person who worked as a controller in 2012?

No. The 405 donor keys are people whose itemized receipts grouped to CONTROLLER in 2012. Filers who wrote CFO, Comptroller, or Chief Financial Officer sit in other occupation rows. FEC.gov does not verify jobs. The cell totals $761,727 on 853 lines. Unitemized gifts never appear in this aggregate.

What share of Controller occupation money is the 2012 cycle?

10.2%: $761,727 of $7,491,629. The remaining $6,729,902 sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. That share is $761,727 divided by $7,491,629, 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 Controller and 2012 tables?

Controller donations carries the $7,491,629 occupation total. The 2012 election cycle hub places Controller 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 Controller × 2012 intersection only.