Dealer and the 2010 election cycle

Two filters: Dealer and 2010

Two FEC fields define the cell: occupation DEALER and election cycle 2010. Matching rows sum to $619,670, 717 contributions, and 395 donors. DEALER is a one-word title. Auto, art, antiques, and other trades can share the string. Auto Dealer is a more specific key if stored separately. FEC.gov does not verify a franchise. The occupation hub is $8,293,611 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 7.5% ($619,670 of $8,293,611). The remainder, $7,673,941, sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. 395 donor keys and 717 lines describe this midterm-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 $619,670. Dealer in 2008 is a different cycle join. Do not combine that cell with $619,670 for 2010.

Midterm window, occupation string DEALER

$8,293,611 is the occupation-side denominator. It is not limited to 2010. Auto Dealer, Car Dealer, and Sales are other occupation keys if stored separately. Adding those keys to $8,293,611 would be a researcher-built recode, not this table. Occupation labels are filer-entered on itemized individual receipts. DEALER is a one-word title. Auto, art, antiques, and other trades can share the string. Auto Dealer is a more specific key if stored separately. FEC.gov does not verify a franchise.

Open Dealer donations for the $8,293,611 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. A 7.5% year share of this occupation total means the rest of the labeled money sits outside 2010.

395 donor keys inside the 2010 cell

Dividing $619,670 by 717 contributions yields about $864 per gift. Dividing by 395 donors yields about $1,569 per donor. Gifts per donor average about 1.8 (717 ÷ 395). Those ratios describe this string in 2010, not payroll at firms that employ people with similar titles, and not a state dealer-license file or an NADA membership roll.

395 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 395 figure. The cycle hub still holds every other occupation’s 2010 receipts beside this cell. People who left occupation blank or used a nearby spelling are not in $619,670.

Unitemized money and other FEC tables

A 7.5% share of Dealer-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 $619,670 as itemized individual receipts tagged DEALER in 2010, source FEC.gov, and stop there. Correlation is not causation.

A complete Dealer × 2010 claim

A complete claim names Dealer and 2010, then $619,670, 717 contributions, 395 donors, and 7.5% of $8,293,611, source FEC.gov. Do not convert 395 keys into licensed or employed practitioners. Do not fold independent expenditures or USAspending awards into the cell. Keep both sides of the name—Dealer and 2010—whenever the dollars are quoted. Mean gift $864 and mean per donor $1,569 travel with those counts; they do not travel with a state dealer-license file or an NADA membership roll.

This URL exists because two filters meet. Dealer donations rolls every cycle into one DEALER running total. The 2010 election cycle rolls every occupation into one 2010 total. Only the Dealer × 2010 overlay applies both filters, which is why this page cites 717 receipts and $619,670. All FEC ties is the directory of other occupation-cycle cells.

Remainder $7,673,941 outside 2010

The occupation hub still holds $7,673,941 outside 2010. Most of the $8,293,611 roll is not this cycle’s cell when 7.5% is the year share. Auto Dealer, Car Dealer, and Sales are other occupation keys if stored separately. Those titles are not parents of DEALER on this page. Gifts per donor in 2010 average about 1.8.

Midterm cycles still use the same occupation string. What 2010 changes is the window, not the spelling of DEALER. Keep Dealer in the title and the H1 so the page is not mistaken for a generic 2010 roundup.

Questions

What did DEALER filers itemize in 2010?

The join records $619,670 in itemized individual contributions for occupation Dealer in the 2010 FEC cycle, from 717 contributions and 395 donors. The occupation’s all-cycle total is $8,293,611, so 2010 is 7.5% of that roll. Figures come from FEC.gov aggregates. Occupation labels are filer-entered.

Why is the Dealer 2010 page separate from the occupation hub?

The occupation hub is $8,293,611 across cycles. This page is the 2010 slice: $619,670, 717 contributions, 395 donors. The hub does not replace the join, and the join does not replace the hub. All FEC ties lists other year cells.

What share of Dealer occupation money is the 2010 cycle?

7.5%: $619,670 of $8,293,611. The remaining $7,673,941 sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. That share is $619,670 divided by $8,293,611, 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 Dealer and 2010 tables?

Dealer donations carries the $8,293,611 occupation total. The 2010 election cycle hub places Dealer 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 Dealer × 2010 intersection only.