Dealer occupation money in the 2012 FEC cycle

Dealer as occupation, 2012 as the cycle

Two FEC fields define the cell: occupation DEALER and election cycle 2012. Matching rows sum to $1,084,041, 970 contributions, and 482 donors. DEALER in 2012 is a one-word trade title. The packet does not say whether the goods are cars, art, or something else. The occupation hub is $8,293,611 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 13.1% ($1,084,041 of $8,293,611). The remainder, $7,209,570, sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. Hundreds of donor keys and hundreds of lines is a mid-scale trade-title cell, not a named-franchise census. 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 $1,084,041.

The DEALER string across every cycle on file

$8,293,611 is the occupation-side denominator. It is not limited to 2012. 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.

Open Dealer donations for the $8,293,611 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.

482 donors and a four-figure mean gift

Dividing $1,084,041 by 970 contributions yields about $1,118 per gift. Dividing by 482 donors yields about $2,249 per donor. Gifts per donor average about 2.0 (970 ÷ 482). Those ratios describe this string in 2012, not payroll at firms that employ people with similar titles.

482 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 482 figure. The cycle hub still holds every other occupation’s 2012 receipts beside this cell. Auto Dealer is a two-word key if stored separately. Do not treat this one-word DEALER cell as that franchise grouping.

What Dealer dollars in 2012 are not

A 13.1% share of Dealer-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 $1,084,041 as itemized individual receipts tagged DEALER in 2012, source FEC.gov, and stop there.

How to cite Dealer × 2012

A complete claim names Dealer and 2012, then $1,084,041, 970 contributions, 482 donors, and 13.1% of $8,293,611, source FEC.gov. Do not convert 482 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 2012—whenever the dollars are quoted. Mean gift $1,118 and mean per donor $2,249 travel with those counts; they do not travel with a licensing board.

Occupation hub, 2012 hub, and Auto Dealer as a sibling

The occupation hub still holds $7,209,570 outside 2012. Most of the $8,293,611 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. 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 2012 average about 2.0. That ratio is 970 divided by 482, not a measure of turnout.

Questions

How much did Dealer-tagged donors give in 2012?

The join records $1,084,041 in itemized individual contributions for occupation Dealer in the 2012 FEC cycle, from 970 contributions and 482 donors. The occupation’s all-cycle total is $8,293,611, so 2012 is 13.1% of that roll. Figures come from FEC.gov aggregates. Occupation labels are filer-entered.

Does this count every dealer who donated in 2012?

No. The 482 donor keys are people whose itemized receipts grouped to DEALER in 2012. Filers who used a different title are other occupation rows. FEC.gov does not verify jobs. The cell totals $1,084,041 on 970 lines. Unitemized gifts never appear in this aggregate.

What share of Dealer occupation money is the 2012 cycle?

13.1%: $1,084,041 of $8,293,611. The remaining $7,209,570 sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. That share is $1,084,041 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 2012 tables?

Dealer donations carries the $8,293,611 occupation total. The 2012 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 × 2012 intersection only.