Dealer political contributions from Ohio

Dealer and Ohio as a two-column match

Itemized individual receipts store occupation and donor state separately. This tie keeps DEALER and OH. The intersection is $555,661, 731 contributions, and 70 donors. The occupation nationwide is $8,293,611, 9,991 contributions, and 1,081 donors. Ohio holds about 6.7% of Dealer-coded dollars, about 7.3% of Dealer-coded contribution rows, and about 6.5% of Dealer-coded donors.

The three shares sit close together. Ohio’s Dealer join is a proportional slice of a moderately sized national label, not a two-donor spike and not a row factory. The national Dealer hub still mixes every other state. The Ohio hub still mixes Exec, Business Representative, and every other occupation string.

Seventy Ohio donors and 731 contribution rows produced $555,661 under DEALER. The occupation side is $8,293,611, 9,991 contributions, and 1,081 donors. About 6.7% of dollars, about 6.5% of donors, and about 7.3% of rows is a close trio on an ambiguous title. DEALER does not encode auto, art, or any other merchandise. Guessing a product line from Ohio would add a column the join does not have.

DEALER as an unresolved occupation word

DEALER is one of the vaguer FEC occupation strings. Auto dealer, art dealer, antiques, and other uses collapse into the same bucket when filers type the same word. AUTO DEALER or CAR DEALER, if filed, would be other pages. This join does not split the 1,081 national donors by merchandise.

Nationally, 1,081 donors produced 9,991 contributions totaling $8,293,611. Repeat itemized giving exists in the gap between donors and rows. This page only locates the Ohio-coded portion.

Ohio’s 70-donor cut

Seventy Ohio donors produced 731 contributions totaling $555,661. Other Ohio occupations are excluded. Dealer receipts from other states fill the remainder of $8,293,611.

OH is the contributor state. It does not prove an Ohio showroom or an Ohio federal recipient. The $555,661 is not allocated by office on this page.

Ohio’s 70 Dealer-coded donors and 731 contributions sit inside 1,081 national donors and 9,991 national contributions. The $555,661 does not identify merchandise.

Even shares are still just an overlap

About 6.7% of dollars, 7.3% of rows, and 6.5% of donors can look like a “fair” state sample. It is not a sample. It is every itemized row that used both strings. Other states may look nothing like Ohio. About 93% of Dealer-coded dollars remain outside this page.

Evenness also does not identify the trade. The occupation string is still DEALER, not a NAICS code and not an employer.

An unresolved title and a proportional Ohio cut

Ohio’s Dealer join is $555,661 from 70 donors and 731 contributions. Nationally DEALER is $8,293,611 from 1,081 donors and 9,991 contributions. About 6.7% of dollars, about 6.5% of donors, and about 7.3% of rows is a close trio. Ohio is a mid-size slice of an ambiguous occupation, not a concentrated two-donor cell.

AUTO DEALER, if filed as a longer string, is not this bucket. CAR DEALER is not this bucket. The 1,081 national donors include whoever typed DEALER, including uses that have nothing to do with vehicles. The aggregate cannot split merchandise. Guessing auto from Ohio would add a fact the packet does not contain.

Exec and Business Representative are other Ohio ties. Their occupation totals are not $8,293,611. Do not add them to $555,661. Itemized individual receipts only. See Dealer donations, Ohio campaign finance, all occupations, and all FEC ties.

What the relationship excludes

This page does not rank Ohio auto dealers or any other dealer type, and it does not claim the occupation funds particular campaigns. Two columns matched. Correlation is not causation.

Unitemized gifts and independent expenditures are omitted. See Dealer donations, Ohio campaign finance, all occupations, and all FEC ties.

Questions

How much have Dealer donors in Ohio given?

FEC itemized individual contributions from donors listing occupation Dealer and state Ohio total $555,661. That join includes 731 contributions and 70 donors. Nationwide, Dealer-coded receipts are $8,293,611 from 1,081 donors and 9,991 contributions. Occupation labels are filer-entered.

Are these auto dealers?

The occupation field is DEALER as entered. It does not encode product line. Nationally the label covers 1,081 donors and $8,293,611. This tie only adds the Ohio state filter. Employer text is not aggregated here Donor state is the address on the itemized individual record, not a map of Ohio races. This join is $555,661 from 70 donors and 731 contributions against $8,293,611 nationwide. Recipients can be committees anywhere in the FEC system.

What share of national Dealer giving is Ohio?

Ohio’s $555,661 is about 6.7% of the $8,293,611 national Dealer total. The state has 70 of 1,081 donors (about 6.5%) and 731 of 9,991 contributions (about 7.3%). Those shares describe the join only.

Did this money go to Ohio campaigns?

Not necessarily. Donor state is Ohio. Recipients can be committees anywhere that file with the FEC. This page does not allocate the $555,661 by office Donor state is the address on the itemized individual record, not a map of Ohio races. This join is $555,661 from 70 donors and 731 contributions against $8,293,611 nationwide. Recipients can be committees anywhere in the FEC system.