Deloitte political money — 2008 cycle

Reading the Deloitte × 2008 cell

Lead with the number: $489,450. Then name both keys: DELOITTE and 2008. Then name the source: FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates. 960 contributions and 698 donors are the volume fields that accompany the dollars. None of those fields names a recipient committee on this page. The join is itemized individual Schedule A activity only.

DELOITTE is the short stored employer. Longer Deloitte & Touche strings are other keys. 698 donors is an identity count, not a staff census. The overlay path Deloitte 2008 is where rows can be inspected. The industry page Deloitte drops the year. The cycle page 2008 election cycle drops the employer string. All FEC ties indexes other joins.

Independent expenditures, PAC-to-PAC transfers, and unitemized gifts are outside $489,450. Mixing those tables with this cell would invent a total the packet does not publish.

Deloitte on the employer/occupation axis

Deloitte is employer string as stored. Filers typed DELOITTE (or a string that grouped to it). DELOITTE TOUCHE, DELOITTE & TOUCHE, DELOITTE LLP, and TOUCHE ROSS remain other keys. Exact-match grouping is why a short label can look smaller than a reader’s mental sector. $489,450 counts only this key inside 2008. Named people are not invented here; the packet’s identity field is 698 donors.

The all-cycle figure $7,518,320 uses the same string with the year filter off. $7,028,870 sits in other cycles (93.5%). That remainder is not missing money; it is money tagged to other even-year windows on the Deloitte hub.

698 identities inside a presidential window

2008 is a presidential federal cycle: a two-year FEC tag, not election night. 698 donor identities and 960 lines produced $489,450. About $510 per receipt and about $701 per donor are quotients. About 1.4 lines per donor is the same arithmetic. None of those means is a median.

Identities are not a census. People can appear under this string while retired, while consulting, or while listing a household workplace. This page does not invent donor names. The packet’s donor count is 698.

The 2008 hub is not this cell

Every employer string in 2008 lives on the cycle hub. Deloitte is one of those strings. Without a cycle-wide denominator in the packet, no national percentage is stated. Citing $489,450 as “Deloitte’s share of 2008” would require a number this file does not have. Open 2008 election cycle to drop the employer filter; keep $489,450 only when both keys remain.

Keep the join language. $489,450 is Deloitte inside 2008, already contained in $7,518,320. Adding the cell to the lifetime total double-counts. Adding it to a USAspending figure mixes statutes. FEC.gov itemized individual receipts are the universe for this page.

What the dollars are not

$489,450 is not a Deloitte PAC, a partnership census, or an accounting NAICS total. It is not proof that Deloitte caused a 2008 outcome. Correlation between a stored label and a cycle year is a join, not a motive. FEC.gov does not verify that every filer who typed DELOITTE worked in a single firm or trade. 960 lines and 698 identities describe volume in the extract only.

Federal awards, state campaign-finance reports, and independent expenditures sit in other systems. If the live overlay disagrees with $489,450, 960 contributions, or 698 donors, the overlay and FEC.gov control. This snapshot is not a third ledger. All FEC ties lists sibling two-dimension pages that are not components of this cell.

How to cite Deloitte with 2008

Citation template: employer string DELOITTE, election cycle 2008, $489,450 on 960 itemized individual contributions from 698 donors, 6.5% of the all-cycle $7,518,320. Source: FEC.gov. Then point to Deloitte 2008, Deloitte, 2008 election cycle, and All FEC ties.

Do not add $489,450 to $7,518,320; the cycle cell is already inside the lifetime bucket. Do not fold DELOITTE TOUCHE, DELOITTE & TOUCHE, DELOITTE LLP, and TOUCHE ROSS into either figure. Means of about $510 per receipt and $701 per donor stay with this intersection. This snapshot is not a third disclosure system.

Questions

What is the Deloitte total for the 2008 cycle?

$489,450 in itemized individual contributions, on 960 receipts from 698 donors, for the stored string DELOITTE. Source: FEC.gov. The all-cycle grouping is $7,518,320, which already includes this cell. The join is not a PAC total. Cite FEC.gov. DELOITTE in 2008 is $489,450 on 960 itemized receipts from 698 donors; the all-cycle grouping is $7,518,320.

Why is 2008 only 6.5% of Deloitte money?

Because $7,518,320 spans every cycle in the table. $489,450 is the 2008 slice (6.5%). Other even-year windows hold $7,028,870. A smaller share is a calendar fact, not a ranking of Deloitte and not a judgment about the grouping.

Are the 698 donors named on this page?

No. The packet publishes a donor count, not names. 698 is an identity total for DELOITTE in 2008. Repeat gifts help explain 960 contributions versus 698 identities. The overlay holds itemized rows; this file does not invent a roster. Cite FEC.gov. DELOITTE in 2008 is $489,450 on 960 itemized receipts from 698 donors; the all-cycle grouping is $7,518,320.

Is Deloitte 2008 money the same as federal spending?

No. These are FEC individual contributions. USAspending awards are a different dataset and a different form. The packet has no obligation amount. Do not treat $489,450 as grants, contracts, or assistance tied to Deloitte. Cite FEC.gov. DELOITTE in 2008 is $489,450 on 960 itemized receipts from 698 donors; the all-cycle grouping is $7,518,320.