Dentist occupation money in the 2012 FEC cycle

Dentist as occupation, 2012 as cycle

Two keys define this page. One is the occupation string DENTIST. The other is the 2012 federal election cycle. The match is $3,871,162, built from 5,844 contributions and 3,041 unique donors. Drop either key and the number changes. Nearly six thousand presidential-year gifts from about three thousand donors is a high-count cell with a modest mean line. About 10.6% of the occupation stack in one cycle is a noticeable chapter, not the full book.

Average contribution is about $662; average per donor is about $1,273. Those means are arithmetic on the 2012 cell only. The packet has no median, no party split, and no employer table. About 1.9 itemized rows per donor is a filing ratio, not a headcount of unique humans behind every spelling variant.

DENTIST is not a specialty code

DENTIST is the occupation string as entered. Specialty titles, if used, sit in other hubs. The FEC does not verify DDS or DMD credentials. Hygienists and office managers who typed other words are not in this cell.

$36,685,531 is every cycle combined for DENTIST. $3,871,162 in 2012 is about 10.6% of that stack. Other windows hold about 89.4% ($32,814,369). A cycle cell at 10.6% is a chapter, not the occupation’s full FEC history. ORTHODONTIST, DENTAL HYGIENIST, and ORAL SURGEON are other occupation pages if stored separately. Combining them without naming each source total mixes keys.

3,041 donors and 5,844 gifts in 2012

3,041 unique donors against 5,844 contributions implies some repeat giving inside the 2012 window. Primaries, generals, and multiple committees all add rows. One person can appear more than once if addresses or names vary. Unitemized gifts never carry an occupation code, so they never enter $3,871,162.

A title on a form is not an employment verification. People using a household occupation, a retired title, or a short status word can all land in the same cell. LobbyVault does not recode DENTIST into a NAICS industry or a licensing roster. Recipients of the campaign gifts live on the occupation hub and the 2012 cycle hub.

About 10.6% of a $36.7 million occupation stack

10.6% is $3,871,162 divided by $36,685,531. Reading only 2012 understates the parent occupation book. Reading only the parent hides that this cycle’s share is 10.6%. The leftover outside 2012 is $32,814,369. Those other-cycle dollars are not itemized on this relationship page.

Presidential-year and midterm windows are different FEC two-year clocks. This page cites cycle 2012 only. A later or earlier cell for the same occupation string is a different join even when the occupation total $36,685,531 is shared.

What a Dentist–2012 join cannot claim

This page does not measure clinical volume and does not attach ADA membership. It does not claim that campaign gifts funded Medicaid dental awards. Those obligations, if any, live in USAspending.

The page does not identify employers, does not convert occupation text into a corporate gift, and does not link FEC receipts to USAspending obligations. Campaign gifts and federal awards remain separate public records. Correlation between a job title and a cycle total is not causation. Cite $3,871,162, 5,844 contributions, and 3,041 donors for Dentist in 2012. Cite $36,685,531 for the all-cycle occupation grouping. Name FEC.gov.

Related Dentist and 2012 tables

Dentist donations is the occupation hub behind $36,685,531. The 2012 election cycle page is the cycle census across occupations. All occupations lists other strings. All FEC ties collects other occupation-cycle pairs from the same two fields. Live hubs override this snapshot. If a hub disagrees with $3,871,162, 5,844 gifts, or 3,041 donor IDs, the hub and FEC.gov control.

Keep the occupation string DENTIST attached to $3,871,162 whenever the sentence also names cycle 2012. Keep 5,844 contributions and 3,041 donors in the same citation so readers can see whether Dentist in 2012 is a high-volume stack or a concentrated roster. The all-cycle occupation total $36,685,531 answers a different question: every window combined, not this two-year clock. Unitemized receipts, independent expenditures, and state-office campaigns sit outside this extract. Occupation labels are filer-entered. FEC.gov is the source.

Questions

How much did Dentist-labeled donors give in 2012?

The Dentist grouping’s 2012 cell is $3,871,162 in itemized individual contributions, from 5,844 contributions and 3,041 donors, per FEC.gov aggregates. That is the occupation-cycle join, not a PAC total and not the $36,685,531 all-cycle occupation total.

Are orthodontists included in this Dentist total?

No. This cell is the self-reported string DENTIST matched to cycle 2012. ORTHODONTIST, DENTAL HYGIENIST, and ORAL SURGEON are other keys if stored separately. The FEC does not verify that the title matches a license or payroll. See the Dentist occupation hub for other cycles and the 2012 cycle hub for other strings.

What share of Dentist FEC money fell in 2012?

About 10.6%. $3,871,162 divided by $36,685,531 is the 2012 cell’s share of the lifetime occupation bucket. Other cycles hold about 89.4% ($32,814,369) on the occupation hub. See the Dentist occupation hub for other cycles and the 2012 cycle hub for other strings.

Does the FEC verify dental licenses?

No. These figures are FEC individual contribution aggregates. Federal awards are published by USAspending. This page does not claim that campaign gifts funded those awards. $3,871,162 is itemized receipts tagged DENTIST in 2012, not an obligation total. Occupation labels are filer-entered. Unitemized gifts never enter this cell. FEC.gov is the source.