Dentist political contributions in the 2014 FEC cycle

How Dentist and 2014 meet in FEC itemized receipts

Occupation DENTIST and cycle 2014 produce $2,612,985, 4,147 contributions, and 2,299 donors. The occupation nationwide across cycles is $36,685,531. Dollar share for 2014 is 7.1%. 4,147 contributions from 2,299 donors is closer to one-to-two itemized gifts per person inside this cycle filter, still not a headcount of the occupation. Contribution count is not a headcount of people who hold the job.

The join is a filter pair, not a causal story. DENTIST is the occupation string. Specialty titles remain separate. The join does not verify active licenses or practice ownership. Dental association PACs are committee activity, not this occupation filter. The 2014 cycle is an even-year FEC window, a midterm-year cycle in federal itemized receipts. This page does not add 2012 presidential-year dollars into the 2014 total. Independent expenditures, unitemized gifts, and committee-to-committee transfers are outside $2,612,985.

What the DENTIST label covers

Dentist donations is the occupation hub: $36,685,531 across cycles from filers who typed DENTIST. Sibling strings (ORTHODONTIST, DENTAL HYGIENIST, and ORAL SURGEON) are not merged here. The occupation total is not an ADA membership roll, a dental PAC independent-expenditure total, or a license census.

2014’s $2,612,985 sits inside $36,685,531. Because 7.1% is the cycle’s share of occupation dollars, the rest of Dentist itemization lives in other even-year cycles. Open the occupation hub for the all-cycle table. This tie keeps 2014 as the second dimension.

What the 2014 election cycle contributes to Dentist

The 2014 election cycle hub holds itemized individual receipts for every occupation coded to that even-year window. This tie keeps only Dentist. $2,612,985 is therefore not a cycle-wide total. FEC.gov labels this even-year federal window 2014. It is not a 2012 presidential-year filter or a 2010 midterm-year filter.

4,147 contributions from 2,299 donors is closer to one-to-two itemized gifts per person inside this cycle filter, still not a headcount of the occupation. The page does not publish an average gift. $2,612,985, 4,147, and 2,299 are the three cycle-side facts. Unitemized federal gifts never enter $2,612,985. Committee disbursements and independent expenditures are a different FEC schedule and are not a second way to count $2,612,985. Three numbers define the Dentist × 2014 cell: dollars $2,612,985, contribution rows 4,147, unique donors 2,299. Share of occupation dollars is 7.1% of $36,685,531.

Limits of the Dentist 2014 occupation-cycle table

Matching Dentist with 2014 does not measure influence, does not assign party, and does not say Dentist donors caused an electoral result. Correlation between an occupation string and a cycle is not causation. The table is also not an ADA membership roll, a dental PAC independent-expenditure total, or a license census.

Itemized individual contributions from FEC.gov only. Independent expenditures, unitemized gifts, and state-office campaigns are excluded. Occupation labels are filer-entered. DENTIST is the occupation string. Specialty titles remain separate. The join does not verify active licenses or practice ownership. Dental association PACs are committee activity, not this occupation filter. This join does not publish a party split, a recipient-committee list, or employer text.

Linked Dentist and 2014 pages

Dentist donations holds the $36,685,531 occupation total. The 2014 election cycle page holds every occupation in that window, not only Dentist. All occupations places DENTIST beside other titles without merging sibling strings (ORTHODONTIST, DENTAL HYGIENIST, and ORAL SURGEON). All FEC ties lists other occupation-cycle pairs so $2,612,985 is not added to a different year.

Use the occupation hub for all-cycle Dentist dollars ($36,685,531). Use the 2014 cycle hub for the even-year window across titles. Use this tie for the intersection only: $2,612,985, 4,147 contributions, 2,299 donors, 7.1% of occupation dollars. Those four internal links are the only hrefs this copy may use: Dentist donations, the 2014 election cycle, all occupations, and all FEC ties.

Repeat gifts inside Dentist 2014

4,147 contributions from 2,299 donors is closer to one-to-two itemized gifts per person inside this cycle filter, still not a headcount of the occupation. Name matching can split or merge people across filings, so 2,299 is an index unique-person count for this pair, not a professional-association census.

4,147 is the row count. $2,612,985 is the dollar count. Neither is a license count. Cite FEC.gov via LobbyVault. Occupation labels remain filer-entered.

Questions

How much did Dentist donors give in 2014?

FEC itemized individual contributions from donors listing occupation DENTIST in the 2014 cycle total $2,612,985, from 4,147 contributions and 2,299 donors. Nationwide across cycles, Dentist-coded receipts are $36,685,531. 2014 is 7.1% of those occupation dollars. Source: FEC.gov.

Is Dentist 2014 money a PAC total?

No. This join is itemized individual contributions grouped by occupation and election cycle. Committee PACs and independent expenditures are not in $2,612,985 or in the $36,685,531 occupation figure used here. The join is itemized individual receipts tagged DENTIST, not a dental-association PAC. The 2014 join is $2,612,985 from 4,147 contributions and 2,299 donors.

Is this ADA PAC spending?

No. The join is itemized individual receipts tagged DENTIST, not a dental-association PAC. The 2014 cycle filter on Dentist is $2,612,985, 4,147 contributions, and 2,299 donors. The occupation total across cycles is $36,685,531. Labels are filer-entered on FEC.gov itemized receipts.

Why 4,147 Dentist contributions and 2,299 donors in 2014?

The 2014 join includes 4,147 itemized contributions from 2,299 donors totaling $2,612,985. 4,147 contributions from 2,299 donors is closer to one-to-two itemized gifts per person inside this cycle filter, still not a headcount of the occupation. The page does not name donors or split rows by committee. Unique-donor count is not a census of the occupation.