Designer occupation money in the 2008 FEC cycle

Where Designer meets 2008

Two FEC dimensions meet here: occupation DESIGNER and the 2008 election cycle. The intersection is $1,597,883 ($1.6 million), 1,752 contributions, and 766 donors. 8.6% of Designer occupation dollars ($18,568,646) fall in 2008.

2008 is an even-year federal cycle labeled 2008 on FEC.gov, a presidential-year window in itemized receipts. This page does not add later cycles into the 2008 dollars. DESIGNER is a one-word title covering graphic, interior, fashion, and product work when those modifiers are omitted. GRAPHIC DESIGNER and INTERIOR DESIGNER are other keys if typed in full. The 2008 join does not split those media.

A Designer bucket, not a license file

On the occupation side, $18,568,646 is the Designer total across cycles. Sibling labels (GRAPHIC DESIGNER, INTERIOR DESIGNER, and ARTIST) stay on other pages. Designer is not a design-union roster, a studio census, or a merge with ARTIST.

All occupations lists other titles without adding them to $18,568,646. The Designer donations page holds the all-cycle occupation table that $1,597,883 is a slice of. Dividing $1,597,883 by 1,752 receipts yields about $912 per line; dividing by 766 donors yields about $2,086 per person. Those ratios are arithmetic, not medians.

1,752 Designer receipts in presidential-year 2008

The 2008 election cycle hub holds itemized individual receipts for every occupation coded to that even-year window. This tie keeps only Designer. $1,597,883 is therefore not a cycle-wide total. FEC.gov labels this even-year federal window 2008. It is not a 2010 midterm filter and not a later presidential cycle.

1,752 contributions from 766 donors is moderate repeat itemization inside the cycle filter. About 2.3 itemized rows per donor is a filing ratio. Mean per receipt about $912; mean per donor about $2,086. Those means are arithmetic on the 2008 cell only. The packet has no median, no party split, and no employer table. Unitemized federal gifts never enter $1,597,883. Three numbers define the Designer × 2008 cell: dollars $1,597,883, contribution rows 1,752, unique donors 766. Share of occupation dollars is 8.6% of $18,568,646.

FEC receipts are not federal awards

Matching Designer with 2008 does not measure influence, does not assign party, and does not say Designer donors caused an electoral result. Correlation between an occupation string and a cycle is not causation. The table is also not a design-union roster, a studio census, or a merge with ARTIST.

Itemized individual contributions from FEC.gov only. Independent expenditures, unitemized gifts, and state-office campaigns are excluded. Occupation labels are filer-entered. DESIGNER is a one-word title covering graphic, interior, fashion, and product work when those modifiers are omitted. GRAPHIC DESIGNER and INTERIOR DESIGNER are other keys if typed in full. The 2008 join does not split those media. Campaign gifts and federal awards remain separate public records. This page does not claim that $1,597,883 funded USAspending obligations. If a reader only needs the occupation, the Designer donations hub is $18,568,646; the 2008 election cycle hub is the even-year inventory across titles. Do not add those hubs together.

Linked Designer and 2008 tables

Designer donations holds the $18,568,646 occupation total. The 2008 election cycle page holds every occupation in that window, not only Designer. All occupations places DESIGNER beside other titles without merging sibling strings (GRAPHIC DESIGNER, INTERIOR DESIGNER, and ARTIST). All FEC ties lists other occupation-cycle pairs so $1,597,883 is not added to a different year.

Use the occupation hub for all-cycle Designer dollars ($18,568,646). Use the 2008 cycle hub for the even-year window across titles. Use this tie for the intersection only: $1,597,883, 1,752 contributions, 766 donors, 8.6% of occupation dollars. Those four internal links are the only hrefs this copy may use.

Volume facts for Designer in 2008

Keep 1,752 contributions and 766 donors in the same citation so readers can see whether Designer in 2008 is a high-volume stack or a concentrated roster. About 2.3 receipts per donor and about $2,086 per donor are ratios, not typical gifts.

The all-cycle occupation total $18,568,646 answers a different question: every window combined, not this two-year clock. Unitemized receipts, independent expenditures, and state-office campaigns sit outside this extract. FEC.gov is the source.

Questions

How much did Designer-labeled donors give in 2008?

The Designer grouping’s 2008 cell is $1,597,883 in itemized individual contributions, from 1,752 contributions and 766 donors, per FEC.gov aggregates. That is the occupation-cycle join, not a PAC total and not the $18,568,646 all-cycle occupation total.

Does Designer mean graphic designer?

Not necessarily. DESIGNER is the occupation string as typed. FEC aggregates do not encode medium or studio type. The 2008 cycle filter on Designer is $1,597,883, 1,752 contributions, and 766 donors. The occupation total across cycles is $18,568,646. Labels are filer-entered on FEC.gov itemized receipts.

What share of Designer FEC money fell in 2008?

About 8.6%. $1,597,883 divided by $18,568,646 is the 2008 cell’s share of the lifetime occupation bucket. Other cycles hold about 91.4% ($16,970,763) on the occupation hub. See the Designer occupation hub for other cycles and the 2008 cycle hub for other strings.

Does Designer 2008 money fund federal awards?

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. $1,597,883 is itemized receipts tagged DESIGNER in 2008, not an obligation total. Occupation labels are filer-entered.