Developer political money in the 2008 FEC cycle

Developer as occupation, 2008 as the cycle

Two FEC fields define the cell: occupation DEVELOPER and election cycle 2008. Matching rows sum to $6,873,855, 1,905 contributions, and 1,108 donors. Developer is an ambiguous title. FEC.gov stores what filers typed; this page does not split real-estate developers from software developers. The occupation hub is $33,583,908 across every cycle in the aggregate. The 2008 cycle hub mixes every other occupation that used that year. Neither hub restates this intersection; this tie page exists because the two dimensions meet.

2008’s dollar share is 20.5% ($6,873,855 of $33,583,908). The remainder, $26,710,053, sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. A 20.5% year share of a smaller all-cycle occupation total means 2008 is a heavier slice than many other titles in this batch, not a ranking of civic engagement. Correlation between a job title and a two-year FEC window is a reporting overlap, not causation of an election outcome. Itemized individual receipts are the coverage. Unitemized money never appears in $6,873,855.

A smaller all-cycle total with a heavy 2008 cell

$33,583,908 is the occupation-side denominator. It is not limited to 2008. REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER, REAL ESTATE, and SOFTWARE DEVELOPER are other occupation keys if stored separately. Adding those keys to $33,583,908 would be a researcher-built recode, not this table. Occupation labels are filer-entered on itemized individual receipts.

Open Developer donations for the $33,583,908 roll. Open the 2008 election cycle hub for every occupation in that window. All occupations and All FEC ties place this pair beside other occupation-cycle pages without combining dollar figures.

1,108 donors and a 2008 mean gift

Dividing $6,873,855 by 1,905 contributions yields about $3,608 per gift. Dividing by 1,108 donors yields about $6,204 per donor. Gifts per donor average about 1.7 (1,905 ÷ 1,108). Those ratios describe this string in 2008, not payroll at firms that employ people with similar titles.

1,108 is a donor-key count inside the occupation × cycle aggregate, not a headcount of everyone who held the job in 2008. Repeat itemization, couples filing separately, and people who used the string on some receipts but not others all move the 1,108 figure. The cycle hub still holds every other occupation’s 2008 receipts beside this cell.

What 20.5% of Developer dollars is not

A 20.5% share of Developer-coded dollars from 2008 does not mean the occupation caused those gifts, and it does not mean people with that title funded a policy outcome. Occupation and cycle are reported together. The overlap is descriptive. Independent expenditures, committee-to-committee transfers, and unitemized gifts are out of scope.

Federal awards on USAspending.gov are a different ledger. This join does not claim that 2008 donations funded contracts or grants. Quote $6,873,855 as itemized individual receipts tagged DEVELOPER in 2008, source FEC.gov, and stop there.

How to cite Developer × 2008

A complete claim names Developer and 2008, then $6,873,855, 1,905 contributions, 1,108 donors, and 20.5% of $33,583,908, source FEC.gov. Do not convert 1,108 keys into licensed or employed practitioners. Do not fold independent expenditures or USAspending awards into the cell. Keep both sides of the name—Developer and 2008—whenever the dollars are quoted. Mean gift $3,608 and mean per donor $6,204 travel with those counts; they do not travel with a licensing board.

Occupation hub, cycle hub, and Real Estate as a sibling key

The occupation hub still holds $26,710,053 outside 2008. Most of the $33,583,908 roll is not this cycle’s cell. This page isolates the overlap for readers who need both the title and the year, not either hub restated. REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER, REAL ESTATE, and SOFTWARE DEVELOPER are other occupation keys if stored separately. Those titles are not parents of DEVELOPER on this page. Gifts per donor in 2008 average about 1.7. That ratio is 1,905 divided by 1,108, not a measure of turnout.

Questions

How much did Developer-tagged donors give in 2008?

The join records $6,873,855 in itemized individual contributions for occupation Developer in the 2008 FEC cycle, from 1,905 contributions and 1,108 donors. The occupation’s all-cycle total is $33,583,908, so 2008 is 20.5% of that roll. Figures come from FEC.gov aggregates. Occupation labels are filer-entered.

Does this count every developer who donated in 2008?

No. The 1,108 donor keys are people whose itemized receipts grouped to DEVELOPER in 2008. Filers who used a different title are other occupation rows. FEC.gov does not verify jobs. The cell totals $6,873,855 on 1,905 lines. Unitemized gifts never appear in this aggregate.

What share of Developer occupation money is the 2008 cycle?

20.5%: $6,873,855 of $33,583,908. The remaining $26,710,053 sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. That share is $6,873,855 divided by $33,583,908, not a ranking of civic engagement and not a peak-year list. Other years’ amounts are not in this packet except as that remainder.

Where are the live Developer and 2008 tables?

Developer donations carries the $33,583,908 occupation total. The 2008 election cycle hub places Developer beside other occupation strings that year. All occupations and All FEC ties list sibling joins. Original filings remain at FEC.gov. This tie page is the Developer × 2008 intersection only.