Doctor occupation money in the 2012 FEC cycle

Doctor as occupation, 2012 as cycle

Two keys define this page. One is the occupation string DOCTOR. The other is the 2012 federal election cycle. The match is $3,076,474, built from 3,807 contributions and 1,898 unique donors. Drop either key and the number changes. Nearly 3,800 presidential-year gifts from about 1,900 donors is a high-count cell with a modest mean line. About 9% of the occupation stack in 2012 is a chapter, not a specialty census.

Average contribution is about $808; average per donor is about $1,621. Those means are arithmetic on the 2012 cell only. The packet has no median, no party split, and no employer table. About 2.0 itemized rows per donor is a filing ratio, not a headcount of unique humans behind every spelling variant.

DOCTOR is not PHYSICIAN on this table

DOCTOR is the occupation string as typed. PHYSICIAN, MD, and specialty titles, if used, sit in other hubs. The FEC does not verify medical licenses. PhD holders who typed DOCTOR can land in the same cell.

$33,843,608 is every cycle combined for DOCTOR. $3,076,474 in 2012 is about 9.1% of that stack. Other windows hold about 90.9% ($30,767,134). A cycle cell at 9.1% is a chapter, not the occupation’s full FEC history. PHYSICIAN, MD, and SURGEON are other occupation pages if stored separately. Combining them without naming each source total mixes keys.

1,898 donors and 3,807 gifts in 2012

1,898 unique donors against 3,807 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 $3,076,474.

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 DOCTOR into a NAICS industry or a licensing roster. Recipients of the campaign gifts live on the occupation hub and the 2012 cycle hub.

About 9.1% of a $33.8 million occupation stack

9.1% is $3,076,474 divided by $33,843,608. Reading only 2012 understates the parent occupation book. Reading only the parent hides that this cycle’s share is 9.1%. The leftover outside 2012 is $30,767,134. 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 $33,843,608 is shared.

What a Doctor–2012 join cannot claim

This page does not measure clinical volume and does not attach NPI numbers. Medicare and Medicaid awards on USAspending are a different dataset. This join has no CMS identifier.

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 $3,076,474, 3,807 contributions, and 1,898 donors for Doctor in 2012. Cite $33,843,608 for the all-cycle occupation grouping. Name FEC.gov.

Related Doctor and 2012 tables

Doctor donations is the occupation hub behind $33,843,608. 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 $3,076,474, 3,807 gifts, or 1,898 donor IDs, the hub and FEC.gov control.

Keep the occupation string DOCTOR attached to $3,076,474 whenever the sentence also names cycle 2012. Keep 3,807 contributions and 1,898 donors in the same citation so readers can see whether Doctor in 2012 is a high-volume stack or a concentrated roster. The all-cycle occupation total $33,843,608 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 Doctor-labeled donors give in 2012?

The Doctor grouping’s 2012 cell is $3,076,474 in itemized individual contributions, from 3,807 contributions and 1,898 donors, per FEC.gov aggregates. That is the occupation-cycle join, not a PAC total and not the $33,843,608 all-cycle occupation total.

Is PHYSICIAN included in this Doctor total?

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

What share of Doctor FEC money fell in 2012?

About 9.1%. $3,076,474 divided by $33,843,608 is the 2012 cell’s share of the lifetime occupation bucket. Other cycles hold about 90.9% ($30,767,134) on the occupation hub. See the Doctor occupation hub for other cycles and the 2012 cycle hub for other strings.

Does the FEC verify medical 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. $3,076,474 is itemized receipts tagged DOCTOR in 2012, not an obligation total. Occupation labels are filer-entered. Unitemized gifts never enter this cell. FEC.gov is the source.