Doctor of Optometry donations, 2008 FEC cycle

Doctor of Optometry as occupation, cycle as the other filter

Two FEC dimensions meet here: occupation DOCTOR OF OPTOMETRY and the 2008 election cycle. The intersection is $375,312 ($375,312), 922 contributions, and 575 donors. 6.4% of Doctor of Optometry occupation dollars ($5,866,385) fall in 2008. 2008 is a high-row presidential-year optometry-title cell: 922 receipts from 575 donors, a dense clinical stamp using the three-word spelling.

Doctor of Optometry is a three-word clinical title as typed, not an OD abbreviation recode. Nearby strings — OPTOMETRIST, OD, OPHTHALMOLOGIST, and PHYSICIAN — stay on other pages. Do not stack those dollar figures onto $375,312 or $5,866,385. Optometrist and OD, if stored, remain other keys; Ophthalmologist is a different specialty. The FEC file does not verify an OD license, an NBEO exam, or a practice ownership.

The DOCTOR OF OPTOMETRY string across cycles

On the occupation side, $5,866,385 ($5.9 million) is the Doctor of Optometry total across cycles. The 2008 cell is 6.4% of that roll; the remaining $5,491,073 sits in other years on the occupation hub and is not itemized by year on this packet. Doctor of Optometry is not a CMS eye-care volume ranking and not a named-practice roster. Doctor of Optometry is not an NBEO/state board extract, an AOA membership roll, or a clinic census.

Open Doctor Of Optometry donations for the $5,866,385 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. Occupation labels are filer-entered on itemized individual receipts.

Receipts and donor keys inside this cycle cell

Inside the 2008 cell, 922 itemized contributions map to 575 donors. That is about 1.6 receipts per donor in the join — a repeat-gift ratio, not a unique-person survey of everyone who holds a similar job. Dollars per receipt average about $407; dollars per donor average about $653. Averages hide large and small lines sitting in the same total.

2008 is a presidential-year FEC clock. Primaries, the general election, and leftover receipts from adjacent months can share the same even-year label. This packet does not split dollars by those stages or by party. The 2008 election cycle hub shows the cycle’s full occupation mix; this page shows only the Doctor of Optometry row. 575 donors is a disclosure count for this key in 2008, not a turnout figure. Unitemized federal gifts never enter $375,312.

Two dollar columns, one occupation and one year

Keep $375,312 attached to 2008 and $5,866,385 attached to the occupation string. Adding them would double-count the 2008 dollars that already sit inside the occupation total. Subtracting them does not yield “all other cycles”; it only yields a remainder ($5,491,073) that this packet does not itemize by year.

Cite FEC.gov. Individual contributions are not PAC independent expenditures and not lobbying registrations. Nothing in the join says donations paid for a federal award or a USAspending obligation. Quote $375,312 with both nouns: Doctor of Optometry and 2008.

What a Doctor of Optometry cycle join cannot claim

Matching Doctor of Optometry with 2008 does not measure influence, does not assign party, and does not say Doctor of Optometry donors caused an electoral result. Correlation between an occupation string and a cycle is not causation. The table is also not an NBEO/state board extract, an AOA membership roll, or a clinic census.

Itemized individual contributions from FEC.gov only. Independent expenditures, unitemized gifts, and state-office campaigns are excluded. A person who wrote a nearby title is not in $375,312. A person who wrote this string is in it even if the day job differs. LobbyVault does not audit licenses. The public record is the string plus the dollars.

Linked optometry hub, cycle hub, and sibling titles

Doctor Of Optometry donations holds the $5,866,385 occupation total. The 2008 election cycle page holds every occupation in that window, not only Doctor of Optometry. All occupations places DOCTOR OF OPTOMETRY beside other titles without merging sibling strings (OPTOMETRIST, OD, OPHTHALMOLOGIST, and PHYSICIAN). All FEC ties lists other occupation-cycle pairs so $375,312 is not added to a different year.

Use the occupation hub for all-cycle Doctor of Optometry dollars ($5,866,385). Use the 2008 cycle hub for the even-year window across titles. Use this tie for the intersection only: $375,312, 922 contributions, 575 donors, 6.4% of occupation dollars. Those four internal links are the only hrefs this copy may use. Amended individual contribution reports can move $375,312; a later harvest of the same occupation string can move $5,866,385. Rewrite only the sentence whose source moved.

Questions

How much did Doctor of Optometry-labeled donors give in 2008?

The Doctor of Optometry grouping’s 2008 cell is $375,312 in itemized individual contributions, from 922 contributions and 575 donors, per FEC.gov aggregates. That is the occupation-cycle join, not a PAC total and not the $5,866,385 all-cycle occupation total.

Is Doctor of Optometry the same as Optometrist?

This join uses the three-word string DOCTOR OF OPTOMETRY. Optometrist and OD are other keys if filers used those shorter labels. Ophthalmologist is a different medical specialty. The FEC file does not merge those stamps or check a state optometry board.

What share of Doctor of Optometry FEC money fell in 2008?

About 6.4%. $375,312 divided by $5,866,385 is the 2008 cell’s share of the lifetime occupation bucket. Other cycles hold about $5,491,073 on the occupation hub. See the Doctor of Optometry occupation hub for other cycles and the 2008 cycle hub for other strings.

Does Doctor of Optometry 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. $375,312 is itemized receipts tagged DOCTOR OF OPTOMETRY in 2008, not an obligation total. Occupation labels are filer-entered.