Economist donations in the 2012 FEC cycle

Economist as occupation, 2012 as the cycle

Two FEC fields define the cell: occupation ECONOMIST and election cycle 2012. Matching rows sum to $1,207,548, 1,436 contributions, and 548 donors. 2012 is a social-science title cell with more than a thousand receipts. The occupation hub rolls every cycle that used this spelling. The 2012 election-cycle hub rolls every occupation that filed that cycle. Neither hub restates this intersection; this tie page exists because the two dimensions meet.

Economist is a one-word social-science title as typed. Nearby strings — ANALYST, RESEARCHER, PROFESSOR, and FINANCIAL ECONOMIST — sit in other occupation hubs when filers used those words. Do not stack those dollar figures onto $1,207,548 or $15,061,265. Grant numbers and institution names are not in these packet figures.

2012’s dollar share is 8.0% ($1,207,548 of $15,061,265). The remainder sits in other cycles on the occupation hub and is not itemized by year on this packet. 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 $1,207,548.

The Economist string across cycles

Under the exact label ECONOMIST, harvested individual contributions sum to $15.1 million ($15,061,265). The 2012 cell is 8.0% of that occupation total. The FEC file does not verify a doctorate, a university appointment, or a research shop. A share in a presidential cycle is a slice, not proof that the remaining dollars sat in any particular other year. Those other years are not in this packet.

Economist is not a Blue Chip forecast panel and not a Fed employment file. Open Economist donations for the $15,061,265 roll. Open the 2012 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.

2012 receipts and donors

Inside the 2012 cell, 1,436 itemized contributions map to 548 donors. That is about 2.6 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 $841; dollars per donor average about $2,204. Averages hide large and small lines sitting in the same total.

Presidential-year volume can mix primary, general, and other receipts dated to 2012. This packet does not split $1,207,548 by those stages or by party. The 2012 election cycle hub shows the cycle’s full occupation mix; this page shows only the Economist row. 548 donors is a disclosure count for this key in 2012, not a turnout figure.

How to read the two dollar columns

Keep $1,207,548 attached to 2012 and $15,061,265 attached to the occupation string. Adding them would double-count the 2012 dollars that already sit inside the occupation total. Subtracting them does not yield “all other cycles”; it only yields a remainder 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, a research grant, or a USAspending obligation. Quote $1,207,548 with both nouns: Economist and 2012.

What the Economist–2012 join does not claim

Occupation labels are filer-entered. Economist is not a Blue Chip forecast panel and not a Fed employment file. A person who wrote a nearby title is not in $1.2 million. 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.

No motive, no vote, no ranking of occupations. Not an NBER roster, not a PhD extract, and not a central-bank headcount. Use All occupations to compare other labels; use All FEC ties for other joins. 1,436 receipts and 548 donors are the volume facts for this join.

Questions

How much did economists donate in 2012?

Filers who wrote Economist on FEC individual contribution records itemized $1,207,548 in the 2012 cycle, across 1,436 receipts from 548 donors. That cell is 8.0% of $15,061,265 harvested under the same exact occupation string. Nearby spellings are counted on other occupation pages.

Does Economist mean academic or industry economists?

The stored string is ECONOMIST with no employer. Professor, Analyst, and Researcher are other keys. Financial Economist, if used, sits elsewhere. This page does not split campus, government, and private-sector research or check a degree. Figures are FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates. Economist in 2012 is $1,207,548 on 1,436 receipts from 548 donors.

What is an occupation-cycle join on LobbyVault?

It is the overlap of one self-reported occupation key and one even-numbered FEC cycle. The occupation hub holds $15.1 million for this string across cycles. The cycle hub holds every occupation that filed in 2012. This page reports only the overlapping cell, $1.2 million, so the two dimensions are not restated as one table.

Does the 2012 Economist total include PACs or party committees?

$1,207,548 is an aggregate of individual contributions whose occupation field matches this string. It is not PAC independent spending, not committee-to-committee transfers, and not a party split. This packet has no party field. Open the Economist donations hub or the 2012 election cycle hub for committee-level rows.