Editor political money — 2012 cycle

2012 receipts tagged Editor

Two FEC fields define the cell: occupation EDITOR and election cycle 2012. Matching rows sum to $749,487, 1,053 contributions, and 444 donors. EDITOR can mean news, books, film, or web. The FEC string does not split those trades. FEC.gov does not verify a masthead or a union card. The occupation hub is $12,055,499 across every cycle in the aggregate. The 2012 cycle hub mixes every other occupation that used that year. Neither hub restates this intersection; this tie page exists because the two dimensions meet.

2012’s dollar share is 6.2% ($749,487 of $12,055,499). The remainder, $11,306,012, sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. 444 donor keys and 1,053 lines describe this presidential-cycle cell. 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 $749,487. Editor as a 2008 join, if published, is another two-year slice. This page cites $749,487 for 2012.

The occupation-side denominator $12,055,499

$12,055,499 is the occupation-side denominator. It is not limited to 2012. Journalist, Writer, and Publisher are other occupation keys if stored separately. Adding those keys to $12,055,499 would be a researcher-built recode, not this table. Occupation labels are filer-entered on itemized individual receipts. EDITOR can mean news, books, film, or web. The FEC string does not split those trades. FEC.gov does not verify a masthead or a union card.

Open Editor donations for the $12,055,499 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. A 6.2% year share of this occupation total means the rest of the labeled money sits outside 2012.

Mean gift $712 and 2.4 gifts per donor

Dividing $749,487 by 1,053 contributions yields about $712 per gift. Dividing by 444 donors yields about $1,688 per donor. Gifts per donor average about 2.4 (1,053 ÷ 444). Those ratios describe this string in 2012, not payroll at firms that employ people with similar titles, and not a newsroom roster or an ISBN editor credit.

444 is a donor-key count inside the occupation × cycle aggregate, not a headcount of everyone who held the job in 2012. Repeat itemization, couples filing separately, and people who used the string on some receipts but not others all move the 444 figure. The cycle hub still holds every other occupation’s 2012 receipts beside this cell. People who left occupation blank or used a nearby spelling are not in $749,487.

Editor is not a newsroom roster or an ISBN editor credit

A 6.2% share of Editor-coded dollars from 2012 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 2012 donations funded contracts or grants. Quote $749,487 as itemized individual receipts tagged EDITOR in 2012, source FEC.gov, and stop there. Correlation is not causation.

FEC.gov citation for Editor in 2012

A complete claim names Editor and 2012, then $749,487, 1,053 contributions, 444 donors, and 6.2% of $12,055,499, source FEC.gov. Do not convert 444 keys into licensed or employed practitioners. Do not fold independent expenditures or USAspending awards into the cell. Keep both sides of the name—Editor and 2012—whenever the dollars are quoted. Mean gift $712 and mean per donor $1,688 travel with those counts; they do not travel with a newsroom roster or an ISBN editor credit.

This URL exists because two filters meet. Editor donations rolls every cycle into one EDITOR running total. The 2012 election cycle rolls every occupation into one 2012 total. Only the Editor × 2012 overlay applies both filters, which is why this page cites 1,053 receipts and $749,487. All FEC ties is the directory of other occupation-cycle cells.

Moving from this cell to the parent hubs

The occupation hub still holds $11,306,012 outside 2012. Most of the $12,055,499 roll is not this cycle’s cell when 6.2% is the year share. Journalist, Writer, and Publisher are other occupation keys if stored separately. Those titles are not parents of EDITOR on this page. Gifts per donor in 2012 average about 2.4.

Presidential cycles still use the same occupation string. What 2012 changes is the window, not the spelling of EDITOR. Keep Editor in the title and the H1 so the page is not mistaken for a generic 2012 roundup.

Questions

How many Editor donors itemized in 2012?

444 donor keys and 1,053 contributions, totaling $749,487. About 2.4 gifts per donor and $712 per gift are arithmetic on those integers, not medians. The occupation total is $12,055,499, so 2012 is 6.2%. Source FEC.gov. Occupation labels are filer-entered and are not a license census.

Does this count every editor who donated in 2012?

No. The 444 donor keys are people whose itemized receipts grouped to EDITOR in 2012. Filers who wrote Journalist, Writer, or Publisher are other occupation keys. FEC.gov does not verify jobs. The cell totals $749,487 on 1,053 lines. Unitemized gifts never appear in this aggregate.

What share of Editor occupation money is the 2012 cycle?

6.2%: $749,487 of $12,055,499. The remaining $11,306,012 sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. That share is $749,487 divided by $12,055,499, not a ranking of civic engagement and not a peak-year list. Other years’ amounts are not in this packet except as that remainder.

How should a researcher cite Editor in 2012?

Name occupation Editor, cycle 2012, $749,487, 1,053 contributions, and 444 donors, source FEC.gov. Add 6.2% of $12,055,499 if the occupation share is in scope. Do not convert donor keys into a license census. Live hubs: Editor donations and 2012 election cycle.