Executive and the 2014 FEC cycle

A generic title joined to 2014

Executive is among the least specific occupation words in FEC files. Filers use it across sectors. This page does not repair that vagueness. It reports the inner join with the 2014 federal cycle: $1,842,561 from 613 itemized gifts and 183 unique donors.

Average contribution is about $3,006; average per donor is about $10,069. Those means sit above many one-word occupation cells with similar donor counts, which is a statement about gift size mix in this cell, not about corporate rank.

The occupation hub’s $87,249,417 lifetime total is the denominator that keeps 2014 in proportion. Without it, $1,842,561 would look like a headline year rather than a 2.1% slice.

Two percent of an $87 million stack

$1,842,561 divided by $87,249,417 is about 2.1%. More than 97% of the Executive grouping therefore lives in other cycles. Presidential years and other midterms share that remainder. This tie cannot list them; the industry hub can.

A lifetime total this large usually means the string appears often, for many years, on itemized individual receipts. Frequency of a word is not the same as a coordinated class of donors.

183 donors in a midterm cell

613 contributions from 183 donors implies some repeat giving inside 2013–2014. The aggregate does not publish a skewness measure. A few large gifts can still sit next to many smaller ones inside the $1,842,561 sum.

Because the title is generic, the 183 people need not share an industry. CEO, vice president, and “executive” as a leftover field can all collapse here after grouping.

2014 as the cycle side

The 2014 cycle tags federal activity in 2013–2014. Executive’s $1,842,561 is one occupation slice of that tag. The cycle hub will show other strings with larger and smaller cells. Ordering them as a power ranking would add a meaning the file does not carry.

Midterm national totals are usually lower than presidential-year totals. That seasonal pattern is consistent with a small share of a lifetime bucket that includes presidential cycles, but it is not a causal proof.

Why a vague title builds an $87 million stack

Generic titles produce giant lifetime totals because the word is cheap to type. Executive is that kind of word. The $87,249,417 lifetime bucket is a monument to a vague field, not a directory of C-suite officers. The 2014 cell is $1,842,561 inside that monument — about 2.1%.

Midterm dollars can still exceed a million while remaining a thin slice of a multi-cycle generic title. Presidential-year cells for the same string are likely larger; this packet does not publish them. 183 donors and 613 gifts are modest counts next to occupation words such as Realtor. The per-donor mean near $10,069 is higher because the donor base is smaller relative to the dollars, not because the FEC verified rank.

CEO, president, and owner are separate groupings if stored separately. A researcher who wants officer-level language should not treat Executive as a synonym for those pages. Federal vendor files use legal names and UEIs. An occupation word on an individual receipt cannot be matched to those files from this join.

When an occupation word is this generic, the honest headline is the share, not the raw dollars. $1,842,561 looks large until it is placed against $87,249,417. The 2.1% midterm fraction is the number that keeps the cell in proportion. 183 unique donors and 613 gifts are modest counts for a title that millions of people could type.

Officer-like language on other pages — CEO, president, owner — should not be mentally merged into this cell. Each is a different string and a different dollar total. The 2014 cycle hub will show those other titles if they appeared that window. This join shows Executive only. Vendor matching against USAspending cannot be done from an occupation word.

What a title-cycle join cannot do

The page does not identify employers. It does not show party. It does not convert occupation text into a corporate contribution. It does not link FEC gifts to USAspending awards.

Use the Executive 2014 overlay for receipts, the Executive hub for other years, the 2014 cycle hub for other strings, and the ties index for other joins.

Questions

How much FEC money is in the Executive 2014 join?

The Executive grouping’s 2014 cell is $1,842,561 in itemized individual contributions, from 613 contributions and 183 donors, based on FEC.gov aggregates. That is the occupation-cycle join, not PAC spending and not the $87,249,417 all-cycle total.

Why is $1.8 million only about 2% of the grouping?

Because the lifetime occupation total is $87,249,417. $1,842,561 is about 2.1% of that stack. Other cycles, including presidential years, hold the rest. Raw dollars and share of lifetime are different facts. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell; the industry hub holds other cycles; the cycle hub holds other employer strings from the same window.

Does Executive mean C-suite officers at large companies?

Not necessarily. The bucket is the self-reported occupation string Executive. Filers use it across firm sizes and sectors. The FEC does not verify job titles. The join reports the string match, not a directory of officers. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell; the industry hub holds other cycles; the cycle hub holds other employer strings from the same window.

Are these donations tied to federal contracts?

No. These figures are FEC individual contribution aggregates. Federal obligations are published by USAspending. This page does not claim that campaign gifts funded awards. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell; the industry hub holds other cycles; the cycle hub holds other employer strings from the same window.