Financial Consultant political money in the 2008 election cycle

Financial Consultant as occupation, 2008 as the cycle

Two FEC fields define the cell: occupation FINANCIAL CONSULTANT and election cycle 2008. Matching rows sum to $642,275, 653 contributions, and 353 donors. FINANCIAL CONSULTANT is an advisory title as typed. Consultant without the financial prefix is another key. FEC.gov does not verify a license or a book of business. The occupation hub is $13,786,562 across every cycle in the aggregate. The 2008 cycle hub mixes every other occupation that used that year. Neither hub restates this intersection; this tie page exists because the two dimensions meet.

2008’s dollar share is 4.7% ($642,275 of $13,786,562). The remainder, $13,144,287, sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. 353 donor keys and 653 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 $642,275.

A large Financial Consultant occupation total across cycles

$13,786,562 is the occupation-side denominator. It is not limited to 2008. Consultant, Financial Advisor, and Wealth Manager are other occupation keys if stored separately. Adding those keys to $13,786,562 would be a researcher-built recode, not this table. Occupation labels are filer-entered on itemized individual receipts. FINANCIAL CONSULTANT is an advisory title as typed. Consultant without the financial prefix is another key. FEC.gov does not verify a license or a book of business.

Open Financial Consultant donations for the $13,786,562 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. A 4.7% year share of this occupation total means the rest of the labeled money sits outside 2008.

353 donors and a four-figure mean gift

Dividing $642,275 by 653 contributions yields about $984 per gift. Dividing by 353 donors yields about $1,819 per donor. Gifts per donor average about 1.8 (653 ÷ 353). Those ratios describe this string in 2008, not payroll at firms that employ people with similar titles, and not a FINRA license extract or a CFP Board directory.

353 is a donor-key count inside the occupation × cycle aggregate, not a headcount of everyone who held the job in 2008. Repeat itemization, couples filing separately, and people who used the string on some receipts but not others all move the 353 figure. The cycle hub still holds every other occupation’s 2008 receipts beside this cell. People who left occupation blank or used a nearby spelling are not in $642,275.

What 4.7% of Financial Consultant-coded dollars is not

A 4.7% share of Financial Consultant-coded dollars from 2008 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 2008 donations funded contracts or grants. Quote $642,275 as itemized individual receipts tagged FINANCIAL CONSULTANT in 2008, source FEC.gov, and stop there. Correlation is not causation.

How to cite Financial Consultant × 2008

A complete claim names Financial Consultant and 2008, then $642,275, 653 contributions, 353 donors, and 4.7% of $13,786,562, source FEC.gov. Do not convert 353 keys into licensed or employed practitioners. Do not fold independent expenditures or USAspending awards into the cell. Keep both sides of the name—Financial Consultant and 2008—whenever the dollars are quoted. Mean gift $984 and mean per donor $1,819 travel with those counts; they do not travel with a FINRA license extract or a CFP Board directory.

This URL exists because two filters meet. Financial Consultant donations rolls every cycle into one FINANCIAL CONSULTANT running total. The 2008 election cycle rolls every occupation into one 2008 total. Only the Financial Consultant × 2008 overlay applies both filters, which is why this page cites 653 receipts and $642,275. All FEC ties is the directory of other occupation-cycle cells.

Occupation hub, 2008 hub, and sibling keys

The occupation hub still holds $13,144,287 outside 2008. Most of the $13,786,562 roll is not this cycle’s cell when 4.7% is the year share. Consultant, Financial Advisor, and Wealth Manager are other occupation keys if stored separately. Those titles are not parents of FINANCIAL CONSULTANT on this page. Gifts per donor in 2008 average about 1.8.

Presidential cycles still use the same occupation string. What 2008 changes is the window, not the spelling of FINANCIAL CONSULTANT. Keep Financial Consultant in the title and the H1 so the page is not mistaken for a generic 2008 roundup.

Questions

How much did Financial Consultant-tagged donors give in 2008?

The join records $642,275 in itemized individual contributions for occupation Financial Consultant in the 2008 FEC cycle, from 653 contributions and 353 donors. The occupation’s all-cycle total is $13,786,562, so 2008 is 4.7% of that roll. Figures come from FEC.gov aggregates. Occupation labels are filer-entered.

Does this count every financial consultant who donated in 2008?

No. The 353 donor keys are people whose itemized receipts grouped to FINANCIAL CONSULTANT in 2008. Filers who wrote Consultant, Financial Advisor, or Wealth Manager sit in other occupation rows. FEC.gov does not verify jobs. The cell totals $642,275 on 653 lines. Unitemized gifts never appear in this aggregate.

What share of Financial Consultant occupation money is the 2008 cycle?

4.7%: $642,275 of $13,786,562. The remaining $13,144,287 sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. That share is $642,275 divided by $13,786,562, not a ranking of civic engagement and not a peak-year list. Other years’ amounts are not in this packet except as that remainder.

Where are the live Financial Consultant and 2008 tables?

Financial Consultant donations carries the $13,786,562 occupation total. The 2008 election cycle hub places Financial Consultant beside other occupation strings that year. All occupations and All FEC ties list sibling joins. Original filings remain at FEC.gov. This tie page is the Financial Consultant × 2008 intersection only.