General Atomics and the 2014 FEC election cycle

Two keys: GENERAL ATOMICS and 2014

The packet’s keys are literal: industry string GENERAL ATOMICS, cycle 2014. Their product on FEC.gov individual-contribution aggregates is $317,057, from 133 contributions and 53 donors. No recipient list, party split, or PAC total is published here.

Treat the label as defense-and-energy employer text. Self-reported employer and occupation fields are free text. Filers who wrote a subsidiary or GA abbreviation are other keys. Federal contract files that reuse the company name are a different dataset. Neighboring stored labels include GA, GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL, GENERAL ATOMICS INC, and named subsidiaries. LobbyVault does not merge those strings into $317,057. This page does not merge those buckets.

$317,057 is smaller than $6,115,776 because other cycles exist, and it is not a share of national 2014 giving because this packet has no cycle-wide denominator. The join is the point.

Where $5,798,719 still sits

After this 2014 cell of $317,057, $5,798,719 of the General Atomics grouping remains in other even-year windows. That remainder is 94.8% of $6,115,776. The 2014 page is not empty of other employers; this file simply does not add them.

Percentages here use packet facts only. No national 2014 total is supplied, so no share of the election claim is possible. 5.2% is General Atomics-internal. Because 2014 is about 5.2% of $6,115,776, most stored General Atomics money sits outside this window ($5,798,719). The industry hub is the index for those other cycles. This page isolates 2014 so the lifetime figure is not mistaken for a two-year number.

How 53 donors produced 133 gifts

53 donors and 133 contributions are compatible because one identity can give more than once. The implied 2.5 gifts per donor is a mean. High-repeat filers would pull that mean up; one-time filers would pull it down. The packet does not split those groups.

$5,982 per donor and $2,384 per line are derived from $317,057. They are not contribution limits and not typical gift size if the distribution is skewed. Volume math uses only three facts: $317,057, 133 contributions, 53 donors. Derived means are $2,384 per gift and $5,982 per identity. They describe this cell, not typical American giving and not a party split.

2014 is not Election Day

An election-night search is the wrong grain for $317,057. The FEC cycle 2014 is a two-year bucket. 2014 is a midterm even-year window on FEC.gov; that fact is a calendar tag, not a causal claim. Dates belong on the overlay, not in invented subtotals.

The cycle hub and this tie differ by one filter. The hub is all strings in 2014. The tie is General Atomics in 2014. Only the tie is $317,057. Searchers often want a single Tuesday. FEC cycle 2014 is two years. Both years can feed $317,057. Dates, if needed, belong on the overlay, not as invented subtotals in this prose.

Limits of the General Atomics string

The string GENERAL ATOMICS is not NAICS, not a firm ID, and not a donor page. It is defense-and-energy employer text. Related names remain other keys. $317,057 does not absorb them.

Motive, party, and recipient strategy are not in the facts. This file does not speculate. 53 donors and 133 contributions are counts, not a narrative about why people gave. The Commission does not verify that GENERAL ATOMICS is a legal entity, a license, or a current job. General Atomics is defense-and-energy employer text. $317,057 is a text-match aggregate for 2014 itemized individual receipts.

Keeping General Atomics 2014 distinct from the hubs

General Atomics without 2014 is $6,115,776. 2014 without General Atomics is the year hub. General Atomics with 2014 is $317,057. Mixing those three sentences is the usual citation error this page exists to prevent.

Internal links: General Atomics 2014 (overlay), General Atomics (grouping), 2014 election cycle (year), All FEC ties (other joins). Anchors stay as supplied in the packet. A durable citation names GENERAL ATOMICS, 2014, $317,057, 133 contributions, 53 donors, and FEC.gov. Add 5.2% of $6,115,776 when lifetime context is required. Do not add USAspending dollars. Restating the join without new numbers: General Atomics in 2014 is $317,057 from 133 itemized individual contributions and 53 unique donors on FEC.gov. The same string stores $6,115,776 across cycles, so 2014 is about 5.2% and other windows hold $5,798,719 (94.8%). The grouping is defense-and-energy employer text, not a General Atomics PAC, a defense NAICS rollup, or USAspending awards to General Atomics entities.

Questions

How much did General Atomics donors give in 2014?

Donors who listed General Atomics reported $317,057 in the 2014 cycle on this aggregate — 133 contributions, 53 donors. The figure is not $6,115,776 and is not a named-recipient list. FEC.gov is the source for $317,057, 133 contributions, and 53 donors in the General Atomics × 2014 cell.

What share of General Atomics FEC money is 2014?

5.2% of $6,115,776 is tagged 2014 ($317,057). That ratio uses only packet facts for GENERAL ATOMICS. It is not a share of all 2014 FEC receipts. FEC.gov is the source for $317,057, 133 contributions, and 53 donors in the General Atomics × 2014 cell.

Does this include only General Atomics employees?

Only as a text match. General Atomics here is defense-and-energy employer text. The Commission does not certify a workforce. $317,057 is the 2014 overlap for GENERAL ATOMICS. FEC.gov is the source for $317,057, 133 contributions, and 53 donors in the General Atomics × 2014 cell.

Where is the overlay for the General Atomics 2014 join?

General Atomics 2014 is the overlay. General Atomics is every cycle for the string. 2014 election cycle is every grouping that year. All FEC ties lists other intersections. Packet total $317,057. FEC.gov is the source for $317,057, 133 contributions, and 53 donors in the General Atomics × 2014 cell.