General Contractor money in the 2008 FEC cycle

General Contractor as occupation, 2008 as the cycle

Two FEC fields define the cell: occupation GENERAL CONTRACTOR and election cycle 2008. Matching rows sum to $1,136,791, 1,062 contributions, and 545 donors. GENERAL CONTRACTOR in 2008 is a trade title on itemized receipts. FEC.gov does not check license numbers. The occupation hub is $8,993,979 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 12.6% ($1,136,791 of $8,993,979). The remainder, $7,857,188, sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. More than a thousand lines from hundreds of donor keys is a high-volume construction-title 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 $1,136,791.

The GENERAL CONTRACTOR string across every cycle

$8,993,979 is the occupation-side denominator. It is not limited to 2008. Contractor, Builder, and Construction are other occupation keys if stored as different strings. Adding those keys to $8,993,979 would be a researcher-built recode, not this table. Occupation labels are filer-entered on itemized individual receipts.

Open General Contractor donations for the $8,993,979 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.

545 donors and a four-figure mean gift

Dividing $1,136,791 by 1,062 contributions yields about $1,070 per gift. Dividing by 545 donors yields about $2,086 per donor. Gifts per donor average about 1.9 (1,062 ÷ 545). Those ratios describe this string in 2008, not payroll at firms that employ people with similar titles.

545 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 545 figure. The cycle hub still holds every other occupation’s 2008 receipts beside this cell. The 2012 General Contractor join is a different cycle cell against the same occupation total. Do not add those windows.

What General Contractor dollars in 2008 are not

A 12.6% share of General Contractor-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 $1,136,791 as itemized individual receipts tagged GENERAL CONTRACTOR in 2008, source FEC.gov, and stop there.

How to cite General Contractor × 2008

A complete claim names General Contractor and 2008, then $1,136,791, 1,062 contributions, 545 donors, and 12.6% of $8,993,979, source FEC.gov. Do not convert 545 keys into licensed or employed practitioners. Do not fold independent expenditures or USAspending awards into the cell. Keep both sides of the name—General Contractor and 2008—whenever the dollars are quoted. Mean gift $1,070 and mean per donor $2,086 travel with those counts; they do not travel with a licensing board.

Occupation hub, 2008 hub, and Builder as a sibling

The occupation hub still holds $7,857,188 outside 2008. Most of the $8,993,979 roll is not this cycle’s cell. This page isolates the overlap for readers who need both the title and the year, not either hub restated. Contractor, Builder, and Construction are other occupation keys if stored as different strings. Those titles are not parents of GENERAL CONTRACTOR on this page. Gifts per donor in 2008 average about 1.9. That ratio is 1,062 divided by 545, not a measure of turnout.

Questions

How much did General Contractor-tagged donors give in 2008?

The join records $1,136,791 in itemized individual contributions for occupation General Contractor in the 2008 FEC cycle, from 1,062 contributions and 545 donors. The occupation’s all-cycle total is $8,993,979, so 2008 is 12.6% of that roll. Figures come from FEC.gov aggregates. Occupation labels are filer-entered.

Does this count every general contractor who donated in 2008?

No. The 545 donor keys are people whose itemized receipts grouped to GENERAL CONTRACTOR in 2008. Filers who used a different title are other occupation rows. FEC.gov does not verify jobs. The cell totals $1,136,791 on 1,062 lines. Unitemized gifts never appear in this aggregate.

What share of General Contractor occupation money is the 2008 cycle?

12.6%: $1,136,791 of $8,993,979. The remaining $7,857,188 sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. That share is $1,136,791 divided by $8,993,979, 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 General Contractor and 2008 tables?

General Contractor donations carries the $8,993,979 occupation total. The 2008 election cycle hub places General Contractor 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 General Contractor × 2008 intersection only.