General Contractor money in the 2012 FEC cycle

General Contractor as occupation, 2012 as the cycle

Two FEC fields define the cell: occupation GENERAL CONTRACTOR and election cycle 2012. Matching rows sum to $1,039,837, 865 contributions, and 472 donors. GENERAL CONTRACTOR in 2012 uses the same two-word key as the 2008 join, with fewer gifts and fewer donor keys. The occupation hub is $8,993,979 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 11.6% ($1,039,837 of $8,993,979). The remainder, $7,954,142, sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. Hundreds of donor keys and hundreds of lines is still a broad construction-title cell, thinner than the 2008 window. 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 $1,039,837.

The same contractor roll, a different two-year clock

$8,993,979 is the occupation-side denominator. It is not limited to 2012. 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 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.

472 donors and a four-figure mean gift

Dividing $1,039,837 by 865 contributions yields about $1,202 per gift. Dividing by 472 donors yields about $2,203 per donor. Gifts per donor average about 1.8 (865 ÷ 472). Those ratios describe this string in 2012, not payroll at firms that employ people with similar titles.

472 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 472 figure. The cycle hub still holds every other occupation’s 2012 receipts beside this cell. Do not add the 2008 General Contractor cell to this 2012 figure. Each cycle is a separate join against the same occupation total.

What General Contractor dollars in 2012 are not

A 11.6% share of General Contractor-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 $1,039,837 as itemized individual receipts tagged GENERAL CONTRACTOR in 2012, source FEC.gov, and stop there.

How to cite General Contractor × 2012

A complete claim names General Contractor and 2012, then $1,039,837, 865 contributions, 472 donors, and 11.6% of $8,993,979, source FEC.gov. Do not convert 472 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 2012—whenever the dollars are quoted. Mean gift $1,202 and mean per donor $2,203 travel with those counts; they do not travel with a licensing board.

Occupation hub, 2012 hub, and the 2008 contractor cell

The occupation hub still holds $7,954,142 outside 2012. 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 2012 average about 1.8. That ratio is 865 divided by 472, not a measure of turnout.

Questions

How much did General Contractor-tagged donors give in 2012?

The join records $1,039,837 in itemized individual contributions for occupation General Contractor in the 2012 FEC cycle, from 865 contributions and 472 donors. The occupation’s all-cycle total is $8,993,979, so 2012 is 11.6% of that roll. Figures come from FEC.gov aggregates. Occupation labels are filer-entered.

Does this count every general contractor who donated in 2012?

No. The 472 donor keys are people whose itemized receipts grouped to GENERAL CONTRACTOR in 2012. Filers who used a different title are other occupation rows. FEC.gov does not verify jobs. The cell totals $1,039,837 on 865 lines. Unitemized gifts never appear in this aggregate.

What share of General Contractor occupation money is the 2012 cycle?

11.6%: $1,039,837 of $8,993,979. The remaining $7,954,142 sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. That share is $1,039,837 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 2012 tables?

General Contractor donations carries the $8,993,979 occupation total. The 2012 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 × 2012 intersection only.