General Partner political money in the 2008 cycle

General Partner as occupation, 2008 as the cycle

Two FEC fields define the cell: occupation GENERAL PARTNER and election cycle 2008. Matching rows sum to $782,445, 332 contributions, and 182 donors. GENERAL PARTNER is a partnership title typed on Form 3 receipts. FEC.gov does not confirm partnership agreements or capital accounts. The occupation hub is $9,486,497 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 8.2% ($782,445 of $9,486,497). The remainder, $8,704,052, sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. A few hundred lines from under two hundred donor keys with a four-figure mean is a thinner, higher-dollar cell than many 2008 clinical titles. 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 $782,445.

The partnership title across every cycle on file

$9,486,497 is the occupation-side denominator. It is not limited to 2008. Partner, Managing Partner, and Limited Partner are other occupation keys if stored as different strings. Adding those keys to $9,486,497 would be a researcher-built recode, not this table. Occupation labels are filer-entered on itemized individual receipts.

Open General Partner donations for the $9,486,497 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. 2008 is a presidential cycle. This cell is still only the occupation string in that two-year window, not a nominee’s campaign file.

182 donors and a four-figure mean gift

Dividing $782,445 by 332 contributions yields about $2,357 per gift. Dividing by 182 donors yields about $4,299 per donor. Gifts per donor average about 1.8 (332 ÷ 182). Those ratios describe this string in 2008, not payroll at firms that employ people with similar titles.

182 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 182 figure. The cycle hub still holds every other occupation’s 2008 receipts beside this cell.

What 8.2% of General Partner dollars is not

A 8.2% share of General Partner-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 $782,445 as itemized individual receipts tagged GENERAL PARTNER in 2008, source FEC.gov, and stop there.

How to cite General Partner × 2008

A complete claim names General Partner and 2008, then $782,445, 332 contributions, 182 donors, and 8.2% of $9,486,497, source FEC.gov. Do not convert 182 keys into licensed or employed practitioners. Do not fold independent expenditures or USAspending awards into the cell. Keep both sides of the name—General Partner and 2008—whenever the dollars are quoted. Mean gift $2,357 and mean per donor $4,299 travel with those counts; they do not travel with a licensing board.

Occupation hub, 2008 hub, and Partner as a sibling

The occupation hub still holds $8,704,052 outside 2008. Most of the $9,486,497 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. Partner, Managing Partner, and Limited Partner are other occupation keys if stored as different strings. Those titles are not parents of GENERAL PARTNER on this page. Gifts per donor in 2008 average about 1.8. That ratio is 332 divided by 182, not a measure of turnout.

Questions

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

The join records $782,445 in itemized individual contributions for occupation General Partner in the 2008 FEC cycle, from 332 contributions and 182 donors. The occupation’s all-cycle total is $9,486,497, so 2008 is 8.2% of that roll. Figures come from FEC.gov aggregates. Occupation labels are filer-entered.

Does this count every general partner who donated in 2008?

No. The 182 donor keys are people whose itemized receipts grouped to GENERAL PARTNER in 2008. Filers who used a different title are other occupation rows. FEC.gov does not verify jobs. The cell totals $782,445 on 332 lines. Unitemized gifts never appear in this aggregate.

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

8.2%: $782,445 of $9,486,497. The remaining $8,704,052 sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. That share is $782,445 divided by $9,486,497, 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 Partner and 2008 tables?

General Partner donations carries the $9,486,497 occupation total. The 2008 election cycle hub places General Partner 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 Partner × 2008 intersection only.