Government Affairs occupation money in the 2012 FEC cycle

The Government Affairs filter on the 2012 matrix

$831,547 is the amount that survives both filters. The occupation filter is Government Affairs (GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS). The cycle filter is 2012. FEC.gov itemized individual contributions supply the dollars, the 959 lines, and the 274 donors.

Because the grouping is a lobbying-adjacent occupation string, not an LDA registrant list, the cell is a text match. Household members, retirees, and former workers can reuse a title. The Commission does not audit those claims on this aggregate.

Use the occupation hub when the question is every cycle for Government Affairs. Use the 2012 election cycle when the question is every string that year. Use this tie when the question is both.

Occupation labels are filer-entered

Occupation labels are filer-entered. GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS is the key used here. Longer or shorter versions are other keys if stored separately. This join does not merge them into $831,547.

274 donors and 959 contributions in 2012 are the volume facts. They describe this cell, not a profession-wide headcount. The 9.9% ratio is $831,547 divided by $8,440,747. Other even-year joins for GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS are not listed in this packet; they collectively hold $7,609,200. Citing 2012 as if it were the Government Affairs lifetime total would overstate this cell by $7,609,200.

$867 per contribution, $3,035 per donor

Per-gift mean $867 and per-donor mean $3,035 follow from $831,547, 959, and 274. About 3.5 itemized lines per donor is the third ratio. Report them as means, not as typical gifts.

Contributor identities can include people who listed GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS as occupation without a current job match. The FEC form is self-reported. A mean of $867 per itemized line and $3,035 per donor can hide a few large receipts. The packet supplies no median. 959 contributions remaining larger than 274 donors is the expected pattern when identities give more than once.

The $8,440,747 denominator

Divide $831,547 by $8,440,747 and the result is about 9.9%. The complementary share is 90.1%, or $7,609,200 outside 2012. Those two pieces add to the grouping total on FEC.gov as stored here.

$8,440,747 is not a salary roll. It is summed itemized individual contributions that matched GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS in any cycle in this table. FEC cycle 2012 tags a two-year window. Odd-year receipts inside that window are in $831,547 if they were itemized against GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS. This file does not publish a year-by-year split because the facts do not.

Correlation is not a spending trail

A shared year and a shared job word are not a causal chain. $831,547 is the itemized-individual overlap. It is not proof that Government Affairs as a profession directed the gifts, and it is not proof that the gifts bought federal contracts.

All FEC ties collects other joins. Live overlay numbers win if they disagree with this snapshot. FEC.gov remains the originating public record. Government Affairs as a lobbying-adjacent occupation string, not an LDA registrant list can appear in licensing or contracting databases under similar names. Those tables are not this $831,547. The join does not claim a payment trail from campaign gifts to federal awards.

Using the four internal links

Four hrefs cover the join: the Government Affairs occupation hub, the 2012 election cycle hub, All occupations, and All FEC ties. Together they let a reader add or remove one filter at a time without leaving FEC itemized-individual space.

This snapshot recorded $831,547 from 959 contributions and 274 donors. Live pages can move. FEC.gov is the originating filing system. Quote both keys: Government Affairs and 2012. Quote the dollars: $831,547. Quote the volume: 959 contributions, 274 donors. Quote the source: FEC.gov. Leave NAICS codes and named donors out unless a later overlay supplies them. Restating the join without new numbers: Government Affairs in 2012 is $831,547 from 959 itemized individual contributions and 274 unique donors on FEC.gov. The same string stores $8,440,747 across cycles, so 2012 is about 9.9% and other windows hold $7,609,200 (90.1%). The grouping is a lobbying-adjacent occupation string, not an LDA registrant list, not a lobbyist PAC, a Senate LDA roster, or Government Relations stored as another key. No donor names, recipient committees, party split, or USAspending dollars are in this packet. Live overlay pages override this snapshot. Mean gift size is about $867; mean per donor about $3,035; about 3.5 contributions per donor. Those means are arithmetic, not medians. The two-year FEC window tagged 2012 can include receipts from both years. Independent expenditures remain outside $831,547.

Questions

How much did Government Affairs-labeled donors give in 2012?

FEC.gov aggregates show $831,547 in itemized individual contributions for the Government Affairs grouping in the 2012 cycle, across 959 contributions and 274 donors. That sum is not a PAC total and not the $8,440,747 all-cycle figure.

What share of Government Affairs FEC money fell in 2012?

The grouping’s all-cycle total is $8,440,747. The 2012 cell of $831,547 is about 9.9% of that figure. Other cycles hold the remaining 90.1% ($7,609,200) on the occupation hub. FEC.gov is the source for $831,547, 959 contributions, and 274 donors in the Government Affairs × 2012 cell. The lifetime grouping total stored for this string is $8,440,747.

Is Government Affairs the same as Lobbyist?

No. Government Affairs is a lobbying-adjacent occupation string, not an LDA registrant list. 274 donors and 959 contributions in 2012 matched that stored word. Neighboring titles are other pages. The cell is $831,547. FEC.gov is the source for $831,547, 959 contributions, and 274 donors in the Government Affairs × 2012 cell. The lifetime grouping total stored for this string is $8,440,747.

Where is the overlay for Government Affairs in 2012?

The occupation hub drops the year. The 2012 election cycle drops the string. All occupations and All FEC ties complete the directory. Dollars: $831,547. Live hubs override this snapshot. FEC.gov is the source for $831,547, 959 contributions, and 274 donors in the Government Affairs × 2012 cell. The lifetime grouping total stored for this string is $8,440,747.