IBM political money — 2012 cycle

Why IBM and 2012 share a page

This page exists because two FEC dimensions meet: employer/industry grouping IBM and even-year election cycle 2012. $793,247 is the intersection. $10,520,465 is the grouping’s harvested all-cycle total before the year filter. 1,253 is the 2012 line count. The 2012 donor count is 471 donors. LobbyVault does not convert those integers into a motive, a lobbying total, or a USAspending award.

Open the IBM 2012 cycle hub for the live overlay of this cut, the IBM industry hub for the parent grouping, the 2012 election-cycle index for every industry in that year, and All FEC ties for sibling joins. Quote $793,247 when the sentence is about 2012. Quote $10,520,465 when the sentence is about the grouping across cycles. Do not add those two dollar figures; the first is already inside the second.

The 2012 slice for IBM

In 2012, receipts tagged IBM sum to $793,247 on 1,253 itemized lines from 471 donors. About $633 per receipt is $793,247 divided by 1,253. About $1,684 per harvested donor is $793,247 divided by 471. FEC even-year cycles run January 1 of the odd year through December 31 of the even year; 2012 names that two-year window, not a single November night.

Four hundred seventy-one donors and 1,253 receipts produced $793,247 in 2012 — one of the wider employer slices in this harvest. IBM as typed can include current staff, retirees who still list the name, contractors, and spelling-consistent affiliates. It is not IBM’s corporate PAC and not worldwide headcount. The mean gift is dollars divided by lines, not a bonus statistic.

The IBM grouping beyond 2012

The parent grouping indexes $10,520,465 ($10.5 million rounded). 2012’s $793,247 is 7.5% of that parent. Other even-year cuts exist on other cycle hubs. This packet publishes one cycle integer for this page: $793,247. Do not invent a 2010 or 2014 total from these facts.

Employer strings are filer-entered. IBM captures whatever collapsed into this key in the harvest. Spelling variants, subsidiaries, and occupation words that look similar sit on other keys unless they matched. Independent expenditures by a committee that shares a brand with IBM are a different schedule and are not inside $793,247 or $10,520,465.

7.5% is $793,247 divided by $10,520,465. Rounding to $793,247 and $10.5 million does not create extra facts. Use exact integers in a table. Use the rounded forms only as headlines of those same integers.

Limits of an industry × cycle join

This join is not a claim that IBM bought an election in 2012. It is not a party split; this packet has none. It is not a unique-person census of a workforce. The harvest counts 471 donors in the 2012 slice, and one person can still appear across committees. It is not federal spending under USAspending.gov. Contributions do not fund awards on this page.

Unitemized federal gifts never enter $793,247. State-office campaigns never enter $793,247. Amendments can restate large transfers while most of the 1,253 small lines stay put. After quarterly filings, reread the IBM 2012 hub. If that hub and this snapshot disagree, FEC.gov controls.

Comparing IBM in 2012 to another industry requires that other industry’s cycle hub. This packet has one grouping and one cycle. A ranking of industries for 2012 is a different page — the 2012 election-cycle index — not a homemade sort of this file.

How to cite IBM in 2012

Citation template: employer/industry grouping IBM, election cycle 2012, $793,247 on 1,253 itemized individual contributions from 471 donors, which is 7.5% of the grouping’s harvested $10,520,465 all-cycle total. Source: FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

Then point to the IBM 2012 overlay, the IBM industry page, the 2012 election-cycle index, and All FEC ties. Keep $633 labeled as dollars divided by lines if you print a mean. Keep 471 donors labeled as harvested donors, not employees.

Keep the unit explicit. IBM is an employer/industry string. 2012 is an FEC two-year cycle. $793,247 is itemized individual contributions in that intersection. The harvested donor count is 471 donors. 1,253 is the line count. $10,520,465 is the parent grouping. None of those fields is a vote total.

Reading IBM next to the 2012 cycle index

The IBM 2012 overlay is the live table for this cut. The IBM industry page is the parent grouping at $10,520,465. The 2012 election-cycle index lists other employer strings in the same two-year window; it is not a license to add those strings to $793,247. All FEC ties holds sibling joins. Use all four links. None of them converts $793,247 into USAspending obligations.

A later bulk file can restate $793,247 without rewriting this paragraph. Treat the hubs as current and this JSON as a packet snapshot. Quote 2012 as an FEC even-year cycle, IBM as a filer-entered employer or occupation grouping, and 471 donors as a harvested donor count on 1,253 lines. That is the whole join: IBM × 2012 = $793,247.

Do not print a 2012 ‘share of US politics’ statistic from $793,247. The denominator for 7.5% is $10,520,465, the IBM grouping in this extract, not every itemized dollar on FEC.gov. A sentence that drops that denominator misstates the join.

Questions

How much did IBM donors give in 2012?

FEC itemized individual contributions tagged IBM totaled $793,247 in 2012 across 1,253 receipts from 471 donors. That cycle is 7.5% of the grouping’s $10,520,465 all-cycle total. It is not PAC independent spending. Filings remain on FEC.gov. This page quotes packet facts only and does not add a motive.

Is $793,247 all IBM political money?

No. The grouping indexes $10,520,465 across harvested cycles. $793,247 is the 2012 cut only. Other even-year hubs hold other cycle integers. This packet does not publish those other years, so this page does not quote them. Filings remain on FEC.gov. This page quotes packet facts only and does not add a motive.

How many IBM donors appear in 2012?

The harvest counts 471 donors on 1,253 itemized receipts totaling $793,247. Donor count is not a unique-person census and not a payroll. Repeat gifts add lines. About $1,684 per donor is dollars divided by 471. Filings remain on FEC.gov. This page quotes packet facts only and does not add a motive.

Where is the live IBM 2012 table?

Use the IBM 2012 cycle hub, the IBM industry page, the 2012 election-cycle index, and All FEC ties. Original filings remain on FEC.gov. This guide quotes $793,247, 1,253 receipts, 471 donors, and $10,520,465. Filings remain on FEC.gov. This page quotes packet facts only and does not add a motive.