Investor political contributions from California

Reading the Investor–California relationship

Rows that carry occupation INVESTOR and state CA sum to $39,759,065, 26,097 contributions, and 2,321 donors. The occupation without a state cut is $135,613,491, 116,247 contributions, and 11,422 donors. California’s dollar share is about 29%. Contribution share is about 22% (26,097 of 116,247). Donor share is about 20% (2,321 of 11,422).

The three percentages sit in a narrow band: California is a large slice of Investor-coded FEC activity but not a majority of the national occupation total. New York and Texas Investor ties, if read separately, use their own state totals and should not be subtracted from these figures on this page.

Investor is a crowded national occupation in these aggregates: 11,422 donors, 116,247 contributions, $135,613,491. California’s cell is 2,321 donors, 26,097 contributions, $39,759,065. That is about 20% of the people, about 22% of the rows, and about 29% of the dollars. The join is therefore a large geography inside the label without being most of the label. Other states’ Investor pages exist because the remaining 9,101 donors and the remaining dollars after $39,759,065 are not California-coded. This page does not print that remainder as a single number, because it would mix many states. It prints the California filter and points to the occupation hub for the unfiltered $135,613,491. Independent expenditures never enter either total.

Investor as a national occupation grouping

INVESTOR is filer-entered. It can include professional investors, people describing personal investing, and titles that omit a more specific role such as portfolio manager. The national bucket is 11,422 donors, 116,247 contributions, and $135,613,491. More specific strings live on other occupation pages when filers used those words.

One hundred sixteen thousand contributions from 11,422 donors indicates repeated itemized giving inside the label. This California join (26,097 contributions, 2,321 donors) is the CA-coded portion of that volume, not a list of California funds.

California’s share of the occupation

The state side is $39,759,065 from 26,097 contributions and 2,321 donors. Donor state CA does not mean the money supported California candidates. Committee geography is a different field and is not in these occupation-state aggregates.

California campaign finance overall includes every occupation. This tie isolates Investor. Real estate, founder, and software-engineer California joins are separate relationships.

Correlation is not a market call

Matching Investor with California does not show that California’s economy caused these receipts or that investors as a bloc moved an election. Two FEC columns overlap. That is the join, and that is all the join is.

Figures are itemized individual contributions from FEC.gov. Independent expenditures are excluded. Occupation labels are filer-entered.

Hubs that hold each side of the join

Investor donations holds $135,613,491 and the 11,422-donor national count. California campaign finance holds all CA-coded itemized individual receipts. All occupations and all FEC ties index other occupation-state pairs built the same way.

Two thousand three hundred twenty-one California Investor-coded donors are 20% of 11,422. Their 26,097 contributions are 22% of 116,247. Their $39,759,065 is 29% of $135,613,491. The three shares travel together more closely than in some other occupation-state joins, which is a property of these aggregates, not a market forecast.

Investor California is one filter on a large occupation total

The Investor occupation grouping is $135,613,491 from 116,247 contributions and 11,422 donors. This page keeps the CA rows: $39,759,065, 26,097 contributions, 2,321 donors. Other states’ Investor pages are other filters on the same occupation total. They are not columns here and they are not subtracted from $39,759,065.

INVESTOR is filer-entered and is not a securities license. Donor state CA is not recipient geography. Investor donations and California campaign finance are the parent hubs. All occupations and all FEC ties collect sibling Investor-state joins. Independent expenditures are not in the $39,759,065. Source: FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates by self-reported occupation and donor state.

Questions

How much have Investor donors in California contributed?

FEC itemized individual contributions from donors listing occupation Investor and state California total $39,759,065, from 26,097 contributions and 2,321 donors. Nationwide, Investor-coded receipts are $135,613,491 from 116,247 contributions and 11,422 donors. California is about 29% of those dollars.

Are these professional investors or anyone who invests?

The occupation field is the string INVESTOR as entered on itemized filings. FEC aggregates do not license or classify investors. The 2,321 California donors and 11,422 national donors are people whose records used that label. Other titles such as portfolio manager are separate occupation pages.

What share of Investor donors live in California?

About 20% of Investor-coded donors (2,321 of 11,422) are in this California join, along with about 22% of contributions (26,097 of 116,247) and about 29% of dollars ($39,759,065 of $135,613,491). Donor state is the address on the record, not a verified residence census.

Does this include Super PAC spending by investors?

No. This join is itemized individual contributions grouped by occupation and donor state. Independent expenditures and Super PAC outlays are not in the $39,759,065 or the $135,613,491 occupation total used here. The California join is $39,759,065 from 26,097 contributions and 2,321 donors.