Lobbyist political money in the 2010 election cycle

Lobbyist as occupation, 2010 as the cycle

Two FEC fields define the cell: occupation LOBBYIST and election cycle 2010. Matching rows sum to $994,383, 1,590 contributions, and 597 donors. Lobbyist on an FEC receipt is not the same object as a Lobbying Disclosure Act registration. Different statutes, different forms. The occupation hub is $15,512,853 across every cycle in the aggregate. The 2010 cycle hub mixes every other occupation that used that year. Neither hub restates this intersection; this tie page exists because the two dimensions meet.

2010’s dollar share is 6.4% ($994,383 of $15,512,853). The remainder, $14,518,470, sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. Nearly 1,600 lines from under 600 donors is a repeat-gift pattern inside one midterm cycle, not an LDA headcount. 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 $994,383.

The Lobbyist string across every cycle on file

$15,512,853 is the occupation-side denominator. It is not limited to 2010. Government Affairs, Consultant, and Attorney are other occupation keys if stored separately. Adding those keys to $15,512,853 would be a researcher-built recode, not this table. Occupation labels are filer-entered on itemized individual receipts.

Open Lobbyist donations for the $15,512,853 roll. Open the 2010 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.

597 donors and about 2.7 gifts per donor

Dividing $994,383 by 1,590 contributions yields about $625 per gift. Dividing by 597 donors yields about $1,666 per donor. Gifts per donor average about 2.7 (1,590 ÷ 597). Those ratios describe this string in 2010, not payroll at firms that employ people with similar titles.

597 is a donor-key count inside the occupation × cycle aggregate, not a headcount of everyone who held the job in 2010. Repeat itemization, couples filing separately, and people who used the string on some receipts but not others all move the 597 figure. The cycle hub still holds every other occupation’s 2010 receipts beside this cell.

What 6.4% of Lobbyist dollars is not

A 6.4% share of Lobbyist-coded dollars from 2010 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 2010 donations funded contracts or grants. Quote $994,383 as itemized individual receipts tagged LOBBYIST in 2010, source FEC.gov, and stop there.

How to cite Lobbyist × 2010

A complete claim names Lobbyist and 2010, then $994,383, 1,590 contributions, 597 donors, and 6.4% of $15,512,853, source FEC.gov. Do not convert 597 keys into licensed or employed practitioners. Do not fold independent expenditures or USAspending awards into the cell. Keep both sides of the name—Lobbyist and 2010—whenever the dollars are quoted. Mean gift $625 and mean per donor $1,666 travel with those counts; they do not travel with a licensing board.

Occupation hub, cycle hub, and LDA as a different file

The occupation hub still holds $14,518,470 outside 2010. Most of the $15,512,853 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. Government Affairs, Consultant, and Attorney are other occupation keys if stored separately. Those titles are not parents of LOBBYIST on this page. Gifts per donor in 2010 average about 2.7. That ratio is 1,590 divided by 597, not a measure of turnout.

Repeat the four numbers together: $994,383 in the 2010 cycle, 1,590 contributions, 597 donors, and 6.4% of $15,512,853. That sentence is the join. It is not a license census and not a federal award total.

Questions

How much did Lobbyist-tagged donors give in 2010?

The join records $994,383 in itemized individual contributions for occupation Lobbyist in the 2010 FEC cycle, from 1,590 contributions and 597 donors. The occupation’s all-cycle total is $15,512,853, so 2010 is 6.4% of that roll. Figures come from FEC.gov aggregates. Occupation labels are filer-entered.

Does this count every lobbyist who donated in 2010?

No. The 597 donor keys are people whose itemized receipts grouped to LOBBYIST in 2010. Filers who used a different title are other occupation rows. FEC.gov does not verify jobs. The cell totals $994,383 on 1,590 lines. Unitemized gifts never appear in this aggregate.

What share of Lobbyist occupation money is the 2010 cycle?

6.4%: $994,383 of $15,512,853. The remaining $14,518,470 sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. That share is $994,383 divided by $15,512,853, 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 Lobbyist and 2010 tables?

Lobbyist donations carries the $15,512,853 occupation total. The 2010 election cycle hub places Lobbyist 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 Lobbyist × 2010 intersection only.