McGuireWoods LLP and the 2014 FEC election cycle

The McGuireWoods LLP × 2014 join

LobbyVault stores FEC employer/industry strings separately from election cycles. Crossing them for McGuireWoods LLP and 2014 yields $428,981. That is 838 itemized lines and 133 unique donors. The figure is not a committee’s reported disbursement. FEC.gov remains the underlying source.

Law-firm employer text can collide with similar form text. This join uses the exact grouping MCGUIREWOODS LLP. Related employer words, abbreviations, and occupation titles are not added. The 133 donor identities are contributor keys, not a headcount of a workforce.

Dropping either filter changes the story. Drop the year and you see $4,182,986. Drop the string and you see the entire 2014 cycle. This page holds both filters at once.

Lifetime McGuireWoods LLP money versus 2014

A lifetime figure of $4,182,986 can swallow a single cycle if the join is skipped. 2014 is $428,981, about 10.3%. The leftover $3,754,005 belongs on other cycle pages for the same string, not in this cell.

$4,182,986 is still only this exact grouping. It is not every related company name and not a sector total. 10.3% describes 2014 inside McGuireWoods LLP, nothing else. $4,182,986 is the running sum for exact string MCGUIREWOODS LLP. 2014 contributes $428,981 (10.3%); the complement is $3,754,005 (89.7%). Changing one character in the employer field would move money to another grouping and change both the numerator and the denominator.

Means on $428,981

Packet arithmetic: $428,981 ÷ 838 ≈ $512 per contribution; $428,981 ÷ 133 ≈ $3,225 per donor; 838 ÷ 133 ≈ 6.3 contributions per donor. None of those figures is a median, a mode, or a party breakdown.

The Commission’s itemized-individual universe excludes unitemized gifts. Adding those would change the means. This join does not add them. 133 unique donors produced 838 itemized receipts. The implied 6.3 contributions per donor is a mean. This JSON file does not name those donors. The overlay is the row store.

What the 2014 election cycle hub still holds

Remove McGuireWoods LLP and the 2014 cycle still contains every other grouping. This file does not add those dollars. Keep both keys if the question is MCGUIREWOODS LLP in 2014: $428,981, 838 contributions, 133 donors.

Presidential-year and midterm-year cycles both use the same two-year tagging rule. This packet does not classify 2014 beyond the year number in the facts. The 2014 election cycle hub still contains every other employer string. This tie keeps McGuireWoods LLP on. Without a cycle-wide total in the facts, $428,981 cannot be turned into a percent of national 2014 itemized giving.

FEC gifts are not federal awards

McGuireWoods LLP entities can appear in federal contracting files. USAspending obligations are not these campaign gifts. This join does not claim that $428,981 funded federal work, or that federal work funded the gifts. Different datasets, same possible name collision.

Unitemized contributions never enter 838 or $428,981. Committee-to-committee transfers and independent expenditures live elsewhere. Cite FEC.gov for the itemized-individual join only. Unitemized individual gifts never enter $428,981. Independent expenditures and PAC disbursements are other FEC tables. USAspending is a different database. Sharing a company-like string does not merge those ledgers.

A citation template for this join

Suggested citation: FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates, employer/industry grouping MCGUIREWOODS LLP, election cycle 2014, $428,981, 838 contributions, 133 donors (10.3% of $4,182,986 stored for the string).

Do not append NAICS codes, USAspending dollars, or named donors. Those facts are not in the packet. If a later overlay revises $428,981, the overlay controls. Internal links are the navigation: McGuireWoods LLP 2014 for the overlay, McGuireWoods LLP for other years, 2014 election cycle for other strings, All FEC ties for other joins. The canonical explanation path is the ties URL in the packet. Restating the join without new numbers: McGuireWoods LLP in 2014 is $428,981 from 838 itemized individual contributions and 133 unique donors on FEC.gov. The same string stores $4,182,986 across cycles, so 2014 is about 10.3% and other windows hold $3,754,005 (89.7%). The grouping is law-firm employer text, not a law-firm PAC, a bar-association rollup, or McGuireWoods as a corporate treasury. 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 $512; mean per donor about $3,225; about 6.3 contributions per donor. Those means are arithmetic, not medians. The two-year FEC window tagged 2014 can include receipts from both years. Independent expenditures remain outside $428,981.

Questions

How much did McGuireWoods LLP donors give in 2014?

$428,981 is the itemized-individual total for MCGUIREWOODS LLP in 2014. Volume: 838 contributions, 133 donors. Source FEC.gov. PAC spending and unitemized gifts are outside the cell. FEC.gov is the source for $428,981, 838 contributions, and 133 donors in the McGuireWoods LLP × 2014 cell. The lifetime grouping total stored for this string is $4,182,986.

What share of McGuireWoods LLP FEC money is 2014?

2014 holds $428,981 of the $4,182,986 stored for McGuireWoods LLP, roughly 10.3%. The leftover $3,754,005 is other windows on the McGuireWoods LLP hub, not this join. FEC.gov is the source for $428,981, 838 contributions, and 133 donors in the McGuireWoods LLP × 2014 cell. The lifetime grouping total stored for this string is $4,182,986.

Does this include only McGuireWoods LLP attorneys?

The grouping is law-firm employer text, not a verified roster. 838 itemized lines from 133 donors produced $428,981 in 2014. Employment status is not a field in this aggregate. FEC.gov is the source for $428,981, 838 contributions, and 133 donors in the McGuireWoods LLP × 2014 cell. The lifetime grouping total stored for this string is $4,182,986.

Where is the overlay for the McGuireWoods LLP 2014 join?

Use the four packet hrefs: McGuireWoods LLP 2014, McGuireWoods LLP, 2014 election cycle, and All FEC ties. Live overlay rows sit on the first of those. This file explains $428,981 as the join. FEC.gov is the source for $428,981, 838 contributions, and 133 donors in the McGuireWoods LLP × 2014 cell. The lifetime grouping total stored for this string is $4,182,986.