2010 election cycle: MD occupation money

Why MD and 2010 share one page

LobbyVault keeps a MD occupation page and a 2010 election-cycle page. Neither page is this join. The join is $553,569 from 742 contributions and 442 donors where occupation equals MD and cycle equals 2010. Against the occupation total of $14,302,179, that is 3.9%. Other cycles hold $13,748,610.

Do not treat 3.9% as MD workers’ share of all 2010 receipts. The cycle hub still holds every other occupation. Do not treat 442 as a headcount of everyone who held the job in 2010. The count is donor keys whose itemized receipts grouped to this string. The packet does not publish a party split or an employer split for this pair.

2010 is a midterm FEC cycle: a two-year window that does not include a presidential general election. That calendar tag dates the receipts. It does not explain $553,569. Source: FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates by self-reported occupation and election cycle.

What $14,302,179 on the occupation hub includes

On the occupation side, MD indexes $14,302,179 of itemized individual receipts across harvested cycles. $553,569 is already inside that total; adding $553,569 to $14,302,179 would double-count the 2010 slice. MD occupation pages still mix 2010 with every other cycle.

MD is the occupation string, a common physician abbreviation. It is not Maryland the office state and not a verified medical license. Physician and Doctor are other keys. Keep the exact string on the citation so MD is not merged with a sibling title. Physician, Doctor, M.D., and Medical Doctor are other keys. Use the occupation hub to see the title without a year filter, and use this tie page when the question is specifically MD in 2010.

Donor keys, lines, and means for MD

742 contributions totaling $553,569 is the operational definition of the 2010 side for this occupation. Repeat gifts from the same donor key raise the line count without raising 442. About 1.7 lines per donor is consistent with repeat itemization inside a two-year window, but it is not proof of a giving program.

Mean $746 per line and $1,252 per donor should never be quoted as a typical MD gift. Typical would need a median. This extract has none. 442 keys can hide a lopsided mix of large and small gifts — both directions are possible and neither is measured here.

The 2010 cycle hub is not this cell

2010 is a midterm even-year FEC cycle. Inside it, MD shows 742 contributions totaling $553,569 from 442 donors. Occupation mean about $1,252 per donor uses only those facts. That ratio is not household income and not a unique-person average.

The 2010 election-cycle hub mixes MD with every other occupation string. This page does not. If a citation needs MD in 2010, use this tie. If a citation needs all of 2010 nationally, use the cycle hub. If a citation needs all of MD across years, use the occupation hub. Three different denominators.

Public records, not accusations

Public records, not accusations: $553,569 from 742 contributions and 442 donors is a disclosure aggregate. It is not evidence of coordination, quid pro quo, or professional-bloc control. Correlation is not causation. MD × 2010 is a database join.

Researchers should keep MD as the stored occupation string and 2010 as the cycle tag. MD is the occupation string, a common physician abbreviation. It is not Maryland the office state and not a verified medical license. Physician and Doctor are other keys. Source: FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates grouped by occupation and election cycle. Live hubs win if they disagree with this snapshot.

Coverage limits on the MD × 2010 cell

Coverage is itemized individual contributions with occupation MD and cycle 2010. $553,569, 742 lines, 442 keys. The occupation total $14,302,179 uses the same string without the year filter. Anything else a reader might want — party, committee, employer, city — is not in this packet.

2010 is a midterm window. That fact dates the money. It does not explain motives. See MD donations, the 2010 election cycle, all occupations, and all FEC ties for adjacent tables. Source: FEC.gov.

Repeat the join in one sentence for citation: occupation MD, cycle 2010, $553,569 itemized, 742 contributions, 442 donors, 3.9% of $14,302,179. MD is the occupation string, a common physician abbreviation. It is not Maryland the office state and not a verified medical license. Physician and Doctor are other keys. Physician, Doctor, M.D., and Medical Doctor stay on other occupation pages. The 2010 election cycle hub still mixes every other title. All occupations and All FEC ties are indexes, not extra dollar columns.

Questions

What is the 2010 MD contribution total?

$553,569 from 742 itemized contributions and 442 donor keys whose occupation grouped to MD. Source: FEC.gov. That number is not the occupation’s all-cycle total of $14,302,179. Mixing the two columns is incorrect. Occupation labels are filer-entered. Cycle 2010 is a midterm FEC window.

What share of MD occupation receipts is 2010?

3.9%. That is $553,569 divided by $14,302,179. The complement is $13,748,610 from other cycles under the same occupation string. The share is not a share of donors nationwide, votes, or federal awards. Occupation labels are filer-entered. Cycle 2010 is a midterm FEC window.

Does occupation MD mean the donors were licensed?

No. Occupation is a filer-entered field. FEC.gov does not verify licenses, degrees, or employment. MD is the occupation string, a common physician abbreviation. It is not Maryland the office state and not a verified medical license. Physician and Doctor are other keys. 442 is a donor-key count, not a credential census. The dollars remain $553,569 on 742 lines.

Do these 2010 donations fund federal spending?

No. $553,569 is FEC itemized individual contributions tagged MD in 2010. USAspending awards are a different dataset. This join does not claim donations funded contracts or grants. Independent expenditures are also outside $553,569. Occupation labels are filer-entered. Cycle 2010 is a midterm FEC window.