Northrop Grumman and the 2012 FEC election cycle

Northrop Grumman is one axis; 2012 is the other

An industry-cycle page is not a restatement of Northrop Grumman and not a restatement of 2012. It is the cell where they meet: $323,262, 561 contributions, 189 donors. FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates by employer/industry grouping and election cycle are the source note.

On the employer side, Northrop Grumman is defense-contractor employer text. On the cycle side, 2012 is a two-year FEC window, not a single Election Day. Gifts dated in either year of that window sit in $323,262.

Leaving either axis off the citation misstates the record. $10,915,801 is the lifetime Northrop Grumman bucket. The 2012 hub is every grouping that year. The join is $323,262.

2012 is not the whole Northrop Grumman story

Northrop Grumman across all cycles is $10,915,801. Northrop Grumman in 2012 is $323,262 — about 3.0%. The gap is $10,592,539. Closing that gap would require other cycle joins, which this packet does not list.

A reader who only opens the 2012 overlay still sees $323,262 for this string, not $10,915,801. A reader who only opens the industry hub still needs the year filter to recover $323,262. 2012 holds $323,262 of $10,915,801 for this string — about 3.0%. Other cycles hold $10,592,539 (97.0%). Folding those other cycles into a 2012 citation would misstate the record by $10,592,539.

What 189 unique donors are not

189 unique donors are not a census of Northrop Grumman. They are the identities attached to 561 itemized rows that summed to $323,262. Mean gift $576; mean per donor $1,710; about 3.0 rows each.

Household reuse of a workplace string is common on FEC forms. That inflates neither $10,915,801 nor $323,262 with “extra companies”; it can inflate donor counts relative to a strict employee roster that this table does not have. 561 itemized contributions from 189 donors produced the cell. Unique donors are contributor keys, not employees counted by HR. This file does not invent names for those 189 identities.

How FEC cycle 2012 works on this join

Cycle 2012 is the second key in the join. Combined with NORTHROP GRUMMAN, it produces $323,262. Combined with nothing, it is the year hub. Combined with a different string, it is a different tie.

Itemized receipts in either year of the window are in scope. Unitemized receipts are not. Independent expenditures are not. Those exclusions apply regardless of Northrop Grumman. The 2012 hub without Northrop Grumman is a different page. The Northrop Grumman hub without 2012 is a different page. Only the overlap is $323,262.

Outside $323,262: PACs, unitemized, awards

Outside $323,262: unitemized individual gifts, independent expenditures, PAC spending, and any federal award table. Inside $323,262: itemized individual receipts matching NORTHROP GRUMMAN in cycle 2012.

The page is defense-contractor employer text, not Northrop Grumman PAC, a DoD NAICS rollup, or USAspending awards tagged to the firm. Naming those exclusions keeps the join from being read as a company political budget. Self-reported employer text splits across spellings. NORTHROP GRUMMAN is the key used here. Related titles and legal names are other keys and are not added into $323,262 or $10,915,801.

Snapshot versus live overlay

JSON copy is written once from a packet. Hubs can refresh. If Northrop Grumman 2012 on the site shows a different total than $323,262, use the live overlay and FEC.gov. The canonical path for this explanation is the ties URL in the packet.

The body facts remain: NORTHROP GRUMMAN × 2012 = $323,262, 561 contributions, 189 donors, 3.0% of $10,915,801. No other dollars are authorized. Use All FEC ties to find other two-dimension pages. Use Northrop Grumman 2012 for rows. This prose stays inside packet facts: $323,262, 561, 189, 3.0% of $10,915,801. Restating the join without new numbers: Northrop Grumman in 2012 is $323,262 from 561 itemized individual contributions and 189 unique donors on FEC.gov. The same string stores $10,915,801 across cycles, so 2012 is about 3.0% and other windows hold $10,592,539 (97.0%). The grouping is defense-contractor employer text, not Northrop Grumman PAC, a DoD NAICS rollup, or USAspending awards tagged to the firm. 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 $576; mean per donor about $1,710; about 3.0 contributions per donor. Those means are arithmetic, not medians. The two-year FEC window tagged 2012 can include receipts from both years. Independent expenditures remain outside $323,262.

Questions

How much did Northrop Grumman donors give in 2012?

$323,262 is the itemized-individual total for NORTHROP GRUMMAN in 2012. Volume: 561 contributions, 189 donors. Source FEC.gov. PAC spending and unitemized gifts are outside the cell. FEC.gov is the source for $323,262, 561 contributions, and 189 donors in the Northrop Grumman × 2012 cell. The lifetime grouping total stored for this string is $10,915,801.

What share of Northrop Grumman FEC money is 2012?

2012 holds $323,262 of the $10,915,801 stored for Northrop Grumman, roughly 3.0%. The leftover $10,592,539 is other windows on the Northrop Grumman hub, not this join. FEC.gov is the source for $323,262, 561 contributions, and 189 donors in the Northrop Grumman × 2012 cell. The lifetime grouping total stored for this string is $10,915,801.

Does this include only Northrop Grumman employees?

The grouping is defense-contractor employer text, not a verified roster. 561 itemized lines from 189 donors produced $323,262 in 2012. Employment status is not a field in this aggregate. FEC.gov is the source for $323,262, 561 contributions, and 189 donors in the Northrop Grumman × 2012 cell. The lifetime grouping total stored for this string is $10,915,801.

Where is the overlay for the Northrop Grumman 2012 join?

Use the four packet hrefs: Northrop Grumman 2012, Northrop Grumman, 2012 election cycle, and All FEC ties. Live overlay rows sit on the first of those. This file explains $323,262 as the join. FEC.gov is the source for $323,262, 561 contributions, and 189 donors in the Northrop Grumman × 2012 cell. The lifetime grouping total stored for this string is $10,915,801.