Ophthalmologist itemized gifts in the 2008 cycle

Reading $613,227 as Ophthalmologist in 2008

Where cycle 2008 meets occupation OPHTHALMOLOGIST, itemized individual contributions sum to $613,227 across 1023 lines and 572 donor keys. The occupation aggregate without a cycle filter is $6,828,666. 2008 is 9.0% of that occupation book; $6,215,439 was filed under other cycles. The arithmetic uses only packet facts.

This URL is a relationship page. Section one states the relationship. Later sections unpack the occupation side, the cycle side, the gift math, and the caveats. It is not a restatement of Ophthalmologist donations across years, and it is not a restatement of the 2008 cycle across occupations.

OPHTHALMOLOGIST is the specialty string. Optometrist and Doctor of Optometry are other occupation keys. FEC.gov does not verify medical licenses. A presidential cycle tag on 2008 does not explain $613,227. Independent expenditures are omitted. Committee-to-committee transfers as a separate table are omitted. Federal spending awards are omitted. Source: FEC.gov.

Sibling titles next to Ophthalmologist

Eye Surgeon, Optometrist, Physician, and MD are neighboring occupation strings. They are not parents of OPHTHALMOLOGIST and they are not folded into $613,227. A searcher who needs those titles should open those occupation hubs, not rescale 9.0%. All occupations lists the neighboring keys.

OPHTHALMOLOGIST is the specialty string. Optometrist and Doctor of Optometry are other occupation keys. FEC.gov does not verify medical licenses. Filer-entered labels are noisy. Spelling variants, abbreviations, and extra words create extra rows. This page cites one row: OPHTHALMOLOGIST in 2008 for $613,227.

Reading 1023 contributions as a line count

Line count 1023 and donor count 572 answer different questions. How many itemized receipts carried OPHTHALMOLOGIST in 2008? 1023. How many donor keys those receipts grouped to? 572. How many dollars? $613,227. Pair counts with dollars. A small donor file can still hold a large dollar total if a few keys dominate; this packet does not prove that pattern, and it does not disprove it.

Use the 2008 election cycle page for the full occupation mix that year. Use this tie for Ophthalmologist inside 2008. Independent expenditures remain out of scope. Source: FEC.gov.

Dollar share is not a worker-count share

$613,227 ÷ $6,828,666 = 9.0%. $6,215,439 ÷ $6,828,666 = the complement. Those identities use the packet’s cycle cell and occupation total only. They do not use 572 except as a separate donor-key count. Do not convert 572 into a percentage of an unpublished national donor file and then treat that percentage as dollars.

A 9.0% dollar share means other cycles still hold $6,215,439 under the same occupation string. That is a description of this table, not a claim that Ophthalmologist was quiet or loud in 2008 politics. Other years are not itemized on this page except as that remainder.

What this join does not prove

This page does not rank Ophthalmologist against other occupations, does not call 2008 a wave, and does not treat itemized gifts as a proxy for professional opinion. Two columns matched. The occupation of the donor is not a verified job. A OPHTHALMOLOGIST occupation code does not mean the money supported only people in that trade. Amended reports can move either number.

Independent expenditures and non-individual tables are omitted. See the 2008 election cycle, Ophthalmologist donations, all occupations, and all FEC ties for the adjacent tables. Dollar figures are FEC individual contribution aggregates. They are not federal spending awards and they do not fund USAspending totals. Source: FEC.gov.

Itemized coverage and what stays outside

Itemized coverage means receipts that met the FEC itemization threshold and carried this occupation string. $613,227 is that subset for 2008. It is not total political spending by people who hold similar jobs, and it is not total 2008 receipts.

OPHTHALMOLOGIST is the specialty string. Optometrist and Doctor of Optometry are other occupation keys. FEC.gov does not verify medical licenses. Keep Ophthalmologist and 2008 in the same sentence as $613,227. Dropping either noun misstates the denominator.

Repeat the join in one sentence for citation: occupation Ophthalmologist, cycle 2008, $613,227 itemized, 1023 contributions, 572 donors, 9.0% of $6,828,666. OPHTHALMOLOGIST is the specialty string. Optometrist and Doctor of Optometry are other occupation keys. FEC.gov does not verify medical licenses. Eye Surgeon, Optometrist, Physician, and MD stay on other occupation pages. The 2008 election cycle hub still mixes every other title. All occupations and All FEC ties are indexes, not extra dollar columns.

Questions

How much did Ophthalmologist-tagged donors give in 2008?

The join records $613,227 in itemized individual contributions for occupation Ophthalmologist in the 2008 FEC cycle, from 1023 contributions and 572 donors. The occupation’s all-cycle total is $6,828,666, so 2008 is 9.0% of that roll. Figures come from FEC.gov aggregates. Occupation labels are filer-entered.

Does this count every ophthalmologist who donated in 2008?

No. The 572 donor keys are people whose itemized receipts grouped to OPHTHALMOLOGIST in 2008. Filers who used a different title are other occupation rows. FEC.gov does not verify jobs. The cell totals $613,227 on 1023 lines. Unitemized gifts never appear in this aggregate.

What share of Ophthalmologist occupation money is the 2008 cycle?

9.0%: $613,227 of $6,828,666. The remaining $6,215,439 sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. That share is $613,227 divided by $6,828,666, 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 Ophthalmologist and 2008 tables?

Ophthalmologist donations carries the $6,828,666 occupation total. The 2008 election cycle hub places Ophthalmologist 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 Ophthalmologist × 2008 intersection only.