Paralegal donations in the 2012 FEC cycle

2012 receipts tagged Paralegal

Two filters produce $307,404: occupation equals PARALEGAL, and cycle equals 2012. Drop either filter and the number is no longer this cell. The occupation hub still holds $5,214,690. The 2012 hub still holds every other occupation. Only this path keeps both filters on.

Internal paths stay on the packet list: the Paralegal occupation page, the 2012 cycle page, the occupations index, and the ties index. Those four hrefs are the only internal links this overlay uses. No committee pages are in the packet.

203 donor keys are identities in the harvest, not published names. 421 is a line count. Repeat gifts raise the line count without raising the unique-donor count. This page does not list those identities.

The occupation string PARALEGAL

Paralegal as a self-reported occupation is filer-entered on FEC.gov. LobbyVault does not verify payroll. Legal-support titles are not lawyer titles on this page. Mixing PARALEGAL with Attorney would blend occupation keys. Quote the support-staff string as typed. The 5.9% ratio is $307,404 divided by $5,214,690.

This join does not recode PARALEGAL into a bar-admission list, a law-firm headcount, or a court-staff roster. PARALEGAL is the typed title. Attorney is a different occupation key. Firm versus government employer is unpublished. Quote the occupation total and the cycle cell as two different numbers.

203 Paralegal donor keys in 2012

Unique donors are FEC contributor keys for this string and cycle. They are not staff headcount for Paralegal. This packet does not publish names. A mean of $730 per itemized line and $1,514 per donor can hide a few large receipts. The packet supplies no median.

A small or large mean is not a ranking of Paralegal against other occupations. This packet has no other occupation’s 2012 total. Quote 421 and 203 with $307,404.

The two-year 2012 window

FEC election cycles are two-year spans. 2012 covers that even-year presidential window, so receipts from the odd year before the election can sit in $307,404. This packet does not split those years.

The join does not claim a payment trail from campaign gifts to federal awards. FEC individual receipts and USAspending obligations are different datasets even when geography overlaps.

Paralegal labels and neighboring strings

Unitemized gifts below the itemization threshold, in-kind goods without this occupation string, and bundled contributions that never carried PARALEGAL are outside $307,404. Independent expenditures are outside $307,404. Quote the cell as itemized individual receipts only.

Employer text is a different FEC field from occupation. This overlay does not group by employer. A workplace name in a searcher’s head is not a packet fact.

Limits of the Paralegal × 2012 overlay

Use every listed hub: Paralegal donations, the 2012 election cycle, all occupations, and all FEC ties. Those pages hold the neighboring cuts. This overlay holds the intersection $307,404.

The two tables that meet are Paralegal donations ($5,214,690 for the string) and the 2012 election cycle. The overlap is $307,404. All FEC ties lists other occupation-cycle cells.

The occupation string PARALEGAL is copied from the FEC occupation field without a Bureau of Labor Statistics recode. Paralegal in 2012 remains $307,404 on 421 itemized lines from 203 donor keys. Neighboring English is a different row.

Readers who need committee names should leave this overlay and open the Paralegal occupation hub or the 2012 election-cycle hub. Those hubs are linked. This file does not invent committee names, donor names, or award recipients. $307,404 is an individual-contribution sum.

Itemization thresholds mean small gifts can exist outside $307,404. The packet does not estimate that omitted tail. Independent expenditures are a different FEC form class and are omitted from the Paralegal × 2012 cell. Unitemized receipts are omitted.

The remainder $4,907,286 belongs to other harvested cycles under the same occupation string. This page does not name those other years because they are not packet fields. Quote 2012 only for $307,404.

Self-reported occupation is not verified employment. A filer can type PARALEGAL while holding a different payroll title. The harvest groups on the typed string. FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates remain the source.

Questions

Does $307,404 cover every 2012 gift from this field?

No. It covers itemized individual receipts whose occupation field matched PARALEGAL in cycle 2012. Blank occupation, nearby spellings, and unitemized gifts are outside the cell. Legal Assistant, Paralegal Specialist, and Attorney are other keys. The matched sum is $307,404 from 421 receipts and 203 donors.

What share of Paralegal money is the 2012 cycle?

5.9%: $307,404 divided by the occupation total $5,214,690. Other cycles hold $4,907,286 (94.1%). That share is not a share of all FEC 2012 receipts. The cycle hub has no national total in this packet.

Is 2012 a calendar year of Paralegal giving?

It is the FEC two-year presidential cycle tagged 2012, not January-only filings. Odd-year receipts inside that window can sit in $307,404 if they carried PARALEGAL. This file does not split those years. Counts: 421 contributions, 203 donors.

Where should a reader go after this Paralegal overlay?

The Paralegal occupation page for other cycles, the 2012 election cycle page for other occupations, all occupations for neighboring strings, and all FEC ties for other joins. This page stays on PARALEGAL × 2012 = $307,404.