What did FEC.gov record for Political Consultant in 2008?

FEC.gov aggregates show $334,683 in itemized individual contributions for the Political Consultant grouping in the 2008 cycle, across 379 contributions and 82 donors. That sum is not a PAC total and not the $4,327,768 all-cycle figure. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.

What is left after the 2008 Political Consultant cell?

The grouping’s all-cycle total is $4,327,768. The 2008 cell of $334,683 is about 7.7% of that figure. Other cycles hold the remaining 92.3% ($3,993,085) on the industry hub. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell; the Political Consultant hub holds other cycles; the 2008 election cycle hub holds other employer strings from the same window.

Is $334,683 an official Political Consultant organization gift?

No. $334,683 is itemized individual contributions whose employer or occupation field grouped to Political Consultant (POLITICAL CONSULTANT) in the 2008 cycle. It is not committee disbursements, not independent expenditures, and not a verified employee census. 379 contributions came from 82 donors. Do not invent those names from the grouping label.

Where are other FEC two-dimension pages?

Open Political Consultant 2008 for the cycle overlay, Political Consultant for the grouping hub, and the 2008 election cycle for the year without this employer filter. All FEC ties lists other two-dimension pages. This JSON file names the join; the overlay holds the itemized rows. If a later extract disagrees, FEC.gov controls.

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Political Consultant political money — 2008 cycle

2008 is one even-year key; Political Consultant is one employer/occupation key. Together they yield $334,683 from 379 itemized contributions and 82 donors. FEC.gov is the underlying filing system. $4,327,768 is the denominator for the 7.7% share, not revenue and not a political program.

Key figures

Political Consultant × 2008 is $334,683 in itemized individual contributions.
The cell includes 379 contributions from 82 donors.
2008 is about 7.7% of the grouping’s $4,327,768 all-cycle total.
The label is filer-entered form text (POLITICAL CONSULTANT), not a PAC disbursement and not a NAICS total.
FEC gifts and federal award files remain separate datasets.

Stored string POLITICAL CONSULTANT crossed with 2008

Employer and occupation groupings sit on one axis; election cycles sit on the other. Rows that match both — Political Consultant (POLITICAL CONSULTANT) and 2008 — sum to $334,683. 379 itemized contributions and 82 unique donors produced it. The total is not an official organization disbursement and does not name recipients. Independent expenditures and committee transfers live in other FEC tables.

Neither the Political Consultant hub nor the 2008 election cycle hub is this number; each hub drops one of the two keys. POLITICAL CONSULTANT is an occupation grouping, not a firm roster. CONSULTANT, CAMPAIGN CONSULTANT, and POLITICAL CONSULTING are other keys. 379 contributions from 82 donors implies repeat itemized lines. The packet does not split those repeats by recipient or party. LobbyVault does not merge neighboring spellings into $334,683. This URL exists because the two dimensions meet.

$334,683 inside a $4.3 million book

The grouping’s stored total across cycles is $4,327,768 ($4.3 million). The 2008 slice of $334,683 is about 7.7% of that running sum. Other even-year windows hold the remaining 92.3% ($3,993,085). Treating 2008 as the Political Consultant FEC story would ignore that remainder.

Treat $4,327,768 as the denominator for the 7.7% share. It is not market capitalization, not revenue, and not proof of a multi-year political program. The industry hub is the year index for this string. This tie keeps 2008 from being folded silently into $4,327,768.

Contribution volume of 379

Dividing $334,683 by 379 contributions yields about $883 per itemized gift. Dividing by 82 donors yields about $4,082 per donor. Contributions per donor average about 4.6. Those means describe the arithmetic on the packet. They are not medians and not a party split.

82 unique donors are contributor identities, not a headcount of employees, members, or licensees. Retirees and household members who reuse a workplace or title can appear. Repeat gifts raise the contribution count faster than the donor count. The overlay for Political Consultant 2008 holds the rows. This packet does not publish donor names; do not invent them.

Presidential-versus-midterm labels for 2008

The 2008 election cycle hub includes every stored employer for that window. Political Consultant is one cell in that matrix. This packet does not publish a cycle-wide denominator, so no national share is stated. Open the 2008 election cycle to drop the employer filter and Political Consultant to drop the year. 2008 is a presidential even-year window on FEC.gov; that calendar label does not explain $334,683.

Gifts from both years of the two-year FEC window sit in the $334,683 cell because the cycle is a two-year tag, not a single Tuesday. That mechanical fact is easy to forget when a searcher wants an election-night number. The overlay is where dates become visible. This join publishes the cycle total, the 379 contributions, the 82 unique donors, and the 7.7% share of $4,327,768.

What this page is not

Itemized individual receipts are the universe. Unitemized gifts, independent expenditures, and PAC disbursements sit outside $334,683. Federal awards in other databases are different datasets. Sharing an employer string and a calendar year does not turn these gifts into contracts or grants. FEC individual contributions are not USAspending obligations. Do not add $334,683 to federal spending figures.

Correlation between an employer or occupation string and a cycle year is not causation. The records show a text match, a date window, 82 donors, and 379 contributions. POLITICAL CONSULTANT is an occupation grouping, not a firm roster. CONSULTANT, CAMPAIGN CONSULTANT, and POLITICAL CONSULTING are other keys. 379 contributions from 82 donors implies repeat itemized lines. The packet does not split those repeats by recipient or party. Cite the exact stored string POLITICAL CONSULTANT crossed with 2008. All FEC ties lists other two-dimension pages.

Live overlay for Political Consultant 2008

Start with $334,683, then Political Consultant 2008 for rows, then the industry hub or the 2008 election cycle if a filter needs to come off. Citation template: Political Consultant, 2008, $334,683, 379 contributions, 82 donors, 7.7% of $4,327,768, source FEC.gov. Keep neighboring spellings and occupation titles out of the total unless they grouped to this exact string POLITICAL CONSULTANT.

The 7.7% share, the 82-donor count, and the $883 mean gift belong to this intersection. Carry them onto a successor label or a sibling occupation word and they stop being facts from this packet. This prose is a packet snapshot. If a later extract disagrees, FEC.gov and the live overlay control.

Do not convert 82 donors into an employment statistic for Political Consultant. The FEC form records what filers typed, not a human-resources file.

Questions

What did FEC.gov record for Political Consultant in 2008?: FEC.gov aggregates show $334,683 in itemized individual contributions for the Political Consultant grouping in the 2008 cycle, across 379 contributions and 82 donors. That sum is not a PAC total and not the $4,327,768 all-cycle figure. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.
What is left after the 2008 Political Consultant cell?: The grouping’s all-cycle total is $4,327,768. The 2008 cell of $334,683 is about 7.7% of that figure. Other cycles hold the remaining 92.3% ($3,993,085) on the industry hub. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell; the Political Consultant hub holds other cycles; the 2008 election cycle hub holds other employer strings from the same window.
Is $334,683 an official Political Consultant organization gift?: No. $334,683 is itemized individual contributions whose employer or occupation field grouped to Political Consultant (POLITICAL CONSULTANT) in the 2008 cycle. It is not committee disbursements, not independent expenditures, and not a verified employee census. 379 contributions came from 82 donors. Do not invent those names from the grouping label.
Where are other FEC two-dimension pages?: Open Political Consultant 2008 for the cycle overlay, Political Consultant for the grouping hub, and the 2008 election cycle for the year without this employer filter. All FEC ties lists other two-dimension pages. This JSON file names the join; the overlay holds the itemized rows. If a later extract disagrees, FEC.gov controls.

FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates by employer/industry grouping and election cycle.