Producer donations in the 2008 FEC cycle

Producer as occupation, 2008 as the cycle

Two FEC fields define the cell: occupation PRODUCER and election cycle 2008. Matching rows sum to $1,577,940, 1,093 contributions, and 538 donors. 2008 is a presidential-year slice of a multi-cycle entertainment-or-business stamp. The occupation hub rolls every cycle that used this spelling. The 2008 election-cycle hub rolls every occupation that filed that cycle. Neither hub restates this intersection; this tie page exists because the two dimensions meet.

Producer is a one-word entertainment-or-business title as typed. Nearby strings — EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, FILM PRODUCER, MUSIC PRODUCER, and TELEVISION PRODUCER — sit in other occupation hubs when filers used those words. Do not stack those dollar figures onto $1,577,940 or $20,616,070. A credit on a film or record is not this string unless the occupation field says PRODUCER.

2008’s dollar share is 7.7% ($1,577,940 of $20,616,070). The remainder sits in other cycles on the occupation hub and is not itemized by year on this packet. Correlation between a job title and a two-year FEC window is a reporting overlap, not causation of an election outcome. Itemized individual receipts are the coverage. Unitemized money never appears in $1,577,940.

The Producer string across cycles

Under the exact label PRODUCER, harvested individual contributions sum to $20.6 million ($20,616,070). The 2008 cell is 7.7% of that occupation total. The FEC file does not verify PGA, WGA, or union membership. A share in a presidential cycle is a slice, not proof that the remaining dollars sat in any particular other year. Those other years are not in this packet.

Producer is not a union card, a producer-of-record credit, or a studio employment file. Open Producer donations for the $20,616,070 roll. Open the 2008 election cycle hub for every occupation in that window. All occupations and All FEC ties place this pair beside other occupation-cycle pages without combining dollar figures.

2008 receipts and donors

Inside the 2008 cell, 1,093 itemized contributions map to 538 donors. That is about 2.0 receipts per donor in the join — a repeat-gift ratio, not a unique-person survey of everyone who holds a similar job. Dollars per receipt average about $1,444; dollars per donor average about $2,933. Averages hide large and small lines sitting in the same total.

Presidential-year volume can mix primary, general, and other receipts dated to 2008. This packet does not split $1,577,940 by those stages or by party. The 2008 election cycle hub shows the cycle’s full occupation mix; this page shows only the Producer row. 538 donors is a disclosure count for this key in 2008, not a turnout figure.

How to read the two dollar columns

Keep $1,577,940 attached to 2008 and $20,616,070 attached to the occupation string. Adding them would double-count the 2008 dollars that already sit inside the occupation total. Subtracting them does not yield “all other cycles”; it only yields a remainder that this packet does not itemize by year.

Cite FEC.gov. Individual contributions are not PAC independent expenditures and not lobbying registrations. Nothing in the join says donations paid for a federal award, a research grant, or a USAspending obligation. Quote $1,577,940 with both nouns: Producer and 2008.

What the Producer–2008 join does not claim

Occupation labels are filer-entered. Producer is not a union card, a producer-of-record credit, or a studio employment file. A person who wrote a nearby title is not in $1.6 million. A person who wrote this string is in it even if the day job differs. LobbyVault does not audit licenses. The public record is the string plus the dollars.

No motive, no vote, no ranking of occupations. Not a guild roster, not an IMDb credit list, and not a studio PAC. Use All occupations to compare other labels; use All FEC ties for other joins. 1,093 receipts and 538 donors are the volume facts for this join.

Questions

How much did producers donate in 2008?

Filers who wrote Producer on FEC individual contribution records itemized $1,577,940 in the 2008 cycle, across 1,093 receipts from 538 donors. That cell is 7.7% of $20,616,070 harvested under the same exact occupation string. Nearby spellings are counted on other occupation pages.

Does Producer mean film, television, or music?

The stored string is PRODUCER with no medium. Film Producer, Music Producer, Television Producer, and Executive Producer are other keys if filers spelled them out. This join does not recode those compounds into PRODUCER. Figures are FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates. Producer in 2008 is $1,577,940 on 1,093 receipts from 538 donors.

What is an occupation-cycle join on LobbyVault?

It is the overlap of one self-reported occupation key and one even-numbered FEC cycle. The occupation hub holds $20.6 million for this string across cycles. The cycle hub holds every occupation that filed in 2008. This page reports only the overlapping cell, $1.6 million, so the two dimensions are not restated as one table.

Does the 2008 Producer total include PACs or party committees?

$1,577,940 is an aggregate of individual contributions whose occupation field matches this string. It is not PAC independent spending, not committee-to-committee transfers, and not a party split. This packet has no party field. Open the Producer donations hub or the 2008 election cycle hub for committee-level rows.