Product Manager donations in the 2008 FEC cycle
In the 2008 presidential window, the occupation string PRODUCT MANAGER accounts for $212,215 in itemized individual receipts (355 lines, 145 donors). That overlap is 3.2% of $6,561,017 stored for Product Manager across harvested cycles. Cite FEC.gov. The join explains the relationship between occupation and cycle; it does not restack either parent hub’s full table.
Key figures
- 2008 presidential cell: $212,215 tagged Product Manager.
- 3.2% of $6,561,017 under PRODUCT MANAGER.
- 355 receipts / 145 donors; no median published.
- Self-reported occupation; filer-entered labels.
- USAspending is a different dataset.
2008 receipts tagged Product Manager
Two filters produce $212,215: occupation equals PRODUCT MANAGER, and cycle equals 2008. Drop either filter and the number is no longer this cell. The occupation hub still holds $6,561,017. The 2008 hub still holds every other occupation. Only this path keeps both filters on.
Internal paths stay on the packet list: the Product Manager occupation page, the 2008 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.
145 donor keys are identities in the harvest, not published names. 355 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 PRODUCT MANAGER
Product Manager as a self-reported occupation is filer-entered on FEC.gov. LobbyVault does not verify payroll. Product and project titles are easy to mix in speech and easy to keep apart on FEC strings. This 2008 cell is PRODUCT MANAGER only. The 3.2% ratio is $212,215 divided by $6,561,017.
This join does not recode PRODUCT MANAGER into a product-org headcount, a PM-certification roster, or a SKU census. PRODUCT MANAGER is the typed title. Project Manager is a different occupation key. Industry is unpublished. Quote the occupation total and the cycle cell as two different numbers.
145 Product Manager donor keys in 2008
Unique donors are FEC contributor keys for this string and cycle. They are not staff headcount for Product Manager. This packet does not publish names. A mean of $598 per itemized line and $1,464 per donor can hide a few large receipts. The packet supplies no median.
A small or large mean is not a ranking of Product Manager against other occupations. This packet has no other occupation’s 2008 total. Quote 355 and 145 with $212,215.
The two-year 2008 window
FEC election cycles are two-year spans. 2008 covers that even-year presidential window, so receipts from the odd year before the election can sit in $212,215. 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.
Product Manager labels and neighboring strings
Unitemized gifts below the itemization threshold, in-kind goods without this occupation string, and bundled contributions that never carried PRODUCT MANAGER are outside $212,215. Independent expenditures are outside $212,215. 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 Product Manager × 2008 overlay
Use every listed hub: Product Manager donations, the 2008 election cycle, all occupations, and all FEC ties. Those pages hold the neighboring cuts. This overlay holds the intersection $212,215.
The two tables that meet are Product Manager donations ($6,561,017 for the string) and the 2008 election cycle. The overlap is $212,215. All FEC ties lists other occupation-cycle cells.
The occupation string PRODUCT MANAGER is copied from the FEC occupation field without a Bureau of Labor Statistics recode. Product Manager in 2008 remains $212,215 on 355 itemized lines from 145 donor keys. Neighboring English is a different row.
Readers who need committee names should leave this overlay and open the Product Manager occupation hub or the 2008 election-cycle hub. Those hubs are linked. This file does not invent committee names, donor names, or award recipients. $212,215 is an individual-contribution sum.
Itemization thresholds mean small gifts can exist outside $212,215. The packet does not estimate that omitted tail. Independent expenditures are a different FEC form class and are omitted from the Product Manager × 2008 cell. Unitemized receipts are omitted.
The remainder $6,348,802 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 2008 only for $212,215.
Self-reported occupation is not verified employment. A filer can type PRODUCT MANAGER while holding a different payroll title. The harvest groups on the typed string. FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates remain the source.
This overlay is a two-table join. One side is the Product Manager occupation hub; the other is the 2008 election-cycle hub. The intersection published here is $212,215 from 355 contributions and 145 donors. Restating only one hub would drop a filter. Title and H1 name both sides. Packet facts are the only numbers cited.
Questions
- Does $212,215 cover every 2008 gift from this field?
- No. It covers itemized individual receipts whose occupation field matched PRODUCT MANAGER in cycle 2008. Blank occupation, nearby spellings, and unitemized gifts are outside the cell. PM, Product Owner, and Product Director are other keys. The matched sum is $212,215 from 355 receipts and 145 donors.
- What share of Product Manager money is the 2008 cycle?
- 3.2%: $212,215 divided by the occupation total $6,561,017. Other cycles hold $6,348,802 (96.8%). That share is not a share of all FEC 2008 receipts. The cycle hub has no national total in this packet.
- Is 2008 a calendar year of Product Manager giving?
- It is the FEC two-year presidential cycle tagged 2008, not January-only filings. Odd-year receipts inside that window can sit in $212,215 if they carried PRODUCT MANAGER. This file does not split those years. Counts: 355 contributions, 145 donors.
- Where should a reader go after this Product Manager overlay?
- The Product Manager occupation page for other cycles, the 2008 election cycle page for other occupations, all occupations for neighboring strings, and all FEC ties for other joins. This page stays on PRODUCT MANAGER × 2008 = $212,215.
FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates by self-reported occupation and election cycle. Occupation labels are filer-entered.