Psychotherapist political money — 2008 cycle

Psychotherapist as occupation, 2008 as the cycle

Two FEC fields define the cell: occupation PSYCHOTHERAPIST and election cycle 2008. Matching rows sum to $770,144, 1,006 contributions, and 454 donors. PSYCHOTHERAPIST is a clinical spelling on itemized receipts. FEC.gov does not confirm licenses or practice settings. The occupation hub is $13,834,530 across every cycle in the aggregate. The 2008 cycle hub mixes every other occupation that used that year. Neither hub restates this intersection; this tie page exists because the two dimensions meet.

2008’s dollar share is 5.6% ($770,144 of $13,834,530). The remainder, $13,064,386, sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. More than a thousand lines from 454 donors is a repeat-gift pattern inside a presidential cycle, not a headcount of licensed therapists. 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 $770,144.

The Psychotherapist string across every cycle

$13,834,530 is the occupation-side denominator. It is not limited to 2008. Psychologist, Therapist, and Counselor are other occupation keys if stored separately. Adding those keys to $13,834,530 would be a researcher-built recode, not this table. Occupation labels are filer-entered on itemized individual receipts.

Open Psychotherapist donations for the $13,834,530 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. Psychologist is a different stored string. Do not add those dollars to this 2008 cell.

1,006 lines and about 2.2 gifts per donor

Dividing $770,144 by 1,006 contributions yields about $766 per gift. Dividing by 454 donors yields about $1,696 per donor. Gifts per donor average about 2.2 (1,006 ÷ 454). Those ratios describe this string in 2008, not payroll at firms that employ people with similar titles.

454 is a donor-key count inside the occupation × cycle aggregate, not a headcount of everyone who held the job in 2008. Repeat itemization, couples filing separately, and people who used the string on some receipts but not others all move the 454 figure. The cycle hub still holds every other occupation’s 2008 receipts beside this cell.

What 5.6% of Psychotherapist dollars is not

A 5.6% share of Psychotherapist-coded dollars from 2008 does not mean the occupation caused those gifts, and it does not mean people with that title funded a policy outcome. Occupation and cycle are reported together. The overlap is descriptive. Independent expenditures, committee-to-committee transfers, and unitemized gifts are out of scope.

Federal awards on USAspending.gov are a different ledger. This join does not claim that 2008 donations funded contracts or grants. Quote $770,144 as itemized individual receipts tagged PSYCHOTHERAPIST in 2008, source FEC.gov, and stop there.

How to cite Psychotherapist × 2008

A complete claim names Psychotherapist and 2008, then $770,144, 1,006 contributions, 454 donors, and 5.6% of $13,834,530, source FEC.gov. Do not convert 454 keys into licensed or employed practitioners. Do not fold independent expenditures or USAspending awards into the cell. Keep both sides of the name—Psychotherapist and 2008—whenever the dollars are quoted. Mean gift $766 and mean per donor $1,696 travel with those counts; they do not travel with a licensing board.

Occupation hub, 2008 hub, and Psychologist as a sibling

The occupation hub still holds $13,064,386 outside 2008. Most of the $13,834,530 roll is not this cycle’s cell. This page isolates the overlap for readers who need both the title and the year, not either hub restated. Psychologist, Therapist, and Counselor are other occupation keys if stored separately. Those titles are not parents of PSYCHOTHERAPIST on this page. Gifts per donor in 2008 average about 2.2. That ratio is 1,006 divided by 454, not a measure of turnout.

Repeat the four numbers together: $770,144 in the 2008 cycle, 1,006 contributions, 454 donors, and 5.6% of $13,834,530. That sentence is the join. It is not a license census and not a federal award total.

Questions

How much did Psychotherapist-tagged donors give in 2008?

The join records $770,144 in itemized individual contributions for occupation Psychotherapist in the 2008 FEC cycle, from 1,006 contributions and 454 donors. The occupation’s all-cycle total is $13,834,530, so 2008 is 5.6% of that roll. Figures come from FEC.gov aggregates. Occupation labels are filer-entered.

Does this count every psychotherapist who donated in 2008?

No. The 454 donor keys are people whose itemized receipts grouped to PSYCHOTHERAPIST in 2008. Filers who used a different title are other occupation rows. FEC.gov does not verify jobs. The cell totals $770,144 on 1,006 lines. Unitemized gifts never appear in this aggregate.

What share of Psychotherapist occupation money is the 2008 cycle?

5.6%: $770,144 of $13,834,530. The remaining $13,064,386 sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. That share is $770,144 divided by $13,834,530, 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 Psychotherapist and 2008 tables?

Psychotherapist donations carries the $13,834,530 occupation total. The 2008 election cycle hub places Psychotherapist 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 Psychotherapist × 2008 intersection only.