Publisher donations in the 2012 FEC cycle

Publisher × 2012

PUBLISHER plus cycle 2012 equals $1,503,421. Editor, writer, and newspaper publisher are other keys if extra words appear. This join does not recode imprint names or ISBN houses.

17.4% of the occupation total in one presidential cycle is arithmetic on two packet dollars. It is not a claim that publishers only give in presidential years. Parent hubs: Publisher donations and the 2012 election cycle.

The occupation hub for Publisher lists $8.6 million ($8,639,602) under the exact string PUBLISHER. The 2012 election-cycle hub is a different cut: every occupation that filed in 2012, not only this label. This ties page is the cell where those two filters meet. All occupations and All FEC ties keep sibling joins in the same directory so a reader can move without mixing totals.

Party, committee, and employer breakdowns for Publisher in 2012 are not fields in this packet. Do not infer a partisan split from $1.5 million. The occupation page and the 2012 cycle page are the next clicks for named committees and other cuts.

A compact media title

$8.6 million ($8,639,602) is modest next to the Writer bucket. The one-word title is specific enough to keep the bucket smaller. People who wrote editor or writer are other rows if that is the form text.

The 2012 slice is 17.4% of that compact bucket. High share, smaller denominator — not a rank among media jobs.

Amended individual contribution reports can move $1,503,421. A later harvest of the same occupation string can move $8,639,602. Rewrite only the sentence whose source moved. Live Publisher donations and the live 2012 election cycle pages are the tables; this prose is a packet snapshot.

Itemized individual contributions are the only receipt class in this cell. Unitemized gifts below the itemization threshold, in-kind goods, and bundled contributions without this occupation string are outside $1,503,421. If a later harvest revises 833 or 374, revise the volume sentence and leave the occupation rollup ($8,639,602) unchanged unless that rollup moved too.

374 publisher donors

374 donors and 833 receipts — about 2.2 lines per donor. Mean per donor about $4,020; mean per receipt about $1,805. A 374-donor file is small enough that a few large itemized gifts can dominate $1.5 million. No median.

Repeat gifts to several committees inflate the receipt count. 833 is a line count, not 374 one-time gifts.

833 is a receipt count. 374 is a distinct-donor count inside this occupation-cycle cell. Neither figure is a headcount of everyone who works in the field named by the string. People who left the occupation blank, used a nearby spelling, or listed a more specific title are not in $1.5 million.

Publisher is not Writer

Cite $1,503,421 as Publisher in 2012. Cite $8,639,602 as the PUBLISHER occupation total. Do not add Writer dollars to either figure, and do not add newspaper-company PAC spending.

FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates. All occupations lists neighboring media titles.

Dividing $1,503,421 by 833 receipts yields about $1,805 per line. Dividing by 374 donors yields about $4,020 per person in the cell. Those ratios are arithmetic on two harvested integers. They are not medians, not typical gifts, and not a claim about income.

Not an imprint census

Publisher does not mean a house with an ISBN prefix, a newspaper owner, or a self-published author. It means the occupation box said PUBLISHER. Filers who wrote writer or editor are outside $1.5 million.

No ranking of media jobs, no party split, no claim about press influence. 833 receipts and 374 donors are the volume facts.

FEC.gov individual contribution files carry the occupation as the filer typed it. This join does not recode PUBLISHER into a Bureau of Labor Statistics title, a NAICS code, or a medical-board specialty. If a researcher needs those crosswalks, they start from the raw string and do the mapping themselves.

Questions

How much did publishers donate in 2012?

Filers who listed Publisher itemized $1,503,421 in FEC individual contributions in 2012, from 833 receipts and 374 donors. That cell is 17.4% of $8,639,602 under PUBLISHER. Writer and editor are other keys when those are the words on the form.

Why is the 2012 share of the occupation total relatively high?

17.4% is $1,503,421 divided by $8,639,602. The occupation bucket is relatively compact, so one presidential cycle can be a large fraction of it. That is arithmetic, not a motive. Other cycle amounts are not in this packet.

Does this include newspaper or publishing-house PACs?

No. $1.5 million is individual contributions tagged Publisher. Company PACs file as committees. See Publisher donations or the 2012 election cycle for committee names. Party and employer are not fields in this packet. Figures are FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates. Publisher in 2012 is $1,503,421 on 833 receipts from 374 donors.

What two tables does this page join?

Publisher donations ($8.6 million for the string) and the 2012 election cycle. The overlap is $1,503,421 from 374 donors. All FEC ties lists other occupation-cycle cells. All occupations lists neighboring media titles. Figures are FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates. Publisher in 2012 is $1,503,421 on 833 receipts from 374 donors.