Real Estate Development donations in the 2008 FEC cycle

Real Estate Development as occupation, 2008 as the cycle

Two FEC fields define the cell: occupation REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT and election cycle 2008. Matching rows sum to $1,278,966, 890 contributions, and 492 donors. 2008 is a three-word industry-phrase cell, not a Developer title recode. 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.

Real Estate Development is a three-word industry phrase as typed, not a person-title recode. Nearby strings — REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER, DEVELOPER, REAL ESTATE, and BUILDER — sit in other occupation hubs when filers used those words. Do not stack those dollar figures onto $1,278,966 or $10,060,725. A developer who typed Developer rather than this three-word phrase is outside this cell.

2008’s dollar share is 12.7% ($1,278,966 of $10,060,725). 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 $1,278,966.

The Real Estate Development string across cycles

Under the exact label REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT, harvested individual contributions sum to $10.1 million ($10,060,725). The 2008 cell is 12.7% of that occupation total. The FEC file does not verify a development project or a contractor license. 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.

Real Estate Development is not a zoning-case list and not a construction-loan file. Open Real Estate Development donations for the $10,060,725 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, 890 itemized contributions map to 492 donors. That is about 1.8 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 $1,437; dollars per donor average about $2,600. 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 $1,278,966 by those stages or by party. The 2008 election cycle hub shows the cycle’s full occupation mix; this page shows only the Real Estate Development row. 492 donors is a disclosure count for this key in 2008, not a turnout figure.

How to read the two dollar columns

Keep $1,278,966 attached to 2008 and $10,060,725 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 $1,278,966 with both nouns: Real Estate Development and 2008.

What the Real Estate Development–2008 join does not claim

Occupation labels are filer-entered. Real Estate Development is not a zoning-case list and not a construction-loan file. A person who wrote a nearby title is not in $1.3 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 building-permit log, not a REIT filing, and not a county-assessor development roll. Use All occupations to compare other labels; use All FEC ties for other joins. 890 receipts and 492 donors are the volume facts for this join.

Questions

How much did real estate development filers donate in 2008?

Filers who wrote Real Estate Development on FEC individual contribution records itemized $1,278,966 in the 2008 cycle, across 890 receipts from 492 donors. That cell is 12.7% of $10,060,725 harvested under the same exact occupation string. Nearby spellings are counted on other occupation pages.

Is Real Estate Development the same as Real Estate Developer?

No. REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT is an industry-style stamp. Real Estate Developer and Developer are other occupation keys. Mixing them would invent a combined development total that is not a packet fact. Builder, if used, sits elsewhere. Figures are FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates. Real Estate Development in 2008 is $1,278,966 on 890 receipts from 492 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 $10.1 million for this string across cycles. The cycle hub holds every occupation that filed in 2008. This page reports only the overlapping cell, $1.3 million, so the two dimensions are not restated as one table.

Does the 2008 Real Estate Development total include PACs or party committees?

$1,278,966 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 Real Estate Development donations hub or the 2008 election cycle hub for committee-level rows.