Sales political contributions in the 2010 FEC cycle

How Sales and 2010 meet in FEC itemized receipts

Occupation SALES and cycle 2010 produce $2,494,692, 3,379 contributions, and 1,814 donors. The occupation nationwide across cycles is $70,603,695. Dollar share for 2010 is 3.5%. 3,379 contributions from 1,814 donors is closer to one-to-two itemized gifts per person inside this cycle filter, still not a headcount of the occupation. Contribution count is not a headcount of people who hold the job.

The join is a filter pair, not a causal story. SALES is a one-word occupation. It is not a sector code. Sales manager and salesperson, if typed in full, are other keys. The join does not map donors to employers or product lines. The 2010 cycle is an even-year FEC window, a midterm-year cycle in federal itemized receipts. This page does not add later cycles into the 2010 dollars. Independent expenditures, unitemized gifts, and committee-to-committee transfers are outside $2,494,692.

What the SALES label covers

Sales donations is the occupation hub: $70,603,695 across cycles from filers who typed the single word SALES. Sibling strings (SALES MANAGER, ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE, and SALESPERSON) are not merged here. The occupation total is not a NAICS retail census, a company sales-force headcount, or a sales PAC.

2010’s $2,494,692 sits inside $70,603,695. Because 3.5% is the cycle’s share of occupation dollars, the rest of Sales itemization lives in other even-year cycles. Open the occupation hub for the all-cycle table. This tie keeps 2010 as the second dimension.

What the 2010 election cycle contributes to Sales

The 2010 election cycle hub holds itemized individual receipts for every occupation coded to that even-year window. This tie keeps only Sales. $2,494,692 is therefore not a cycle-wide total. FEC.gov labels this even-year federal window 2010. It is not a 2012 presidential-year filter or a 2014 midterm-year filter.

3,379 contributions from 1,814 donors is closer to one-to-two itemized gifts per person inside this cycle filter, still not a headcount of the occupation. The page does not publish an average gift. $2,494,692, 3,379, and 1,814 are the three cycle-side facts. Unitemized federal gifts never enter $2,494,692. Committee disbursements and independent expenditures are a different FEC schedule and are not a second way to count $2,494,692. Three numbers define the Sales × 2010 cell: dollars $2,494,692, contribution rows 3,379, unique donors 1,814. Share of occupation dollars is 3.5% of $70,603,695.

Limits of the Sales 2010 occupation-cycle table

Matching Sales with 2010 does not measure influence, does not assign party, and does not say Sales donors caused an electoral result. Correlation between an occupation string and a cycle is not causation. The table is also not a NAICS retail census, a company sales-force headcount, or a sales PAC.

Itemized individual contributions from FEC.gov only. Independent expenditures, unitemized gifts, and state-office campaigns are excluded. Occupation labels are filer-entered. SALES is a one-word occupation. It is not a sector code. Sales manager and salesperson, if typed in full, are other keys. The join does not map donors to employers or product lines. This join does not publish a party split, a recipient-committee list, or employer text.

Linked Sales and 2010 pages

Sales donations holds the $70,603,695 occupation total. The 2010 election cycle page holds every occupation in that window, not only Sales. All occupations places SALES beside other titles without merging sibling strings (SALES MANAGER, ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE, and SALESPERSON). All FEC ties lists other occupation-cycle pairs so $2,494,692 is not added to a different year.

Use the occupation hub for all-cycle Sales dollars ($70,603,695). Use the 2010 cycle hub for the even-year window across titles. Use this tie for the intersection only: $2,494,692, 3,379 contributions, 1,814 donors, 3.5% of occupation dollars. Those four internal links are the only hrefs this copy may use: Sales donations, the 2010 election cycle, all occupations, and all FEC ties.

Repeat gifts inside Sales 2010

3,379 contributions from 1,814 donors is closer to one-to-two itemized gifts per person inside this cycle filter, still not a headcount of the occupation. Name matching can split or merge people across filings, so 1,814 is an index unique-person count for this pair, not a professional-association census.

3,379 is the row count. $2,494,692 is the dollar count. Neither is a license count. Cite FEC.gov via LobbyVault. Occupation labels remain filer-entered.

Questions

How much did Sales donors give in 2010?

FEC itemized individual contributions from donors listing occupation SALES in the 2010 cycle total $2,494,692, from 3,379 contributions and 1,814 donors. Nationwide across cycles, Sales-coded receipts are $70,603,695. 2010 is 3.5% of those occupation dollars. Source: FEC.gov.

Is Sales 2010 money a PAC total?

No. This join is itemized individual contributions grouped by occupation and election cycle. Committee PACs and independent expenditures are not in $2,494,692 or in the $70,603,695 occupation figure used here. The FEC occupation field is the word SALES. This join does not assign a NAICS industry or employer. The 2010 join is $2,494,692 from 3,379 contributions and 1,814 donors.

What industry is Sales?

The FEC occupation field is the word SALES. This join does not assign a NAICS industry or employer. The 2010 cycle filter on Sales is $2,494,692, 3,379 contributions, and 1,814 donors. The occupation total across cycles is $70,603,695. Labels are filer-entered on FEC.gov itemized receipts.

Why 3,379 Sales contributions and 1,814 donors in 2010?

The 2010 join includes 3,379 itemized contributions from 1,814 donors totaling $2,494,692. 3,379 contributions from 1,814 donors is closer to one-to-two itemized gifts per person inside this cycle filter, still not a headcount of the occupation. The page does not name donors or split rows by committee. Unique-donor count is not a census of the occupation.