Scientist political money in the 2010 election cycle

Scientist as occupation, 2010 as the cycle

Two FEC fields define the cell: occupation SCIENTIST and election cycle 2010. Matching rows sum to $770,095, 1,308 contributions, and 542 donors. SCIENTIST is a broad self-applied label. FEC.gov does not map it to a federal science agency or a discipline. The occupation hub is $26,806,625 across every cycle in the aggregate. The 2010 cycle hub mixes every other occupation that used that year. Neither hub restates this intersection; this tie page exists because the two dimensions meet.

2010’s dollar share is 2.9% ($770,095 of $26,806,625). The remainder, $26,036,530, sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. More than 1,300 lines from 542 donors with a sub-thousand mean is a high-volume, lower-mean midterm cell inside a large occupation roll. 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 $770,095.

A large Scientist roll with many other years

$26,806,625 is the occupation-side denominator. It is not limited to 2010. Researcher, Chemist, Biologist, and Physicist are other occupation keys if stored separately. Adding those keys to $26,806,625 would be a researcher-built recode, not this table. Occupation labels are filer-entered on itemized individual receipts.

Open Scientist donations for the $26,806,625 roll. Open the 2010 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. A 2.9% year share of this occupation total means most Scientist-coded money sits in other cycles.

542 donors and a sub-thousand mean gift

Dividing $770,095 by 1,308 contributions yields about $589 per gift. Dividing by 542 donors yields about $1,421 per donor. Gifts per donor average about 2.4 (1,308 ÷ 542). Those ratios describe this string in 2010, not payroll at firms that employ people with similar titles.

542 is a donor-key count inside the occupation × cycle aggregate, not a headcount of everyone who held the job in 2010. Repeat itemization, couples filing separately, and people who used the string on some receipts but not others all move the 542 figure. The cycle hub still holds every other occupation’s 2010 receipts beside this cell.

What 2.9% of Scientist-coded dollars is not

A 2.9% share of Scientist-coded dollars from 2010 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 2010 donations funded contracts or grants. Quote $770,095 as itemized individual receipts tagged SCIENTIST in 2010, source FEC.gov, and stop there.

How to cite Scientist × 2010

A complete claim names Scientist and 2010, then $770,095, 1,308 contributions, 542 donors, and 2.9% of $26,806,625, source FEC.gov. Do not convert 542 keys into licensed or employed practitioners. Do not fold independent expenditures or USAspending awards into the cell. Keep both sides of the name—Scientist and 2010—whenever the dollars are quoted. Mean gift $589 and mean per donor $1,421 travel with those counts; they do not travel with a licensing board.

Occupation hub, 2010 hub, and Researcher as a sibling

The occupation hub still holds $26,036,530 outside 2010. Most of the $26,806,625 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. Researcher, Chemist, Biologist, and Physicist are other occupation keys if stored separately. Those titles are not parents of SCIENTIST on this page. Gifts per donor in 2010 average about 2.4. That ratio is 1,308 divided by 542, not a measure of turnout.

Questions

How much did Scientist-tagged donors give in 2010?

The join records $770,095 in itemized individual contributions for occupation Scientist in the 2010 FEC cycle, from 1,308 contributions and 542 donors. The occupation’s all-cycle total is $26,806,625, so 2010 is 2.9% of that roll. Figures come from FEC.gov aggregates. Occupation labels are filer-entered.

Does this count every scientist who donated in 2010?

No. The 542 donor keys are people whose itemized receipts grouped to SCIENTIST in 2010. Filers who used a different title are other occupation rows. FEC.gov does not verify jobs. The cell totals $770,095 on 1,308 lines. Unitemized gifts never appear in this aggregate.

What share of Scientist occupation money is the 2010 cycle?

2.9%: $770,095 of $26,806,625. The remaining $26,036,530 sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. That share is $770,095 divided by $26,806,625, 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 Scientist and 2010 tables?

Scientist donations carries the $26,806,625 occupation total. The 2010 election cycle hub places Scientist 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 Scientist × 2010 intersection only.