Small Business Owner and the 2008 election cycle

Two filters: Small Business Owner and 2008

Two FEC fields define the cell: occupation SMALL BUSINESS OWNER and election cycle 2008. Matching rows sum to $693,751, 969 contributions, and 458 donors. SMALL BUSINESS OWNER is a self-description. FEC.gov does not verify revenue, employee count, or an EIN. Nearby strings are separate keys. The occupation hub is $10,278,471 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 6.7% ($693,751 of $10,278,471). The remainder, $9,584,720, sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. 458 donor keys and 969 lines describe this presidential-cycle cell. 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 $693,751.

Presidential window, occupation string SMALL BUSINESS OWNER

$10,278,471 is the occupation-side denominator. It is not limited to 2008. Business Owner, Owner, and Entrepreneur are other occupation keys if stored separately. Adding those keys to $10,278,471 would be a researcher-built recode, not this table. Occupation labels are filer-entered on itemized individual receipts. SMALL BUSINESS OWNER is a self-description. FEC.gov does not verify revenue, employee count, or an EIN. Nearby strings are separate keys.

Open Small Business Owner donations for the $10,278,471 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. A 6.7% year share of this occupation total means the rest of the labeled money sits outside 2008.

458 donor keys inside the 2008 cell

Dividing $693,751 by 969 contributions yields about $716 per gift. Dividing by 458 donors yields about $1,515 per donor. Gifts per donor average about 2.1 (969 ÷ 458). Those ratios describe this string in 2008, not payroll at firms that employ people with similar titles, and not an SBA extract or a secretary-of-state business file.

458 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 458 figure. The cycle hub still holds every other occupation’s 2008 receipts beside this cell. People who left occupation blank or used a nearby spelling are not in $693,751.

Unitemized money and other FEC tables

A 6.7% share of Small Business Owner-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 $693,751 as itemized individual receipts tagged SMALL BUSINESS OWNER in 2008, source FEC.gov, and stop there. Correlation is not causation.

A complete Small Business Owner × 2008 claim

A complete claim names Small Business Owner and 2008, then $693,751, 969 contributions, 458 donors, and 6.7% of $10,278,471, source FEC.gov. Do not convert 458 keys into licensed or employed practitioners. Do not fold independent expenditures or USAspending awards into the cell. Keep both sides of the name—Small Business Owner and 2008—whenever the dollars are quoted. Mean gift $716 and mean per donor $1,515 travel with those counts; they do not travel with an SBA extract or a secretary-of-state business file.

This URL exists because two filters meet. Small Business Owner donations rolls every cycle into one SMALL BUSINESS OWNER running total. The 2008 election cycle rolls every occupation into one 2008 total. Only the Small Business Owner × 2008 overlay applies both filters, which is why this page cites 969 receipts and $693,751. All FEC ties is the directory of other occupation-cycle cells.

Remainder $9,584,720 outside 2008

The occupation hub still holds $9,584,720 outside 2008. Most of the $10,278,471 roll is not this cycle’s cell when 6.7% is the year share. Business Owner, Owner, and Entrepreneur are other occupation keys if stored separately. Those titles are not parents of SMALL BUSINESS OWNER on this page. Gifts per donor in 2008 average about 2.1.

Presidential cycles still use the same occupation string. What 2008 changes is the window, not the spelling of SMALL BUSINESS OWNER. Keep Small Business Owner in the title and the H1 so the page is not mistaken for a generic 2008 roundup.

Questions

What did SMALL BUSINESS OWNER filers itemize in 2008?

The join records $693,751 in itemized individual contributions for occupation Small Business Owner in the 2008 FEC cycle, from 969 contributions and 458 donors. The occupation’s all-cycle total is $10,278,471, so 2008 is 6.7% of that roll. Figures come from FEC.gov aggregates. Occupation labels are filer-entered.

Why is the Small Business Owner 2008 page separate from the occupation hub?

The occupation hub is $10,278,471 across cycles. This page is the 2008 slice: $693,751, 969 contributions, 458 donors. The hub does not replace the join, and the join does not replace the hub. All FEC ties lists other year cells.

What share of Small Business Owner occupation money is the 2008 cycle?

6.7%: $693,751 of $10,278,471. The remaining $9,584,720 sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. That share is $693,751 divided by $10,278,471, 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 Small Business Owner and 2008 tables?

Small Business Owner donations carries the $10,278,471 occupation total. The 2008 election cycle hub places Small Business Owner 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 Small Business Owner × 2008 intersection only.