Software Developer political money — 2008 cycle

Software Developer as occupation, 2008 as the cycle

Two FEC fields define the cell: occupation SOFTWARE DEVELOPER and election cycle 2008. Matching rows sum to $757,176, 1,212 contributions, and 461 donors. SOFTWARE DEVELOPER is one tech-title spelling. People who typed Software Engineer or Programmer are other rows. The occupation hub is $16,793,605 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 4.5% ($757,176 of $16,793,605). The remainder, $16,036,429, sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. 1,212 lines from 461 donors with about 2.6 gifts per person is a repeat-gift tech-title cell in a presidential cycle. 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 $757,176.

The Software Developer string across every cycle

$16,793,605 is the occupation-side denominator. It is not limited to 2008. Software Engineer, Programmer, and Developer are other occupation keys if stored as different strings. Adding those keys to $16,793,605 would be a researcher-built recode, not this table. Occupation labels are filer-entered on itemized individual receipts.

Open Software Developer donations for the $16,793,605 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. Developer without the word Software is a different stored string and can mix real-estate and software uses.

461 donors and a sub-thousand mean gift

Dividing $757,176 by 1,212 contributions yields about $625 per gift. Dividing by 461 donors yields about $1,642 per donor. Gifts per donor average about 2.6 (1,212 ÷ 461). Those ratios describe this string in 2008, not payroll at firms that employ people with similar titles.

461 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 461 figure. The cycle hub still holds every other occupation’s 2008 receipts beside this cell.

What 4.5% of Software Developer dollars is not

A 4.5% share of Software Developer-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 $757,176 as itemized individual receipts tagged SOFTWARE DEVELOPER in 2008, source FEC.gov, and stop there.

How to cite Software Developer × 2008

A complete claim names Software Developer and 2008, then $757,176, 1,212 contributions, 461 donors, and 4.5% of $16,793,605, source FEC.gov. Do not convert 461 keys into licensed or employed practitioners. Do not fold independent expenditures or USAspending awards into the cell. Keep both sides of the name—Software Developer and 2008—whenever the dollars are quoted. Mean gift $625 and mean per donor $1,642 travel with those counts; they do not travel with a licensing board.

Occupation hub, 2008 hub, and Software Engineer as a sibling

The occupation hub still holds $16,036,429 outside 2008. Most of the $16,793,605 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. Software Engineer, Programmer, and Developer are other occupation keys if stored as different strings. Those titles are not parents of SOFTWARE DEVELOPER on this page. Gifts per donor in 2008 average about 2.6. That ratio is 1,212 divided by 461, not a measure of turnout.

Questions

How much did Software Developer-tagged donors give in 2008?

The join records $757,176 in itemized individual contributions for occupation Software Developer in the 2008 FEC cycle, from 1,212 contributions and 461 donors. The occupation’s all-cycle total is $16,793,605, so 2008 is 4.5% of that roll. Figures come from FEC.gov aggregates. Occupation labels are filer-entered.

Does this count every software developer who donated in 2008?

No. The 461 donor keys are people whose itemized receipts grouped to SOFTWARE DEVELOPER in 2008. Filers who used a different title are other occupation rows. FEC.gov does not verify jobs. The cell totals $757,176 on 1,212 lines. Unitemized gifts never appear in this aggregate.

What share of Software Developer occupation money is the 2008 cycle?

4.5%: $757,176 of $16,793,605. The remaining $16,036,429 sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. That share is $757,176 divided by $16,793,605, 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 Software Developer and 2008 tables?

Software Developer donations carries the $16,793,605 occupation total. The 2008 election cycle hub places Software Developer 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 Software Developer × 2008 intersection only.