State of Florida and the 2008 FEC election cycle

State of Florida as stored text, 2008 as cycle

Employer and occupation groupings sit on one axis; election cycles sit on the other. Rows that match both — STATE OF FLORIDA and 2008 — sum to $160,370. 190 itemized contributions and 90 unique donors produced it. The total is not an official organization disbursement and does not name recipients. Independent expenditures and committee transfers live in other FEC tables. Cite FEC.gov for this intersection.

Neither the State of Florida hub nor the 2008 election cycle hub is this number; each hub drops one of the two keys. State of Florida is public-employer text, not a verified payroll file. 90 donors and 190 lines in 2008 matched that stored string. People who typed a neighboring spelling sit in other buckets. Named affiliates and related titles are other keys. This page is the exact string STATE OF FLORIDA.

The join exists so a reader does not treat $53,039,884 (all cycles for this string) as the 2008 story, and does not treat the 2008 cycle hub as a State of Florida-only list. Two filters, one cell: $160,370.

0.3% of the State of Florida roll

The grouping’s stored total across cycles is $53,039,884. The 2008 slice of $160,370 is about 0.3% of that running sum. Other even-year windows hold the remaining 99.7% ($52,879,514). Treating 2008 as the entire State of Florida FEC story would ignore that remainder. The industry hub is the year index for this string.

Treat $53,039,884 as the denominator for the 0.3% share. It is not market capitalization, not revenue, and not proof of a multi-year political program. This tie keeps 2008 from being folded silently into $53,039,884. Neighboring spellings are not added into either figure.

190 contributions from 90 donors

Dividing $160,370 by 190 contributions yields about $844 per itemized gift. Dividing by 90 donors yields about $1,782 per donor. Contributions per donor average about 2.1. Those means describe the arithmetic on the packet. They are not medians and not a party split. FEC.gov itemized individual receipts are the universe.

90 unique donors are contributor identities, not a headcount of employees, licensees, or members. Retirees and household members who reuse a workplace or title can appear. Repeat gifts raise the contribution count faster than the donor count.

2008 as the cycle dimension

The 2008 election cycle hub includes every stored employer and occupation for that window. State of Florida is one cell in that matrix. This packet does not publish a cycle-wide denominator, so no national share is stated. Open the 2008 election cycle to drop the employer filter and State of Florida to drop the year.

Gifts from both years of the two-year FEC window sit in the $160,370 cell because the cycle is a two-year tag, not a single Tuesday. That mechanical fact is easy to forget when a searcher wants an election-night number. The overlay is where dates become visible. This join publishes the cycle total, the 190 contributions, the 90 unique donors, and the 0.3% share of $53,039,884.

What the Commission does not verify

Itemized individual receipts are the universe. Unitemized gifts, independent expenditures, and PAC disbursements sit outside $160,370. Federal awards in other databases are different datasets. Sharing an employer string and a calendar year does not turn these gifts into contracts or grants. The page is public-employer text, not a State of Florida PAC, a state treasury disbursement, or every Florida agency name stored as its own key.

Public payroll and a state name on a contribution form are not the same as a state government making a political contribution. The FEC records itemized individuals who typed STATE OF FLORIDA. Agency-by-agency spellings, university systems, and city governments inside the state are other keys. All FEC ties lists other two-dimension pages. Live hubs override this snapshot. If the overlay disagrees, the overlay and FEC.gov control.

Citing State of Florida and 2008 together

Start with $160,370, then State of Florida 2008 for rows, then the industry hub or the 2008 election cycle if a filter needs to come off. Citation template: STATE OF FLORIDA, 2008, $160,370, 190 contributions, 90 donors, 0.3% of $53,039,884, source FEC.gov. Keep neighboring spellings and occupation titles out of the total unless they grouped to this exact string.

The 0.3% share, the 90-donor count, and the $844 mean gift belong to this intersection. Carry them onto a successor label or a sibling employer word and they stop being facts from this packet. This prose is a packet snapshot. 190 itemized contributions totaling $160,370 average about $844 per line. Unitemized gifts never appear. Campaign contributions are not federal awards.

Questions

How much did State of Florida donors give in 2008?

FEC.gov aggregates show $160,370 in itemized individual contributions for the State of Florida grouping in the 2008 cycle, across 190 contributions and 90 donors. That sum is not a PAC total and not the $53,039,884 all-cycle figure. Independent expenditures are not included.

What share of State of Florida FEC money is 2008?

The grouping’s all-cycle total is $53,039,884. The 2008 cell of $160,370 is about 0.3% of that figure. Other cycles hold the remaining 99.7% ($52,879,514) on the industry hub. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell.

Does this include only currently employed State of Florida donors?

No. The bucket is the self-reported string STATE OF FLORIDA. The FEC does not verify licenses, current jobs, or corporate identity. Related phrases may sit in other groupings. This join reports the string match for 2008 only, totaling $160,370 from 90 donors across 190 contributions.

Where is the overlay for the State of Florida 2008 join?

Open State of Florida 2008 for the cycle overlay, State of Florida for the grouping hub, and the 2008 election cycle for the year without this employer filter. All FEC ties lists other two-dimension pages. This JSON file names the join; the overlay holds the itemized rows. Cite FEC.gov for $160,370, 190 contributions, and 90 donors.