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Student political money in the 2014 election cycle

Donors who listed Student as their occupation account for $4,480,685 in itemized individual contributions in the 2014 FEC cycle. The slice covers 2,767 contributions from 1,163 donors. The grouping’s all-cycle total is $142,935,090, so 2014 is 3.1% of that roll. Student is a job label on a federal receipt, not a license file and not a connected PAC.

Key figures

  • $4,480,685 tagged Student in the 2014 FEC cycle.
  • 2,767 contributions from 1,163 donors; about $1,619 per contribution.
  • 2014 is 3.1% of the grouping’s $142,935,090 all-cycle total.
  • Occupation string, not a license census, union roster, or connected PAC.
  • Source: FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates.

Student meeting the 2014 election cycle

2014 is a midterm federal cycle on the FEC calendar. Intersecting the Student occupation grouping with that year produces $4,480,685, 2,767 lines, and 1,163 donor keys. Those three figures are the join. The occupation hub still holds $142,935,090 across all cycles in the aggregate. This page does not restate that hub without the year filter.

About $3,853 per donor ($4,480,685 ÷ 1,163) and about $1,619 per contribution ($4,480,685 ÷ 2,767) describe this string in 2014. Lines per donor average about 2.4 (2,767 ÷ 1,163). Those ratios are arithmetic on the packet, not typical gifts and not a unique-person audit. Repeat givers raise the line count.

The 2014 election-cycle hub places Student beside other occupation keys that year. Neither that hub nor this tie converts $4,480,685 into a civic-engagement score. Named employers who share a workplace with people in this cell sit in industry rows if the legal name was used instead of the occupation word.

3.1% of the Student all-cycle grouping

3.1% is $4,480,685 divided by $142,935,090. The leftover $138,454,405 sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. A 3.1% year share is a piece of this grouping’s recorded history, not a ranked list of peak years — other years’ amounts are not in this packet except as that residual.

Midterm solicitation volume can lift itemized counts. 2,767 lines still describe only receipts tagged Student in 2014. The packet does not publish committee names inside the cell; those live on the occupation and cycle overlays. Do not treat 3.1% as proof that 2014 was this occupation’s largest year in every dataset.

Student is self-reported, not an enrollment file

FEC.gov does not match occupation text to a registrar. STUDENT can include undergraduates, graduate students, adult learners, and people who typed the word while listing a parent as employer on another line. Campus jobs that used a university legal name sit in employer keys, not here.

TEACHER, PROFESSOR, and EDUCATION are other occupation strings. A student who typed the university as employer is usually out of this cell. This page does not estimate tuition or campus size. The Student grouping is a typed word on itemized receipts.

What Student money in this cycle is not

The cell is not a youth-vote poll, not a university PAC, and not a count of enrolled students. Contribution limits and bundling rules are not restated here. Independent expenditures about education bills are other FEC objects.

Federal student-aid and research awards on USAspending are a different dataset. This join does not claim that Student-coded gifts funded those awards. Unitemized gifts are omitted. Motive is outside the packet.

Pages that keep Student and 2014 apart

The Student occupation page holds $142,935,090 and other years. The 2014 election-cycle page holds that year’s occupation list. All occupations ranks neighboring job strings. All FEC ties lists other occupation–cycle pages so this cell is not mistaken for an industry–PAC join.

Keep both sides of the name — Student and 2014 — whenever $4,480,685 is quoted. Cite 2,767 contributions, 1,163 donors, 3.1% of $142,935,090, and FEC.gov. Do not convert 1,163 keys into licensed or enrolled people. Do not fold USAspending into the cell.

How to cite Student × 2014

A complete claim names Student and 2014, then $4,480,685, 2,767 contributions, 1,163 donors, and 3.1% of $142,935,090, source FEC.gov. Occupation labels are filer-entered. Unitemized gifts stay omitted. Independent expenditures stay omitted. Federal awards that mention a similar profession stay omitted.

The 1,163-donor count is the net of filing choices in 2014: people who typed Student increased the cell; people who typed a firm name or a neighboring title reduced it. $4,480,685 and the 3.1% share travel with that net. They do not travel with a licensing board, a union roster, or a USAspending file. Quote the occupation hub for $142,935,090 and other cycles.

2014 remains a midterm federal cycle. That calendar fact does not add dollars. The join stops at itemized individual receipts tagged Student in 2014: $4,480,685 on 2,767 lines from 1,163 donors. About $1,619 per line and $3,853 per donor are means, not typical gifts. Repeat filers can sit in the 2,767 without raising unique people above 1,163.

Questions

How much did Student-tagged donors give in 2014?
The join records $4,480,685 in itemized individual contributions for Student in 2014, from 2,767 contributions and 1,163 donors. The grouping’s all-cycle total is $142,935,090.
What share of the Student grouping is 2014?
3.1%: $4,480,685 of $142,935,090. Other years’ amounts are not listed in this packet except as the leftover $138,454,405 on the occupation hub. A year share is not a ranking of peak cycles.
Does this include people who listed a company instead of Student?
Usually not. Named firms are other industry keys. Neighboring titles are other occupation keys. This cell is the grouped Student string in 2014. Mixing keys would blur the 1,163-donor count.
Do Student donations fund federal awards?
No. FEC individual contributions and USAspending obligations are different datasets. This tie reports only itemized individual receipts tagged Student in 2014: $4,480,685 across 2,767 contributions from 1,163 donors.

FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates by self-reported occupation and election cycle. Occupation labels are filer-entered.