Teacher political money in the 2008 FEC cycle

Teacher as occupation, 2008 as the cycle

Two FEC fields define the cell: occupation TEACHER and election cycle 2008. Matching rows sum to $5,782,174, 7,938 contributions, and 3,861 donors. Teacher on a 2008 receipt is the string filers typed. FEC.gov does not confirm classroom employment. The occupation hub is $92,518,340 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 6.2% ($5,782,174 of $92,518,340). The remainder, $86,736,166, sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. Nearly eight thousand lines from under four thousand donors with a lower mean than many 2008 executive titles is a high-volume, lower-mean occupation 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 $5,782,174.

The Teacher string across every cycle on file

$92,518,340 is the occupation-side denominator. It is not limited to 2008. EDUCATOR, PROFESSOR, and TEACHER AIDE are other occupation keys if stored as different strings. Adding those keys to $92,518,340 would be a researcher-built recode, not this table. Occupation labels are filer-entered on itemized individual receipts.

Open Teacher donations for the $92,518,340 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.

3,861 donors and a lower 2008 mean gift

Dividing $5,782,174 by 7,938 contributions yields about $728 per gift. Dividing by 3,861 donors yields about $1,498 per donor. Gifts per donor average about 2.1 (7,938 ÷ 3,861). Those ratios describe this string in 2008, not payroll at firms that employ people with similar titles.

3,861 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 3,861 figure. The cycle hub still holds every other occupation’s 2008 receipts beside this cell.

What 6.2% of Teacher dollars is not

A 6.2% share of Teacher-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 $5,782,174 as itemized individual receipts tagged TEACHER in 2008, source FEC.gov, and stop there.

How to cite Teacher × 2008

A complete claim names Teacher and 2008, then $5,782,174, 7,938 contributions, 3,861 donors, and 6.2% of $92,518,340, source FEC.gov. Do not convert 3,861 keys into licensed or employed practitioners. Do not fold independent expenditures or USAspending awards into the cell. Keep both sides of the name—Teacher and 2008—whenever the dollars are quoted. Mean gift $728 and mean per donor $1,498 travel with those counts; they do not travel with a licensing board.

Occupation hub, cycle hub, and Professor as a sibling key

The occupation hub still holds $86,736,166 outside 2008. Most of the $92,518,340 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. EDUCATOR, PROFESSOR, and TEACHER AIDE are other occupation keys if stored as different strings. Those titles are not parents of TEACHER on this page. Gifts per donor in 2008 average about 2.1. That ratio is 7,938 divided by 3,861, not a measure of turnout.

Questions

How much did Teacher-tagged donors give in 2008?

The join records $5,782,174 in itemized individual contributions for occupation Teacher in the 2008 FEC cycle, from 7,938 contributions and 3,861 donors. The occupation’s all-cycle total is $92,518,340, so 2008 is 6.2% of that roll. Figures come from FEC.gov aggregates. Occupation labels are filer-entered.

Does this count every teacher who donated in 2008?

No. The 3,861 donor keys are people whose itemized receipts grouped to TEACHER in 2008. Filers who used a different title are other occupation rows. FEC.gov does not verify jobs. The cell totals $5,782,174 on 7,938 lines. Unitemized gifts never appear in this aggregate.

What share of Teacher occupation money is the 2008 cycle?

6.2%: $5,782,174 of $92,518,340. The remaining $86,736,166 sits in other cycles on the occupation hub. That share is $5,782,174 divided by $92,518,340, 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 Teacher and 2008 tables?

Teacher donations carries the $92,518,340 occupation total. The 2008 election cycle hub places Teacher 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 Teacher × 2008 intersection only.