Trader donations in the 2012 FEC cycle

Trader × 2012

TRADER plus cycle 2012 equals $1,675,867. Bond trader, equity trader, and proprietary trader are other keys if those extra words appear. This join does not recode desk, asset class, or exchange membership.

14.4% of the occupation total in one presidential cycle is arithmetic on two packet dollars. It is not a claim that traders only give in presidential years. Other cycle amounts are not listed here. Parent hubs: Trader donations and the 2012 election cycle.

The occupation hub for Trader lists $11.6 million ($11,610,856) under the exact string TRADER. The 2012 election-cycle hub is a different cut: every occupation that filed in 2012, not only this label. This ties page is the cell where those two filters meet. All occupations and All FEC ties keep sibling joins in the same directory so a reader can move without mixing totals.

Party, committee, and employer breakdowns for Trader in 2012 are not fields in this packet. Do not infer a partisan split from $1.7 million. The occupation page and the 2012 cycle page are the next clicks for named committees and other cuts.

A short finance title

$11.6 million ($11,610,856) is modest next to generic labels such as Investments. The one-word title is specific enough to keep the bucket smaller. People who wrote trader at a named firm still share this occupation key; employer is not in the packet.

The 2012 slice is 14.4% of that compact bucket. High share, smaller denominator — not a rank among finance jobs.

Amended individual contribution reports can move $1,675,867. A later harvest of the same occupation string can move $11,610,856. Rewrite only the sentence whose source moved. Live Trader donations and the live 2012 election cycle pages are the tables; this prose is a packet snapshot.

Itemized individual contributions are the only receipt class in this cell. Unitemized gifts below the itemization threshold, in-kind goods, and bundled contributions without this occupation string are outside $1,675,867. If a later harvest revises 756 or 412, revise the volume sentence and leave the occupation rollup ($11,610,856) unchanged unless that rollup moved too.

412 Trader donors

412 donors and 756 receipts — about 1.8 lines per donor. Mean per donor about $4,068; mean per receipt about $2,217. A 412-donor file is small enough that a few large itemized gifts can dominate $1.7 million. No median.

Repeat gifts to several committees inflate the receipt count. 756 is a line count, not 412 people each giving once.

756 is a receipt count. 412 is a distinct-donor count inside this occupation-cycle cell. Neither figure is a headcount of everyone who works in the field named by the string. People who left the occupation blank, used a nearby spelling, or listed a more specific title are not in $1.7 million.

High share, compact string

Cite $1,675,867 as Trader in 2012. Cite $11,610,856 as the TRADER occupation total. Do not add investment banker or investments dollars to either figure.

FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates. All occupations lists neighboring finance titles.

Dividing $1,675,867 by 756 receipts yields about $2,217 per line. Dividing by 412 donors yields about $4,068 per person in the cell. Those ratios are arithmetic on two harvested integers. They are not medians, not typical gifts, and not a claim about income.

Not a desk or license census

Trader does not mean Series 7, exchange seat, or prop-shop partner. It means the form said TRADER. Filers who wrote broker or banker are outside $1.7 million.

No party split, no ranking of finance jobs, no claim about market structure. 756 receipts and 412 donors are the volume facts.

FEC.gov individual contribution files carry the occupation as the filer typed it. This join does not recode TRADER into a Bureau of Labor Statistics title, a NAICS code, or a medical-board specialty. If a researcher needs those crosswalks, they start from the raw string and do the mapping themselves.

Questions

How much did traders donate in 2012?

Filers who listed Trader itemized $1,675,867 in FEC individual contributions in 2012, from 756 receipts and 412 donors. That cell is 14.4% of $11,610,856 under TRADER. Investment banker and broker are other keys when those are the words on the form.

Why is the 2012 share of the occupation total relatively high?

14.4% is $1,675,867 divided by $11,610,856. The occupation bucket is relatively compact, so one presidential cycle can be a large fraction of it. That is arithmetic, not a motive. Other cycle amounts are not in this packet.

Does this include trading-firm PACs?

No. $1.7 million is individual contributions tagged Trader. Committee independent expenditures are a different FEC file. Employer is not in the packet. See Trader donations or the 2012 election cycle for committee names. Figures are FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates. Trader in 2012 is $1,675,867 on 756 receipts from 412 donors.

What two tables does this page join?

Trader donations ($11.6 million for the string) and the 2012 election cycle. The overlap is $1,675,867 from 412 donors. All FEC ties lists other occupation-cycle cells. All occupations lists neighboring finance strings. Figures are FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates. Trader in 2012 is $1,675,867 on 756 receipts from 412 donors.