United Airlines and the 2012 FEC election cycle

Two keys: UNITED AIRLINES and 2012

The packet’s keys are literal: industry string UNITED AIRLINES, cycle 2012. Their product on FEC.gov individual-contribution aggregates is $301,472, from 524 contributions and 201 donors. No recipient list, party split, or PAC total is published here.

Treat the label as airline employer text. Self-reported employer and occupation fields are free text. Filers who wrote a longer firm name, a parent company, or a nearby title are counted elsewhere. This page does not merge those buckets.

$301,472 is smaller than $7,420,373 because other cycles exist, and it is not a share of national 2012 giving because this packet has no cycle-wide denominator. The join is the point.

Where $7,118,901 still sits

After this 2012 cell of $301,472, $7,118,901 of the United Airlines grouping remains in other even-year windows. That remainder is 95.9% of $7,420,373. The 2012 page is not empty of other employers; this file simply does not add them.

Percentages here use packet facts only. No national 2012 total is supplied, so no “share of the election” claim is possible. 4.1% is United Airlines-internal. Because 2012 is about 4.1% of $7,420,373, most stored United Airlines money sits outside this window ($7,118,901). The industry hub is the index for those other cycles. This page isolates 2012 so the lifetime figure is not mistaken for a two-year number.

How 201 donors produced 524 gifts

201 donors and 524 contributions are compatible because one identity can give more than once. The implied 2.6 gifts per donor is a mean. High-repeat filers would pull that mean up; one-time filers would pull it down. The packet does not split those groups.

$1,500 per donor and $575 per line are derived from $301,472. They are not contribution limits and not typical gift size if the distribution is skewed. Volume math uses only three facts: $301,472, 524 contributions, 201 donors. Derived means are $575 per gift and $1,500 per identity. They describe this cell, not typical American giving and not a party split.

2012 is not Election Day

An election-night search is the wrong grain for $301,472. The FEC cycle 2012 is a two-year bucket. Dates belong on the overlay, not in invented subtotals.

The cycle hub and this tie differ by one filter. The hub is all strings in 2012. The tie is United Airlines in 2012. Only the tie is $301,472. Searchers often want a single Tuesday. FEC cycle 2012 is two years. Both years can feed $301,472. Dates, if needed, belong on the overlay, not as invented subtotals in this prose.

Limits of the United Airlines string

The string UNITED AIRLINES is not NAICS, not a Dunn-style firm ID, and not a donor page. It is airline employer text. Related names remain other keys. $301,472 does not absorb them.

Motive, party, and recipient strategy are not in the facts. This file does not speculate. 201 donors and 524 contributions are counts, not a narrative about why people gave. The Commission does not verify that UNITED AIRLINES is a legal entity, a license, or a current job. United Airlines is airline employer text. $301,472 is a text-match aggregate for 2012 itemized individual receipts.

Keeping United Airlines 2012 distinct from the hubs

United Airlines without 2012 is $7,420,373. 2012 without United Airlines is the year hub. United Airlines with 2012 is $301,472. Mixing those three sentences is the usual citation error this page exists to prevent.

Internal links: United Airlines 2012 (overlay), United Airlines (grouping), 2012 election cycle (year), All FEC ties (other joins). Anchors stay as supplied in the packet. A durable citation names UNITED AIRLINES, 2012, $301,472, 524 contributions, 201 donors, and FEC.gov. Add 4.1% of $7,420,373 when lifetime context is required. Do not add USAspending dollars. Restating the join without new numbers: United Airlines in 2012 is $301,472 from 524 itemized individual contributions and 201 unique donors on FEC.gov. The same string stores $7,420,373 across cycles, so 2012 is about 4.1% and other windows hold $7,118,901 (95.9%). The grouping is airline employer text, not United Airlines PAC, a NAICS air-transport rollup, or United Continental as a sibling string. No donor names, recipient committees, party split, or USAspending dollars are in this packet. Live overlay pages override this snapshot. Mean gift size is about $575; mean per donor about $1,500; about 2.6 contributions per donor. Those means are arithmetic, not medians. The two-year FEC window tagged 2012 can include receipts from both years. Independent expenditures remain outside $301,472.

Questions

How much did United Airlines donors give in 2012?

Donors who listed United Airlines reported $301,472 in the 2012 cycle on this aggregate — 524 contributions, 201 donors. The figure is not $7,420,373 and is not a named-recipient list. FEC.gov is the source for $301,472, 524 contributions, and 201 donors in the United Airlines × 2012 cell. The lifetime grouping total stored for this string is $7,420,373.

What share of United Airlines FEC money is 2012?

4.1% of $7,420,373 is tagged 2012 ($301,472). That ratio uses only packet facts for UNITED AIRLINES. It is not a share of all 2012 FEC receipts. FEC.gov is the source for $301,472, 524 contributions, and 201 donors in the United Airlines × 2012 cell. The lifetime grouping total stored for this string is $7,420,373.

Does this include only United Airlines employees?

Only as a text match. United Airlines here is airline employer text. The Commission does not certify a workforce. $301,472 is the 2012 overlap for UNITED AIRLINES. FEC.gov is the source for $301,472, 524 contributions, and 201 donors in the United Airlines × 2012 cell. The lifetime grouping total stored for this string is $7,420,373.

Where is the overlay for the United Airlines 2012 join?

United Airlines 2012 is the overlay. United Airlines is every cycle for the string. 2012 election cycle is every grouping that year. All FEC ties lists other intersections. Packet total $301,472. FEC.gov is the source for $301,472, 524 contributions, and 201 donors in the United Airlines × 2012 cell. The lifetime grouping total stored for this string is $7,420,373.