USPS political money in the 2012 FEC cycle

How USPS meets the 2012 cycle

$447,113 requires both keys at once: grouped employer/industry USPS, and cycle 2012. LobbyVault keeps a USPS industry hub and a 2012 election-cycle hub. Neither hub is this page. This URL is only the intersection. USPS is grouped employer text on Schedule A, not the Postal Service as a corporate treasury filer and not every USPS / U.S. POSTAL SERVICE spelling. Those other strings, if they exist in the extract, are other keys. 568 unique donors produced 1,228 itemized receipts in 2012, about 2.2 lines per donor.

Recipient committees and disclosed contributor names are not in these headline facts. Use the Usps 2012 overlay for those rows.

5.57% of the USPS parent book

The parent grouping USPS totals $8,027,435 across every cycle in this table. 2012 holds $447,113, or 5.57% of that book. Other windows hold $7,580,322 (94.4%). Reading only 2012 understates the parent; reading only the parent hides this two-year cell.

Mean gift size near $364 and mean per donor near $787 belong to this cell only. They are not restated as the parent’s typical gift.

Presidential-year window 2012

FEC cycle 2012 is the two-year federal clock labeled 2012. Inside that clock, USPS is one employer/occupation grouping among many. The 2012 election cycle hub shows other strings in the same window. This page keeps USPS and 2012 named together so neither hub is mistaken for the join. 1,228 contributions and 568 donors are counts on itemized receipts grouped to USPS in that window, not a workforce census.

USPS is grouped employer text on Schedule A, not the Postal Service as a corporate treasury filer and not every USPS / U.S. POSTAL SERVICE spelling. Those other strings, if they exist in the extract, are other keys. The Usps 2012 overlay is the overlay. The Usps industry page is the parent grouping. The 2012 election cycle page is the cycle census. All FEC ties lists other joins.

Outside the $447,113 total

USAspending rows for the same calendar years are a different dataset. This join does not claim that $447,113 funded federal awards, or that federal awards funded the gifts. Campaign contributions are not federal awards. Geography or employer text on a contribution line does not convert the gift into an obligation.

Unitemized gifts and corporate treasury schedules are outside $447,113. LobbyVault does not treat 568 unique donors as a headcount of everyone associated with USPS in 2012. Mean gift size near $364 and mean per donor near $787 are ratios on this presidential-year cell. They are not a 10-K political-activity line. Do not read 2.2 lines per donor as a PAC deduction program. It is 1,228 ÷ 568 on this extract.

Doors out of the USPS × 2012 page

Internal links go to Usps 2012, the Usps industry hub, the 2012 election cycle, and All FEC ties. Use those four doors. The overlay lists disclosed names and recipient committees. The industry hub holds $8,027,435. The cycle hub holds other employer strings in 2012.

A complete citation: receipts grouped to USPS in FEC cycle 2012 total $447,113 from 568 donors and 1,228 itemized contributions, 5.57% of the all-cycle total of $8,027,435. The leftover outside 2012 is $7,580,322, or 94.4%. Cite FEC.gov. Live hubs override this snapshot. If the overlay disagrees, the overlay and FEC.gov control.

USPS is grouped employer text on Schedule A, not the Postal Service as a corporate treasury filer and not every USPS / U.S. POSTAL SERVICE spelling. Those other strings, if they exist in the extract, are other keys.

Keep both join sides in every citation of the headline total. This /ties/ page is a snapshot of packet facts, not a substitute for live FEC.gov bulk files. Amended reports can move either side of the join; the newer extract controls. Internal links stay on the packet hrefs only. Unitemized activity and independent expenditures remain outside these totals.

USPS in 2012 is $447,113, not $8,027,435. Cite both the employer/industry string and the cycle when quoting the cell.

Repeat rate on the USPS 2012 cell

1,228 ÷ 568 is about 2.2 itemized lines per unique donor on this extract. That ratio can come from multiple committees, amended memos, or several gifts in the two-year window. It is not a documented payroll deduction plan.

USPS is grouped employer text on Schedule A, not the Postal Service as a corporate treasury filer and not every USPS / U.S. POSTAL SERVICE spelling. Those other strings, if they exist in the extract, are other keys. Related spellings, if they exist, have their own /ties/ pages when those packets were written. This file covers only usps 2012 donations as the join key USPS × 2012.

The leftover $7,580,322 is every other cycle under USPS in this table, not a single neighboring year. Opening one other cycle still leaves the rest of $7,580,322 unexplained.

Questions

How much did USPS-listed donors give in 2012?

LobbyVault attributes $447,113 to that employer/industry string in 2012, from 1,228 contributions and 568 donors. These are itemized individual receipts. The all-cycle grouping is $8,027,435. Cite FEC.gov for $447,113, 1,228 contributions, and 568 donors on the USPS × 2012 join.

Is 2012 most of the USPS total?

No. $447,113 is 5.57% of the all-cycle total of $8,027,435. Other cycles hold $7,580,322, or 94.4%. This page publishes only the 2012 intersection. A share is not a preference finding. Cite FEC.gov for $447,113, 1,228 contributions, and 568 donors on the USPS × 2012 join.

Did USPS write a $447,113 corporate check in 2012?

No. The total is itemized individual contributions whose employer or occupation field grouped to USPS. Mean gift size near $364 across 1,228 lines is a ratio, not a treasury gift. Cite FEC.gov for $447,113, 1,228 contributions, and 568 donors on the USPS × 2012 join.

Are 568 donors all USPS employees?

They are 568 unique donors on itemized receipts grouped to USPS in 2012. Alumni, spouses, and other spellings may sit here or on other keys. LobbyVault does not verify payroll and does not invent names in this file. Cite FEC.gov for $447,113, 1,228 contributions, and 568 donors on the USPS × 2012 join.