USPS and the 2014 FEC election cycle

Why USPS and 2014 share a page

USPS pages without a year mix every even-year window. 2014 pages without this string mix every employer and occupation. The reason this file exists is the overlap: $431,066 from FEC.gov itemized individual receipts tagged USPS in 2014. 1,055 contributions and 486 donors are the volume counts. Recipients are not in this packet.

The stored employer label is postal-service employer text. The Commission does not certify that each filer worked there, held that title, or used a legal entity name. Neighboring spellings remain other keys. The postal service as an agency treasury, a postal union pac, or usaspending postal contracts would be a different dataset or a different string.

Keep $8,027,435 on the industry hub and keep the 2014 cycle hub for the year without this filter. The overlap — and only the overlap — is $431,066.

2014 as a slice of $8,027,435

$8,027,435 is the all-cycle total stored for USPS. Subtract $431,066 and $7,596,369 remains in other cycles (94.6%). 2014 therefore accounts for about 5.4% of the grouping. That percentage is arithmetic on two packet facts, not a ranking against other employers.

Do not read 5.4% as intensity, influence, or a planned 2014 campaign. It is $431,066 divided by $8,027,435. The industry hub is where the other windows live. The 5.4% ratio is $431,066 divided by $8,027,435. Other even-year joins for USPS are not listed in this packet; they collectively hold $7,596,369. Citing 2014 as if it were the USPS lifetime total would overstate this cell by $7,596,369.

Volume: 1,055 lines, 486 identities

1,055 itemized contributions and 486 unique donors sit behind $431,066. Average gift size is about $409; average dollars per donor about $887; lines per donor about 2.2. Averages hide skew.

Unique donors are FEC contributor keys for this string and cycle. They are not staff headcount for USPS. This packet does not publish names. Open the overlay for rows; do not invent them here. A mean of $409 per itemized line and $887 per donor can hide a few large receipts. The packet supplies no median. 1,055 contributions remaining larger than 486 donors is the expected pattern when identities give more than once.

The two-year 2014 window

FEC election cycles are two-year spans. 2014 covers that even-year window, so receipts from the odd year before the election can sit in $431,066. This packet does not split those years.

The 2014 hub is the place to see every other employer string that year. This page keeps the USPS filter on. Without a cycle-wide total in the facts, no percentage of national 2014 giving is claimed. FEC cycle 2014 tags a two-year window. Odd-year receipts inside that window are in $431,066 if they were itemized against USPS. This file does not publish a year-by-year split because the facts do not.

Form text is not a payroll file

FEC employer and occupation fields are typed by filers. USPS is stored as written for this grouping. The Commission does not verify employment, tribal enrollment, professional licenses, or corporate identity on this aggregate. USPS here is postal-service employer text.

PAC filings, independent expenditures, and unitemized gifts are other tables. USAspending obligations are another database entirely. $431,066 does not fund federal awards, and federal awards do not explain $431,066. Two datasets can share a name without sharing a payment trail. USPS as postal-service employer text can appear in contracting databases under similar names. Those obligation tables are not this $431,066. The join does not claim a payment trail from campaign gifts to federal awards or the reverse.

How to quote $431,066

A complete quote names both sides: USPS and 2014, $431,066, 1,055 itemized contributions, 486 unique donors, FEC.gov. Add 5.4% of $8,027,435 if the lifetime context matters. Omit any number that is not in those facts.

The overlay USPS 2014 is for rows. The USPS hub is for other years. The 2014 election cycle is for other strings. All FEC ties is the join index. Use every one of those hrefs; do not substitute a donor URL. Quote both keys: USPS and 2014. Quote the dollars: $431,066. Quote the volume: 1,055 contributions, 486 donors. Quote the source: FEC.gov. Leave NAICS codes and named donors out unless a later overlay supplies them.

Questions

How much did USPS donors give in 2014?

The USPS × 2014 cell is $431,066. FEC.gov counted 1,055 itemized individual contributions from 486 unique donors. That is the join, not the $8,027,435 lifetime grouping total and not a committee disbursement. FEC.gov is the source for $431,066, 1,055 contributions, and 486 donors in the USPS × 2014 cell. The lifetime grouping total stored for this string is $8,027,435.

What share of USPS FEC money is 2014?

About 5.4%. $431,066 divided by $8,027,435 is the 2014 share for this exact string. $7,596,369 (94.6%) sits in other cycles. No national 2014 denominator is in the packet. FEC.gov is the source for $431,066, 1,055 contributions, and 486 donors in the USPS × 2014 cell. The lifetime grouping total stored for this string is $8,027,435.

Does this include only current USPS employees?

No. 486 unique donors matched USPS in 2014. Retirees, household members, and former workers can reuse the string. Neighboring spellings are other keys. The total remains $431,066. FEC.gov is the source for $431,066, 1,055 contributions, and 486 donors in the USPS × 2014 cell. The lifetime grouping total stored for this string is $8,027,435.

Where is the overlay for the USPS 2014 join?

The overlay path is the USPS 2014 link. The industry hub drops the year. The 2014 election cycle drops the string. All FEC ties is the directory of joins. Dollars: $431,066. FEC.gov is the source for $431,066, 1,055 contributions, and 486 donors in the USPS × 2014 cell. The lifetime grouping total stored for this string is $8,027,435.