VP political contributions in the 2012 FEC cycle

VP receipts isolated to 2012

Two FEC dimensions meet here: occupation VP and the 2012 election cycle. The intersection is $2,691,682 ($2.7 million), 2,663 contributions, and 1,189 donors. 9.0% of VP occupation dollars ($29,934,385) fall in 2012.

The 2012 cycle is an even-year FEC window, a presidential-year cycle in federal itemized receipts. This page does not add 2010 or 2014 dollars into the 2012 total. VP is an abbreviated title as entered. VICE PRESIDENT and SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT are separate occupation keys. The string is not the constitutional office. LobbyVault does not expand VP into those longer titles.

$29,934,385 is the VP all-cycle total

On the occupation side, $29,934,385 is the VP total across cycles. Sibling labels (VICE PRESIDENT, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, and EVP) stay on other pages. VP is not a count of U.S. vice presidents, a corporate officer census, or a merge with VICE PRESIDENT spelled out.

All occupations lists other titles without adding them to $29,934,385. The VP donations page holds the all-cycle occupation table that $2,691,682 is a slice of.

2012 cycle dollars versus the VP occupation total

The 2012 election cycle hub holds itemized individual receipts for every occupation coded to that even-year window. This tie keeps only VP. $2,691,682 is therefore not a cycle-wide total. FEC.gov labels this even-year federal window 2012. It is not a 2010 or 2014 midterm-year filter.

2,663 contributions from 1,189 donors is moderate repeat itemization inside the cycle filter. The page does not publish an average gift. $2,691,682, 2,663, and 1,189 are the three cycle-side facts. Unitemized federal gifts never enter $2,691,682. Committee disbursements and independent expenditures are a different FEC schedule and are not a second way to count $2,691,682. Three numbers define the VP × 2012 cell: dollars $2,691,682, contribution rows 2,663, unique donors 1,189. Share of occupation dollars is 9.0% of $29,934,385.

Public-record limits for VP in 2012

Matching VP with 2012 does not measure influence, does not assign party, and does not say VP donors caused an electoral result. Correlation between an occupation string and a cycle is not causation. The table is also not a count of U.S. vice presidents, a corporate officer census, or a merge with VICE PRESIDENT spelled out.

Itemized individual contributions from FEC.gov only. Independent expenditures, unitemized gifts, and state-office campaigns are excluded. Occupation labels are filer-entered. VP is an abbreviated title as entered. VICE PRESIDENT and SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT are separate occupation keys. The string is not the constitutional office. LobbyVault does not expand VP into those longer titles. This join does not publish a party split, a recipient-committee list, or employer text. If a reader only needs the occupation, the VP donations hub is $29,934,385; the 2012 election cycle hub is the even-year inventory across titles. Do not add those hubs together.

Linked VP and 2012 pages

VP donations holds the $29,934,385 occupation total. The 2012 election cycle page holds every occupation in that window, not only VP. All occupations places VP beside other titles without merging sibling strings (VICE PRESIDENT, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, and EVP). All FEC ties lists other occupation-cycle pairs so $2,691,682 is not added to a different year.

Use the occupation hub for all-cycle VP dollars ($29,934,385). Use the 2012 cycle hub for the even-year window across titles. Use this tie for the intersection only: $2,691,682, 2,663 contributions, 1,189 donors, 9.0% of occupation dollars. Those four internal links are the only hrefs this copy may use: VP donations, the 2012 election cycle, all occupations, and all FEC ties. Keep VP as the occupation key and 2012 as the cycle key when joining files. FEC.gov remains the controlling source if a later extract disagrees with $2,691,682.

VP 2012 versus other LobbyVault cuts

Occupation-by-state joins for VP are different pages and different dollars. This tie is occupation-by-cycle. $2,691,682 is not a state total and not a committee total.

All FEC ties is the inventory for those other pairs. All occupations is the inventory for titles. Neither page should be summed into $2,691,682. Sibling strings (VICE PRESIDENT, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, and EVP) remain outside $2,691,682. Independent expenditures remain outside $2,691,682.

Questions

How much did VP donors give in 2012?

FEC itemized individual contributions from donors listing occupation VP in the 2012 cycle total $2,691,682, from 2,663 contributions and 1,189 donors. Nationwide across cycles, VP-coded receipts are $29,934,385. 2012 is 9.0% of those occupation dollars. Source: FEC.gov.

Is VP 2012 money a PAC total?

No. This join is itemized individual contributions grouped by occupation and election cycle. Committee PACs and independent expenditures are not in $2,691,682 or in the $29,934,385 occupation figure used here. VP is the abbreviation as typed. SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT is a different occupation page. The 2012 join is $2,691,682 from 2,663 contributions and 1,189 donors.

Does VP include Senior Vice President?

No. VP is the abbreviation as typed. SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT is a different occupation page. The 2012 cycle filter on VP is $2,691,682, 2,663 contributions, and 1,189 donors. The occupation total across cycles is $29,934,385. Labels are filer-entered on FEC.gov itemized receipts.

Why 2,663 VP contributions and 1,189 donors in 2012?

The 2012 join includes 2,663 itemized contributions from 1,189 donors totaling $2,691,682. 2,663 contributions from 1,189 donors is moderate repeat itemization inside the cycle filter. The page does not name donors or split rows by committee. Unique-donor count is not a census of the occupation.