candidates_get_by_lastname: Get candidate data by last name

In votesmart: Wrapper for the Project 'VoteSmart' API

Get candidate data by last name

Description

Get candidate data by last name

Usage

candidates_get_by_lastname(
  last_names,
  election_years = lubridate::year(lubridate::today()),
  stage_ids = "",
  all = TRUE,
  verbose = TRUE
)

Arguments

last_names	Vector of candidate last names
election_years	Vector of election years. Default is the current year.
stage_ids	The stage_id of the election ("P" for primary or "G" for general). See also election_get_election_by_year_state.
all	Boolean: should all possible combinations of the variables be searched for, or just the exact combination of them in the order they are supplied?
verbose	Should cases when no data is available be messaged?

Value

A dataframe of candidates and their attributes. If a given last_name + election_year + stage_id combination returns no data, that row will be filled with NAs.

Examples

## Not run: 
candidates_get_by_lastname(c("Ocasio-Cortez", "Omar"), 2018)

## End(Not run)

votesmart documentation built on May 2, 2023, 1:11 a.m.