write_precincts: Save returns to disk

In MEDSL/medslcleaner: A MEDSL Package for Cleaning Election Returns

Description

Write data to disk as .csv and .Rds, using the naming convention 2016-{state_postal}-precinct. Transformations are applied before saving; see details.

Usage

write_precincts(.data, state_postal)

Arguments

.data	A table of returns.
state_postal	State postal abbreviation.

Details

Before saving:

• Rename or drop legacy variables, which appear in some old intermediate CSVs, e.g., total votes or candidate.votes

• Keep only the columns defined in the [fields] schema

• Assign default values for these columns (e.g., FALSE for special)

• Normalize whitespace in character columns (trim exterior whitespace; replace 1+ interior whitespace with single whitespace)

• Reorder the columns

• Convert variables to expected types (e.g., numeric -> integer), which should be non-destructive if the validate(.data) was successful.

Value

Processed .data.

MEDSL/medslcleaner documentation built on May 31, 2019, 7:39 a.m.