bt_candidates: Candidates.

In crubba/bundestagswahl: Data from German federal elections, 1949-2013

Description

Information on candidates in Bundestag elections. Currently, information are only available from 1980 onward.

Usage

data(bt_candidates)

Format

A data frame with 18 variables:

year

year of the election

wp

numeric information on the legislative period

bundesland

the Bundesland in which the candidate applied

wk

the district number

party

the party name

lname

candidate's last name

fname

candidate's first name

age

candidate's age

gender

candidate's gender

dr

does candidate hold a PhD?

adel

does candidate have a noble name?

german

does candidate have a german name?

on_list

is candidate' name on the party list?

on_wk

does the candidate run in a district?

toplevel

did candidate obtain high-level political office?

mdl

was candidate member of a state parliament before?

mdb

was candidate member of the Bundestag before?

Source

http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/en/ + self compiled from various sources

crubba/bundestagswahl documentation built on May 14, 2019, 12:05 p.m.