add_elections: Add Election Dates to Dated Datasets

In jackobailey/britpol: Data and Functions for Studying British Politics

Add Election Dates to Dated Datasets

Description

It's often useful to know when elections occurred relative to the cases in your data. This function takes a dataset that includes a dated variable and adds to it the date of the last election, next election, or both.

Usage

add_elections(
  data = NULL,
  date = "date",
  last_name = "last_elec",
  next_name = "next_elec",
  which = "both"
)

Arguments

data	A dataset that includes a date variable.
date	The name of your date variable in your data.
last_name	What to call the new column of last election dates. Defaults to "last_elec".
next_name	What to call the new column of next election dates. Defaults to "next_elec".
which	Which elections to return: "last", "next", or "both". Defaults to "both".

Value

A tibble of data.

Examples

add_elections(data = pollbasepro, date = "date", which = "both")

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