search_elections: Search For Elections

In stephenholzman/tidyfec: Get Campaign Finance Data into R. tidyusafec uses the OpenFEC API.

Description

List elections by cycle, office, state, and district. Includes information about incumbents.

Usage

search_elections(data_structure = "tidy",
  api_key = Sys.getenv("DATAGOV_API_KEY"), cycle = NULL,
  office = NULL, sort_hide_null = NULL, zip = NULL, sort = NULL,
  district = NULL, state = NULL, sort_null_only = NULL)

Arguments

data_structure	A character describing how you want OpenFEC results. Options are 'tidy', 'list', or 'both.' Choose list for raw results.
api_key	API key for https://api.data.gov. Get one at https://api.data.gov/signup.
cycle	Two-year election cycle in which a candidate runs for office. Calculated from FEC Form 2. The cycle begins with an odd year and is named for its ending, even year. This cycle follows the traditional house election cycle and subdivides the presidential and Senate elections into comparable two-year blocks. To see data for the entire four years of a presidential term or six years of a senatorial term, you will need the election_full flag.
office	"house", "senate", or "president."
sort_hide_null	Hide null values on sorted column(s).
zip	Zip code
sort	Provide a field to sort by. Use - for descending order.
district	Two-digit US House distirict of the office the candidate is running for. Presidential, Senate and House at-large candidates will have District 00.
state	US state or territory where a candidate runs for office
sort_null_only	Toggle that filters out all rows having sort column that is non-null

stephenholzman/tidyfec documentation built on Aug. 1, 2020, 9:35 p.m.