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Returns the name and party of all candidates running for the specified majoritarian election.

Usage

election_candidates(
  ballot_date = pal::pkg_config_val("ballot_date"),
  lvl = lvls(ballot_date, canton, ballot_type = "election"),
  canton = cantons(ballot_date),
  election_nr = 1L
)

Arguments

ballot_date

FOKUS-covered ballot date. One of

  • "2018-09-23"

  • "2018-11-25"

  • "2019-10-20"

  • "2020-09-27"

  • "2020-10-18"

  • "2021-11-28"

  • "2023-06-18"

  • "2024-10-20"

lvl

Political level. One of "cantonal" or "federal".

canton

FOKUS-covered canton name. One of

  • "aargau"

election_nr

Election number. A positive integerish scalar.

Value

A tibble.

Examples

fokus::election_candidates(ballot_date = "2019-10-20",
                           lvl = "cantonal",
                           canton = "aargau")
#> # A tibble: 6 × 3
#>   first_name  last_name party                
#>   <chr>       <chr>     <chr>                
#> 1 Jean-Pierre Gallati   SVP                  
#> 2 Yvonne      Feri      SP                   
#> 3 Jeanine     Glarner   FDP                  
#> 4 Severin     Lüscher   Grüne                
#> 5 Doris       Aebi      GLP                  
#> 6 Pius        Lischer   Neue Bundesverfassung