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Get election's past date

Source: R/fokus.gen.R
past_election_date.Rd

Determines the ordinary date (i.e. 1st round of voting) on which the specified election was last held (i.e. 4 years earlier than ballot_date).

Usage

past_election_date(
  ballot_date = pal::pkg_config_val("ballot_date"),
  lvl = lvls(ballot_date, canton, ballot_type = "election"),
  canton = cantons(ballot_date)
)

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"

Value

A date.

See also

Other election predicate functions: combos_elections(), election_candidates(), election_name(), election_names_combined(), election_parties(), election_tickets(), n_election_candidates(), n_election_seats(), requires_candidate_registration()

Examples

fokus::past_election_date(ballot_date = "2019-10-20")
#> [1] "2016-10-23"
fokus::past_election_date(ballot_date = "2020-10-18")
#> [1] "2016-10-23"
fokus::past_election_date(ballot_date = "2024-10-20")
#> [1] "2020-10-18"
fokus::past_election_date(ballot_date = "2019-10-20",
                          lvl = "federal")
#> [1] "2015-10-18"