Get all candidates for an election
Arguments
- year
Election year. Use
list_elections()to see available years.- chamber
"house" or "senate".
Examples
# \donttest{
op <- options(readaec.cache_dir = tempdir())
get_candidates(2022)
#> Downloading from AEC: HouseCandidatesDownload
#> # A tibble: 1,203 × 11
#> stateab divisionid divisionnm partyab partynm candidateid surname givennm
#> <chr> <dbl> <chr> <chr> <chr> <dbl> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 VIC 214 Goldstein ALP Australia… 36416 ABBOTT Martyn
#> 2 VIC 203 Calwell GVIC The Greens 36530 ABBOUD Natalie
#> 3 WA 248 Tangney GRN The Green… 36635 ABDUL … Adam
#> 4 VIC 223 La Trobe LDP Liberal D… 36965 ABELMAN Michael
#> 5 VIC 223 La Trobe ALP Australia… 36458 ABHIMA… NA
#> 6 VIC 328 Corangamite UAPP United Au… 35997 ABOU-Z… Daniel…
#> 7 VIC 211 Flinders LDP Liberal D… 36924 ABRAHAM Chryst…
#> 8 QLD 164 Groom ON Pauline H… 38219 ABRAHAM Grant
#> 9 NSW 125 Hume IND Independe… 37807 ACKERY Penny
#> 10 VIC 208 Corio AJP Animal Ju… 36681 ADAMS Naomi
#> # ℹ 1,193 more rows
#> # ℹ 3 more variables: elected <chr>, historicelected <chr>, year <dbl>
get_candidates(2022, chamber = "senate")
#> Downloading from AEC: SenateCandidatesDownload
#> # A tibble: 421 × 9
#> stateab partyab partynm candidateid surname givennm elected historicelected
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <dbl> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 TAS LP Liberal 37132 ABETZ Eric N Y
#> 2 SA HMP Legalise… 36475 ADAMS Angela N N
#> 3 TAS UAPP United A… 36282 ADAMS Diana N N
#> 4 QLD UAPP United A… 36124 ADIDI Desmond N N
#> 5 QLD GRN Queensla… 36786 ALLMAN… Penny Y N
#> 6 SA NA NA 37771 AMADIO Pat N N
#> 7 NSW FIN Federal … 37489 ANDERS… Gabrie… N N
#> 8 QLD ALP Australi… 37013 ANDREW Edwina N N
#> 9 ACT SPP Sustaina… 37241 ANGEL Joy N N
#> 10 NT GRN The Gree… 36509 ANLEZA… Jane N N
#> # ℹ 411 more rows
#> # ℹ 1 more variable: year <dbl>
options(op)
# }