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sen_coalition_info: Downloads and tidies data on specific coalitions in the Federal Senate

Description

Downloads and tidies data on specific coalitions in the Federal Senate.

Usage

sen_coalition_info(code = NULL, ascii = TRUE)

Arguments

code

integer. Code of the coalition. If not known (the most likely case), these codes can be obtained from the sen_coalitions() function.

ascii

logical. If TRUE, names are converted to ascii format.

Value

A tibble, of classes tbl_df, tbl and data.frame, with variables:

  • bloc_code: unique code given to each coalition.

  • house: legislative house for the coalition.

  • bloc_name: name of the coalition.

  • bloc_label: additional label for the coalition.

  • date_created: POSIXct, date the coalition was created.

  • member_code: party code.

  • member_date_joined: POSIXct, date when the party first joined the coalition.

  • member_abbr: party acronym.

  • member_name: party name.

  • member_date_created:: POSIXct, date when the coalition was created.