elections_rda

Download data on the candidates' background in local elections

Offers a set of functions to easily download and clean
Brazilian electoral data from the Superior Electoral Court website.
Among others, the package retrieves data on local and
federal elections for all positions (city councilor, mayor, state deputy,
federal deputy, governor, and president) aggregated by
state, city, and electoral zones.

Denisson Silva

electionsBR

R Functions to Download and Clean Brazilian Electoral Data

elections_rda function

<dl><dt>year</dt>
<dd>Election year. For this function, onlye the years of 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016
are available for local level. 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 are available for the federal level.</dd>
<dt>level</dt>
<dd>Election level podem ser fed (default) or local.</dd>
<dt>archive</dt>
<dd>Corresponds to one the following options: <code>candidate</code>, to download candidates' data; 
<code>vote_mun_zone</code>, to download electoral results; <code>legend</code>, to download data on parties' labels;
<code>party_mun_zone</code>, to download electoral results by party; <code>personal_finances</code>, to download
candidates' personal finances; <code>details_mun_zone</code>, to download data on the verification of elections;
and <code>seats</code>, to download data on available seats.</dd></dl>

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Download data on the candidates' background in local elections — elections_rda

<dl>

<dt>year</dt>
<dd>Election year. For this function, onlye the years of 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016
are available for local level. 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 are available for the federal level.</dd>


<dt>level</dt>
<dd>Election level podem ser fed (default) or local.</dd>


<dt>archive</dt>
<dd>Corresponds to one the following options: <code>candidate</code>, to download candidates' data; 
<code>vote_mun_zone</code>, to download electoral results; <code>legend</code>, to download data on parties' labels;
<code>party_mun_zone</code>, to download electoral results by party; <code>personal_finances</code>, to download
candidates' personal finances; <code>details_mun_zone</code>, to download data on the verification of elections;
and <code>seats</code>, to download data on available seats.</dd>

</dl>

elections_rda: Download data on the candidates' background in local elections

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