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Get referendum data

Source: R/rdb.gen.R
rfrnds.Rd

Downloads the referendum data from the Referendum Database (RDB). See the codebook for a detailed description of all variables.

Usage

rfrnds(
  is_draft = FALSE,
  incl_archive = FALSE,
  use_cache = TRUE,
  max_cache_age = "1 week",
  quiet = FALSE
)

Arguments

is_draft

TRUE means to include only referendum entries with draft status, FALSE to include only normal entries. Set to NULL in order to include both draft and normal entries.

incl_archive

Whether or not to include an archive column containing data from an earlier, obsolete state of the Referendum Database (RDB).

use_cache

Whether or not to return cached results if possible. If FALSE, results are always newly fetched regardless of max_cache_age.

max_cache_age

Duration after which cached results are refreshed (i.e. newly fetched). A valid lubridate duration. Use Inf to disable cache expiry. Only relevant if use_cache = TRUE.

quiet

Whether or not to suppress printing status output from internal processing.

Value

A tibble.

See also

Other referendum data functions: add_rfrnds(), assert_vars(), count_rfrnds(), delete_rfrnds(), download_file_attachment(), edit_rfrnds(), rfrnd(), rfrnd_exists(), rfrnds_old(), search_rfrnds(), validate_rfrnds()

Examples

# get all referendums (excl. drafts)
rdb::rfrnds()
#> # A tibble: 17,889 × 69
#>    id            id_official id_sudd country_code country_name subnational_entity_n…¹ municipality level date       is_former_country title_en title_de title_fr
#>    <chr>         <chr>       <chr>   <fct>        <fct>        <chr>                  <chr>        <ord> <date>     <lgl>             <chr>    <chr>    <chr>   
#>  1 670cd145c3cd… NA          NA      CH           Switzerland  Zug                    NA           subn… 2024-06-09 NA                Cycling… Velonet… NA      
#>  2 66fff490c3cd… NA          NA      LI           Liechtenste… NA                     NA           nati… 2024-09-22 NA                Referen… Referen… NA      
#>  3 66ffdfe3c3cd… NA          NA      CH           Switzerland  Jura                   NA           subn… 2024-09-22 NA                Act con… NA       Acte re…
#>  4 66f686cfc3cd… NA          NA      CH           Switzerland  Bern                   NA           subn… 2024-09-22 NA                Concord… Konkord… NA      
#>  5 66f68317c3cd… NA          NA      CH           Switzerland  Bern                   NA           subn… 2024-09-22 NA                Amendme… Änderun… NA      
#>  6 66d6da9cc3cd… NA          NA      CH           Switzerland  Basel Landschaft       NA           subn… 2024-09-22 NA                Partial… Teilrev… NA      
#>  7 66cde603c3cd… NA          NA      CH           Switzerland  Graubünden             NA           subn… 2024-09-22 NA                New civ… Neubau … NA      
#>  8 66c46f86c3cd… NA          NA      CH           Switzerland  Schwyz                 NA           subn… 2024-09-22 NA                Approva… Ausgabe… NA      
#>  9 66c46cf6c3cd… NA          NA      CH           Switzerland  Solothurn              NA           subn… 2024-09-22 NA                Appoint… Anstell… NA      
#> 10 66c46c3ac3cd… NA          NA      CH           Switzerland  Solothurn              NA           subn… 2024-09-22 NA                Amendme… Änderun… NA      
#> # ℹ 17,879 more rows
#> # ℹ abbreviated name: ¹​subnational_entity_name
#> # ℹ 56 more variables: question <chr>, question_en <chr>, committee_name <chr>, result <fct>, subterritories_yes <dbl>, subterritories_no <dbl>,
#> #   electorate_total <int>, electorate_abroad <int>, votes_yes <int>, votes_no <int>, votes_empty <int>, votes_invalid <int>, votes_per_subterritory <list>,
#> #   lower_house_yes <int>, lower_house_no <int>, lower_house_abstentions <int>, upper_house_yes <int>, upper_house_no <int>, upper_house_abstentions <int>,
#> #   position_government <fct>, topics_tier_1 <list>, topics_tier_2 <list>, topics_tier_3 <list>, remarks <chr>, files <list>, url_sudd <chr>,
#> #   url_swissvotes <chr>, sources <chr>, is_draft <lgl>, date_time_created <dttm>, date_time_last_edited <dttm>, type <fct>, inst_legal_basis_type <ord>, …