An electioneering communication is any broadcast, cable or satellite communication that fulfills each of the following conditions: The communication refers to a clearly identified federal candidate. The communication is publicly distributed by a television station, radio station, cable television system or satellite system for a fee. The communication is distributed within 60 days prior to a general election or 30 days prior to a primary election to federal office.
Usage
fec_get_electioneering(
candidate_id,
max_amount,
sort_nulls_last,
page,
sort_hide_null,
committee_id,
min_date,
min_amount,
per_page,
sort_null_only,
description,
sort,
report_year,
last_index,
max_date,
api_key = Sys.getenv("FEC_API_KEY", unset = "DEMO_KEY")
)Arguments
- candidate_id
A unique identifier assigned to each candidate registered with the FEC. If a person runs for several offices, that person will have separate candidate IDs for each office.
- max_amount
Filter for all amounts less than a value.
- sort_nulls_last
Toggle that sorts null values last
- page
For paginating through results, starting at page 1
- sort_hide_null
Hide null values on sorted column(s).
- committee_id
A unique identifier assigned to each committee or filer registered with the FEC. In general committee id's begin with the letter C which is followed by eight digits.
- min_date
Minimum disbursement date
- min_amount
Filter for all amounts greater than a value.
- per_page
The number of results returned per page. Defaults to 20.
- sort_null_only
Toggle that filters out all rows having sort column that is non-null
- description
BKTODO: No description provided.
- sort
Provide a field to sort by. Use
-for descending order.- report_year
Forms with coverage date - year from the coverage ending date. Forms without coverage date - year from the receipt date.
- last_index
Index of last result from previous page
- max_date
Maximum disbursement date
- api_key
An API key provided by the API provider. This key is not clearly documented in the API description. Check the API documentation for details.