Sample Data

A sample tibble demonstrating the expected input structure for the I-Score pipeline. It includes the platforms of the Republican and Democratic parties from 1948–2024 as well as those of all minor parties that won more than 0.5% of the presidential vote in a given election between those years. Minor parties that won more than 0.5% of the vote in consecutive elections are represented by a single entry spanning those elections. The platform text is that of the election in which the party achieved its highest vote share.

Usage

sample_data

Format

A tibble with 53 rows and 4 columns:

party

Character column. The party's name (this column must be unique for each platform, e.g., "Democratic Party 1992").

text

Character column. The full text of each platform.

minor_party

Logical column. Whether the party is a minor party.

major_party_platforms

List column. Only required for minor parties. A list containing a list for each major party, each of which contains: before (Character. The name (as listed in this tibble's party column) of the major party's platform that precedes the minor party), after (Character. The name (as listed in this tibble's party column) of the major party's platform that follows the minor party), and weight (Numeric. The weight assigned to the major party)

Details

that the package's user would build and feed into the pipeline, containing the platforms of the Republican and Democratic parties from 1948-2024 as well as the platforms of the minor parties that won more than 0.5% of the presidential popular vote in a given election.