plot_nationalvotes plots the results of national votes in a choropleth map using ggplot2.

plot_nationalvotes(
  votedate = NULL,
  vote_id = NULL,
  geolevel = "municipality",
  measure = "result",
  standardize = T,
  lakes = T,
  language = "DE",
  theme = "srf"
)

Arguments

votedate

date of the ballot. Default: most recent ballot available.

vote_id

id of the vote. Default: first id mentioned in the data set.

geolevel

geographical level. Options: "canton", "district", "municipality" or "zh_counting_districts".

measure

measure to color the administrative units. Options: "result" for the yes vote share or "turnout" for the voter turnout of a given vote.

standardize

if TRUE, the scale of the measure ranges from 0 to 100 percent. Recommended for comparisons between votes.

lakes

if TRUE, the largest Swiss lakes are shown in color on the map.

language

defines the language. Options: "DE" for German, "FR" for French, "IT" for Italian or "RM" for Romansh.

theme

defines basic appearance of the map. Five options are available: "srf" for a theme inspired by the plots of Swiss Radio and Television, and "A" to "E" for the viridis color scales magma, inferno, plasma, viridis and cividis.

Value

a ggplot object

Examples

# Plot the most recent national vote plot_nationalvotes()
# \donttest{ # Plot a specific national vote at cantonal level plot_nationalvotes( votedate = "2014-02-09", vote_id = 5800, geolevel = "canton" )
# }