party¶
This element describes a political party and the metadata associated with them. These can also include “dummy” parties to indicate a type of contest (e.g., a Voter Nominated candidate_contest can use the PrimaryPartyIds field and a dummy Party object to indicate that the contest is a “Top-Two” primary).
Tag | Data Type | Required? | Repeats? | Description | Error Handling |
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abbreviation | xs:string |
Optional | Single | An abbreviation for the party name. | If the field is invalid or not present, then the implementation is required to ignore it. |
color | html_color_string | Optional | Single | The preferred display color for the party, for use in maps and other displays. | If the element is invalid or not present, then the implementation is required to ignore it. |
external_identifiers | external_identifiers | Optional | Single | Other identifiers that link this party to other related data sets (e.g. a campaign finance system, etc). | If the element is invalid or not present, then the implementation is required to ignore it. |
is_write_in | xs:boolean |
Optional | Single | Signals if this political party is one that is officially recognized by a local, state, or federal organization, or is a “write-in” in jurisdictions which allow candidates to free-form enter their political affiliation. If this field is not present then it is assumed to be false. | If the field is invalid or not present, then the implementation is required to ignore it. |
leader_person_ids | xs:IDREFS |
Optional | Single | A reference of person elements which are leaders of the Party. | If the field is invalid or not present, then the implementation is required to ignore it. |
logo_uri | xs:anyURI |
Optional | Single | Web address of a logo to use in displays. | If the field is invalid or not present, then the implementation is required to ignore it. |
name | xs:string |
Optional | Single | The name of the party. | If the element is invalid or not present, then the implementation is required to ignore it. |
1 2 3 4 5 | id,abbreviation,color,external_identifier_type,external_identifier_othertype,external_identifier_value,is_write_in,leader_person_ids,logo_uri,name
par01,REP,ff0000,,,,true,,http://example.com/elephant.png,Republican
par02,DEM,0000ff,,,,false,per01,http://example.com/donkey.png,Democrat
par03,GRN,efefef,,,,,,http://example.com/tree.png,Green
par04,WFP,ee99aa,,,,,,http://example.com/worker.png,Working Families Party
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html_color_string¶
A restricted string pattern for a six-character hex code representing an HTML color string. The pattern is:
[0-9a-f]{6}