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 CandidateContest 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
Abbreviation	xs:string	Optional	Single	An abbreviation for the party name.
Color	HtmlColorString	Optional	Single	The preferred display color for the party, for use in maps and other displays.
ExternalIdentifiers	ExternalIdentifiers	Optional	Single	Other identifiers that link this party to other related data sets (e.g. a campaign finance system, etc).
IsWriteIn	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.
LeaderPersonIds	xs:IDREFS	Optional	Single	A reference of Person elements which are leaders of the Party.
LogoUri	xs:anyURI	Optional	Single	Web address of a logo to use in displays.
Name	InternationalizedText	Required	Single	The name of the party.

<Party id="par0001">
  <Abbreviation>REP</Abbreviation>
  <Color>e91d0e</Color>
  <IsWriteIn>false</IsWriteIn>
  <LeaderPersonIds>per01</LeaderPersonIds>
  <Name>
    <Text language="en">Republican</Text>
  </Name>
</Party>

HtmlColorString

A restricted string pattern for a six-character hex code representing an HTML color string. The pattern is:

[0-9a-f]{6}