Get all polls from the 2016 election cycle from Pollster API using the R package pollstR

pollster_2016_election_cycle.R

library("pollstR")
library("dplyr")

# Get the list of available charts
charts <- pollstr_charts()
# Filter charts for any chart matching 2016
charts_2016_slugs <- grep("^2016", charts$charts$slug, value = TRUE)
charts_2016_slugs %>% head()

# These can be used when querying charts or polls
# Get all charts for the the 2016 election cycle
all_charts_2016 <- lapply(charts_2016_slugs, function(slug) {
  pollstr_polls(chart = slug)
})

# Get all polls for the the 2016 election cycle
all_polls_2016 <- lapply(charts_2016_slugs,
                         function(slug) {
                           pollstr_chart(chart = slug)
                         })