realclearpolitics 1.2.0

Simple script to scrape polling data from RealClearPolitics and output as .csv

Python client for RealClearPolitics.

Install

pip install realclearpolitics

Usage

usage: rcp [-h] [--output [OUTPUT]] url [url ...]

positional arguments:
  url                The url of the polling data.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help         show this help message and exit
  --output [OUTPUT]  The output file name.

Examples

Get the US general election results.

rcp http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/general_election_trump_vs_clinton-5491.html --output general.csv

Download multiple polls.

rcp http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/general_election_trump_vs_clinton-5491.html \
> https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_trump_job_approval_economy-6182.html \
> https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_trump_job_approval_foreign_policy-6183.html

API Usage

Search for Fox News poll numbers for Trump:

from rcp import get_polls, get_poll_data
from pprint import pprint

polls = get_polls(q="Trump", p="Fox")

for poll in polls:
    td = get_poll_data(poll['url'])
    pprint(td)

The will return a dictionary structured like this:

[
    {
        'data': [{'Biden (D)': '49.6',
                'Date': '3/27 - 7/9',
                'MoE': '--',
                'Poll': 'RCP Average',
                'Sample': '--',
                'Spread': 'Biden +8.5',
                'Trump (R)': '41.1'},
        ...
        }],
    'poll': 'https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/us/general_election_trump_vs_biden-6247.html'

]

Write a poll to CSV:

from rcp import get_polls, get_poll_data, to_csv

polls = get_polls(q="Biden")[0]
data = get_poll_data(polls['url'])
to_csv('output.csv', data)