FT 2016 US Elections Poll Tracker & Results Map
Partially based on the FT Brexit polling app.
A web service scraping data from Real Clear Politics' historical averages polling data feed for the 2016 general election between Trump v Clinton and publishing it as SVG charts.
The format for URLs looks like /polls.svg?size=300x400&type=both&background=fff1e0&startDate=July 1, 2015&endDate=June 29, 2016&fontless=true&state=us.
| param | options | default |
|---|---|---|
| size | {number}x{number} | 300x400 |
| type | line, area |
line |
| background | hexcode (don't include the hash) | |
| logo | true, false |
false |
| startDate | Month day, year | July 1, 2015 |
| endDate | Month day, year | <today's date> |
| fontless | true, false |
true |
| state | two-letter state abbreviation, us |
us |
- Clone this repo and run
npm installin it - Make a
.envfile in the root of the project with these contents:
DATABASE_URL=postgres://[email protected]/us2016
PGUSER=us
PGDATABASE=us2016
-
Make a database
- Ensure you have postgres installed (try
psql --version). - Make a database:
createdb us2016 - Make a user who can access it:
createuser --superuser us - Run the migrations to create/update your database's structure:
npm run migrate
- Ensure you have postgres installed (try
-
Run the scraper to populate the database:
npm run scraper(takes a few minutes)
- Make sure postgres is running
npm install,npm run dev
This software is published by the Financial Times under the MIT licence.
Please note the MIT licence includes only the software, and does not cover any FT content made available using the software, which is copyright © The Financial Times Limited, all rights reserved. For more information about re-publishing FT content, please contact our syndication department.