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I'm wondering if anyone has found (free) sources of data to use for live elections results, specifically the Presidential race? I've been building a map of poll results but would also like to put something together to watch the race tomorrow night.

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[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Most election data comes from the Associated Press, but I don't see a place to purchase API access, may only be available to news orgs.

https://developer.ap.org/ap-elections-api/

A reddit poster had some JSONs from New York Times four years ago for 2020 but I'm not sure if you can make them work for 2024.

https://old.reddit.com/r/rstats/comments/jo1yuw/us_election_results_api/gmnxfz3/

[-] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah I found the same on the AP data. I also found that reddit thread, but haven't been able to find a valid URL for this year's election. Maybe they don't make it available until voting starts?

[-] femtech@midwest.social 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I'll look around, I haven't done any work with the AP in years though.

Nope, no access. I'm not sure if their process but I found this.

API Keys

An API key is the access key required for making API calls. If you have not received your API key, please contact AP Customer Support.

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