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Hours-reversing NC counties
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| library(tidyverse) | |
| page <- "https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/election/article100235752.html" | |
| decreasers <- read_html(page) %>% # grab and parse the webpage | |
| html_table %>% | |
| pluck(1) %>% # first (and only) table | |
| mutate(h2016 = parse_number(`2016 Hours`), # parse ugly number formats | |
| h2012 = parse_number(`2012 Hours`), | |
| County = toupper(County)) %>% | |
| filter((h2016 - h2012) < 0) %>% | |
| use_series(County) |
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