| uid_email |
A unique id for each email |
| uid_inbox |
A unique id for the email's inbox |
| name |
The name of the entity (candidate or organization) we signed up for. Note that as we document in our accompanying research paper, signing up for a particular entity results in email leaks to other entities who may also send emails |
| source |
Indicates the entity's type: "ballotpedia-campaign" if the email was from a candidate running for office and "orgs" if the email was from an organization |
| office_sought |
For candidates, this describes the office pertaining to the election. E.g., "President of the United States". For organizations, this is not applicable and thus a missing value |
| party_affiliation |
For candidates, this describes the candidate's political party. E.g., "Democratic Party" and "Republican Party". For organizations, this is not applicable and thus a missing value |
| incumbent |
For candidates, this indicates whether the candidate was an incumbent in the election (i.e., "yes" or "no"). For organizations, this is not applicable and thus a missing value |
| office_level |
For candidates, this describes what level the office was sought at (i.e., "Federal" or "State"). For organizations, this is not applicable and thus a missing value |
| district_type |
For candidates, this describes the office's district. For organizations, this is not applicable and thus a missing value |
| state |
For candidates running for a state office, this describes the state. For organizations, this is not applicable and thus a missing value |
| type |
For organizations, this describes the type of organization. For candidates, this is not applicable and thus a missing value |
| subtype |
For organizations, this describes the subtype of the organization. We do not have this field for all organizations. For candidates, this is not applicable and thus a missing value |
| final_website |
The entity's website on which we signed up on to receive emails |
| crawl_date |
The date we signed up to receive emails from the entity |
| from_name |
The sender's name displayed in the "from" field of each email |
| from_address |
The sender's email address |
| date |
The date we received the email in ET |
| day |
The day we received the email (Mon/Tue etc) in ET |
| hour |
The hour we received the email (00-23) in ET |
| subject |
The subject of the email |
| body_text |
The email body in text format. If an email contained both HTML and plain text parts, we extracted text from the HTML part only |
