clean up code

process/R/out_candidate_listing.R

-fastlink_candidate_listing <- function(candidate_listing_raw) {
-  data <-
-    candidate_listing_raw |>
-    distinct(
-      name_on_ballot,
-      first_name,
-      middle_name,
-      last_name,
-      name_suffix_lbl,
-      street_address,
-      city
-    ) |>
-    mutate(
-      name_on_ballot_clean = sub(" \\(.+?\\)\\s?", "", name_on_ballot)
-    )
-
-  linked <- fastLink::fastLink(
-    data,
-    data,
-    varnames = c(
-      "name_on_ballot_clean",
-      "first_name", "middle_name", "last_name", "name_suffix_lbl",
-      "street_address", "city"
-    ),
-    stringdist.match = c("middle_name"),
-    stringdist.method = "jw",
-    jw.weight = .25,
-    threshold.match = 0.98
-  )
-
-  matches <-
-    fastLink::getMatches(
-      data,
-      data,
-      linked,
-      threshold.match = 0.9
-    ) |>
-    as_tibble()
-
-  list(
-    data = data,
-    linked = linked,
-    matches = matches
-  )
-}
-
 prep_candidates_dedupe_mapping <- function(
   candidate_listing_raw,
   candidate_listing_dedupe
   )
 }
 
-extract_candidate_info <- function(
-  candidate_listing_contest,
-  candidate_names,
-  info_vars
-) {
-  candidate_listing_contest |>
-    select(first_name:name_suffix_lbl, election_dt, all_of(info_vars)) |>
-    distinct() |>
-    left_join(
-      candidate_names,
-      by = c("first_name", "middle_name", "last_name", "name_suffix_lbl")
-    ) |>
-    select(-first_name, -middle_name, -last_name, -name_suffix_lbl) |>
-    relocate(candidate_id, .before = 1) |>
-    distinct() |>
-    arrange(candidate_id, election_dt, !!!rlang::syms(info_vars))
-}
-
 candidate_listing_current_contact_info <- function(candidate_address) {
   candidate_phone_current <-
     candidate_address |>
     left_join(candidate_phone_current, by = "candidate_id", relationship = "one-to-one") |>
     left_join(candidate_email_current, by = "candidate_id", relationship = "one-to-one")
 }
+
+# This function isn't used anymore -- I opted for a more manual approach of
+# using overlapping signals. But this general idea could work in other places,
+# e.g. for deduping donors.
+fastlink_candidate_listing <- function(candidate_listing_raw) {
+  data <-
+    candidate_listing_raw |>
+    distinct(
+      name_on_ballot,
+      first_name,
+      middle_name,
+      last_name,
+      name_suffix_lbl,
+      street_address,
+      city
+    ) |>
+    mutate(
+      name_on_ballot_clean = sub(" \\(.+?\\)\\s?", "", name_on_ballot)
+    )
+
+  linked <- fastLink::fastLink(
+    data,
+    data,
+    varnames = c(
+      "name_on_ballot_clean",
+      "first_name", "middle_name", "last_name", "name_suffix_lbl",
+      "street_address", "city"
+    ),
+    stringdist.match = c("middle_name"),
+    stringdist.method = "jw",
+    jw.weight = .25,
+    threshold.match = 0.98
+  )
+
+  matches <-
+    fastLink::getMatches(
+      data,
+      data,
+      linked,
+      threshold.match = 0.9
+    ) |>
+    as_tibble()
+
+  list(
+    data = data,
+    linked = linked,
+    matches = matches
+  )
+}