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Political & Policy

Category ID: political Icon: landmark Color: #2563EB This category contains 8 event types and 40 subtypes for tracking political & policy events.

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Special Fields

This category includes the following specialized metadata fields:
FieldTypeRequiredOptions
political_domainstringYes6 values (see below)
government_levelstringNo4 values (see below)
actorsarrayNo
legislation_idstringNo

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Political Domain

Field ID: political_domain
Type: string
Required: Yes Allowed values:
  • Domestic policy
  • Foreign policy
  • Electoral
  • Legislative
  • Judicial
  • Diplomatic

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Government Level

Field ID: government_level
Type: string
Required: No Allowed values:
  • Local
  • Regional
  • National
  • International

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Actors

Field ID: actors
Type: array
Required: No

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Legislation Id

Field ID: legislation_id
Type: string
Required: No

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Event Type Hierarchy

The Political & Policy category includes the following complete hierarchy:

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Election

Type ID: election
Subtypes: 5
  • National Election (national_election)
  • Regional Local Election (regional_local_election)
  • Referendum (referendum)
  • Election Irregularity (election_irregularity)
  • Election Result Announcement (election_result_announcement)

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Legislation

Type ID: legislation
Subtypes: 5
  • Bill Introduced (bill_introduced)
  • Bill Passed (bill_passed)
  • Bill Vetoed (bill_vetoed)
  • Executive Order (executive_order)
  • Constitutional Amendment (constitutional_amendment)

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Diplomatic Event

Type ID: diplomatic_event
Subtypes: 6
  • Treaty Signed (treaty_signed)
  • Treaty Withdrawn (treaty_withdrawn)
  • Diplomatic Recognition (diplomatic_recognition)
  • Diplomatic Expulsion (diplomatic_expulsion)
  • Sanctions Imposed (sanctions_imposed)
  • Sanctions Lifted (sanctions_lifted)

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Regime Change

Type ID: regime_change
Subtypes: 4
  • Coup Attempt (coup_attempt)
  • Peaceful Transition (peaceful_transition)
  • Government Dissolution (government_dissolution)
  • State Of Emergency Declared (state_of_emergency_declared)

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Policy Announcement

Type ID: policy_announcement
Subtypes: 5
  • Economic Policy (economic_policy)
  • Security Policy (security_policy)
  • Social Policy (social_policy)
  • Trade Policy (trade_policy)
  • Immigration Policy (immigration_policy)

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International Organization

Type ID: international_organization
Subtypes: 4
  • Un Resolution (un_resolution)
  • Multilateral Summit (multilateral_summit)
  • Membership Change (membership_change)
  • Peacekeeping Deployment (peacekeeping_deployment)

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Political Realignment

Type ID: political_realignment
Subtypes: 5
  • Party Switch (party_switch)
  • Coalition Formation (coalition_formation)
  • Coalition Collapse (coalition_collapse)
  • Party Merger (party_merger)
  • Party Split (party_split)

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Judicial Action

Type ID: judicial_action
Subtypes: 6
  • Court Ruling (court_ruling)
  • Judicial Review (judicial_review)
  • Constitutional Challenge (constitutional_challenge)
  • Impeachment Proceeding (impeachment_proceeding)
  • Judicial Appointment Confirmed (judicial_appointment_confirmed)
  • Judicial Misconduct (judicial_misconduct)

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Example API Queries

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Get all Political & Policy events

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.intrace.com/v1/corpus/events",
    headers={"X-API-Key": "your-api-key"},
    params={"event_category": "political"}
)
events = response.json()

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Get Election events

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.intrace.com/v1/corpus/events",
    headers={"X-API-Key": "your-api-key"},
    params={
        "event_category": "political",
        "event_type": "election"
    }
)

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Conceptual Guidance

Political events are organized by domain:
  • Electoral: Elections and referendums
  • Legislative: Bills, laws, and constitutional changes
  • Diplomatic: International relations and treaties
  • Judicial: Court rulings and legal challenges
Use government_level to filter by scope (Local → International). ← Back to Taxonomy Overview