Combine groups

• To combine groups, we can assign multiple old levels to the same new level (‘Other’):

gss_cat |>
  mutate(
    partyid = fct_recode(partyid,
      "Republican, strong"    = "Strong republican",
      "Republican, weak"      = "Not str republican",
      "Independent, near rep" = "Ind,near rep",
      "Independent, near dem" = "Ind,near dem",
      "Democrat, weak"        = "Not str democrat",
      "Democrat, strong"      = "Strong democrat",
      "Other"                 = "No answer",
      "Other"                 = "Don't know",
      "Other"                 = "Other party"
    )
  ) |>
  count(partyid)

## # A tibble: 8 × 2
##   partyid                   n
##   <fct>                 <int>
## 1 Other                   548
## 2 Republican, strong     2314
## 3 Republican, weak       3032
## 4 Independent, near rep  1791
## 5 Independent            4119
## 6 Independent, near dem  2499
## 7 Democrat, weak         3690
## 8 Democrat, strong       3490