parliament_data: A function that prepares data for parliamentary plots

In ggparliament: Parliament Plots

Description

A function that prepares data for parliamentary plots

Usage

parliament_data(election_data = NULL, parl_rows = NULL,
  party_seats = election_data$seats, group = NULL, plot_order = NULL,
  type = c("horseshoe", "semicircle", "circle", "classroom",
  "opposing_benches"))

Arguments

election_data	aggregate election results
parl_rows	number of rows in parliament
party_seats	seats per party
group	grouping variable for separate chunks. e.g. opposing benches in UK parliament
plot_order	plot the data in a specified order
type	type of parliament (horseshoe, semicircle, circle, classroom, opposing benches)

Author(s)

Zoe Meers, Rob Hickman

Examples

data <- election_data[
  election_data$country == "USA" &
  election_data$house == "Representatives" &
  election_data$year == "2016",]
usa_data <- parliament_data(
  election_data = data,
  type = "semicircle",
  party_seats = data$seats,
  parl_rows = 8
)

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