Description Usage Arguments Value Author(s) References Examples
This function is a wrapper for the Election.getElectionByYearState() method of the PVS API Election class which grabs district basic election data. The function sends a request with this method to the PVS API for all state IDs and years given as a function input, extracts the XML values from the returned XML file(s) and returns them arranged in one data frame.
1 | Election.getElectionByYearState(stateId="NA", year)
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stateId |
(optional) a character string or list of character strings with the state ID(s) (default: "NA", for national) (see references for details) |
year |
a character string or list of character strings with the years (defaults to current year) |
A data frame with a row for each election and columns with
the following variables describing the election:
elections.election*.electionId,
elections.election*.name,
elections.election*.stateId,
elections.election*.officeTypeId,
elections.election*.special,
elections.election*.electionYear.
For each stage the
following variables are jointly (as one string) in a
column:
elections.election*.stage*.stageId,
elections.election*.stage*.name,
elections.election*.stage*.stateId,
elections.election*.stage*.electionDate,
elections.election*.stage*.filingDeadline,
elections.election*.stage*.npatMailed.
Ulrich Matter <ulrich.matter-at-unibas.ch>
http://api.votesmart.org/docs/Election.html
Use
State.getStateIDs() to get a list of state IDs.
1 2 3 4 5 | # First, make sure your personal PVS API key is saved as character string in the pvs.key variable:
## Not run: pvs.key <- "yourkey"
# get information about an election of a certain year and state
## Not run: election <- Election.getElectionByYearState(list("NY","FL"),2012)
## Not run: election
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