README.md

In caleblucas/congressData: Data Only: The CongressData Dataset

Data Only: The CongressData Dataset

congressData is an R package that contains CongressData, a dataset assembled by Matt Grossmann, Caleb Lucas, Josh McCrain, and Ian Ostrander. It compiles approximately 900 variables concerning all US congressional districts and covers 1789-2021. Use the associated congress package to subset the data by states + years and export citations to common file formats (e.g. bib). An associated web application that enables easy manipulation and exploration of the data is also available.

The CongressData Codebook and Manual

The CongressData codebook is available in this repo here.

A number of aggregations of the base member-year dataset (along with subsets) to member-sessions are also available. See the manual for documentation of every object in this package: congressData manual.

Downloading the Package

# Install from github
library(devtools)
install_github("ippsr/congressData")

Loading CongressData

Note that the congress package imports the dataset automatically and provides a number of helpful functions when working with it. You can load the dataset with the data function.

# Congress codebook
data("codebook")

# CongressData
data("congress")

Check CongressData’s version

Run get_congress_version to see what version of the dataset is currently in congressData

congressData::get_congress_version()
#> [1] "You are using version 1.4 of CongressData."

Contact

For questions about congressData please reach out to Ben Yoel ([e-mail]).

Citation

In addition to citing each variable’s source, we ask that you cite CongressData if use the dataset or this package. A recommended citation is below.

Grossmann, M., Lucas, C., McCrain, J, & Ostrander, I. (2022). CongressData. East Lansing, MI: Institute for Public Policy and Social Research (IPPSR)

caleblucas/congressData documentation built on June 9, 2024, 6:18 a.m.