Description Usage Arguments Value Author(s) References Examples
This function is a wrapper for the Votes.getBillActionVotes() method of the PVS API Votes class which provides votes listed by candidate on a certain bill action. The function sends a request with this method to the PVS API for all action IDs given as a function input, extracts the XML values from the returned XML file(s) and returns them arranged in one data frame.
1 | Votes.getBillActionVotes(actionId)
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actionId |
a character string or list of character strings with the action ID(s) (see references for details) |
A data frame with a row for each vote and columns with the following variables describing the vote:
votes.vote*.candidateId,
votes.vote*.candidateName,
votes.vote*.officeParties,
votes.vote*.action.
Ulrich Matter <ulrich.matter-at-unibas.ch>
http://api.votesmart.org/docs/Votes.html
Use Votes.getBill() or Votes.getByOfficial() to get a list of action IDs.
1 2 3 4 5 6 | # First, make sure your personal PVS API key is saved as an option
# (options("pvs.key" = "yourkey")) or in the pvs.key variable:
## Not run: pvs.key <- "yourkey"
# get votes of a certain candidate on a certain action
## Not run: actionvote <- Votes.getBillActionVotes(list(31712,28686))
## Not run: actionvote
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