Add information on party characteristics to voteList or questionerList object. This data is obtained from ParlGov (http://www.parlgov.org/).

Usage

addPartyInfo(x, ...)

# S3 method for class 'voteList'
addPartyInfo(
  x,
  includetype = "basic",
  addto = c("voteList", "sponsorList", "votePerParty"),
  ...
)

# S3 method for class 'questionList'
addPartyInfo(
  x,
  includetype = "basic",
  addto = c("questionerList", "responderList"),
  ...
)

Arguments

x: A voteList object
...: Other parameters passed on.
includetype: A charcter value, "basic" or "all". Defaults to "basic". Basic only includes party characteristics that vary by date, while all includes all party characteristics.
addto: Character vector including the subtables to which party information should be added. Defaults to c("voteList", "sponsorList","votePerParty") vote a voteList object or c("questionerList", "responderList") for a questionList object.

Value

A voteList or questionList object.

Methods (by class)

addPartyInfo(voteList): Party characteristics for voteList object
addPartyInfo(questionList): Party characteristics for questionList object. Information for questioners refers to the day the question was asked, for the responders it pertains to the day the response was given.

Examples

examplevotes_with_partyinfo <- addPartyInfo(examplevotes)