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

addPartyInfo(x, ...)

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

# S3 method for 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)

voteList: Party characteristics for voteList object
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)