Transform into rollcall object

as.rollcall(x, ...)

# S3 method for voteList
as.rollcall(x, yea = 1, nay = 0, missing = c(3, 7, 8), notInLegis = 9, ...)

Arguments

x

Object to be transformed

...

Other parameters (ignored)

yea

numeric, possibly a vector, code(s) for a Yea vote. Default is 1.

nay

numeric, possibly a vector, code(s) for a Nay vote. Default is 0.

missing

numeric or NA, possibly a vector, code(s) for missing data. Default is NA.

notInLegis

numeric or NA, possibly a vector, code(s) for the legislator not being in the legislature when a particular roll call was recorded (e.g., deceased, retired, yet to be elected).

Value

Rollcall object from package 'pscl'

Methods (by class)

  • voteList: Transform voteList object into rollcall object

Examples

as.rollcall(examplevotes)
#> Description: Parliamentary Voting Data #> Source: OB #> Number of Legislators: 11 #> Number of Votes: 61 #> #> Using the following codes to represent roll call votes: #> Yea: 1 #> Nay: 0 #> Abstentions: 3 7 8 #> Not In Legislature: 9 #> #> Vote-specific variables: #> [1] "id" "file" "document" "title" #> [5] "subject" "date" "proposaldate" "proposaltype" #> [9] "votetype" "annotation" "result" "cabinet_response" #> [13] "source" "proposalURL" "voteURL" #> Detailed information is available via the summary function.