Transform into rollcall object

Usage

as.rollcall(x, ...)

# S3 method for class '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)

as.rollcall(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"        "date"        
#>  [6] "proposaltype" "votetype"     "annotation"   "result"       "voteURL"     
#> [11] "proposalURL"  "source"      
#> Detailed information is available via the summary function.