pvsR (version 0.1.1)

Measure.getMeasuresByYearState: Get a list of state ballot measures in a given year

Description

This function is a wrapper for the Measure.getMeasuresByYearState() method of the PVS API Measure class which grabs a list of state ballot measures in a given year. The function sends a request with this method to the PVS API for all years and state IDs given as a function input, extracts the XML values from the returned XML file(s) and returns them arranged in one data frame.

Usage

Measure.getMeasuresByYearState(year, stateId)

Arguments

year

a character string or list of character strings with the year(s)

stateId

a character string or list of character strings with the state ID(s) (see references for details)

Value

• A data frame with a row for each ballot measure and columns with variables describing the ballot measure. The returned data frame contains a row for each ballot measure and columns with the following variables describing the ballot measure: measures.measure*.measureId, measures.measure*.measureCode, measures.measure*.title, measures.measure*.outcome.

References

http://api.v.otesmart.org/docs/Measure.html Use State.getStateIDs() to get a list of state IDs.

Examples

# First, make sure your personal PVS API key is saved as character string in the pvs.key variable:
pvs.key <- "yourkey"
# get a list of ballot measures for a certain state and year
measures <- Measure.getMeasuresByYearState(list(2010,2012),"FL")
measures