Merge a list of rollcall objects.
merge_rollcalls(rollcalls, by = NULL)A list of rollcall objects.
The column in legis.data to use as an ID for matching legislators. If not provided legislators are matched based on name.
data(nhsenate)
combined_rcs <- merge_rollcalls(nhsenate, by='name')
print(combined_rcs)
#> Source: http://gencourt.state.nh.us/nhgcrollcalls/
#> Number of Legislators: 103
#> Number of Votes: 2841
#>
#> Using the following codes to represent roll call votes:
#> Yea: 1
#> Nay: 0
#> Abstentions: NA
#> Not In Legislature: 9
#>
#> Legislator-specific variables:
#> [1] "name" "party" "district"
#> Vote-specific variables:
#> [1] "Date of Vote" "Vote #" "Bill No." "Bill Title"
#> [5] "Question/Motion" "Total Yeas" "Total Nays"
#> Detailed information is available via the summary function.