Create pop object

Bundles polls, parties, elections and trends into the popPolls object used by plot.popPolls() and popAddTrend(). Normally created by popRead().

Usage

popCreate(
  polls = data.table(),
  options = list(measure = "p"),
  parties = data.table(),
  trends = list(),
  name = NULL,
  elections = data.table(),
  events = emptyEvents(),
  code = NULL,
  retrieved = NULL
)

Arguments

polls

data.table of polls, one row per poll and one column per party.

options

List of options as published by the endpoint, notably measure ("p" for percentages, "s" for seats).

parties

data.table with the columns code, name and color.

trends

Named list of trends, each a long data.table with the columns date, party, value and optionally variance.

name

Name of the poll, used as plot title.

elections

data.table of election results in the same shape as polls.

events

data.table of events with the columns date and name.

code

Poll code the data was read for.

retrieved

Time the data was downloaded.

Value

An object of class popPolls.

Examples

popCreate()
#> 
#> Polls:
#> 
#> Null data.table (0 rows and 0 cols)
#> 
#>