R Observatory: Metrics for CongressData version 1.5.5

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

CongressData

1.5.5

A Functional Tool for 'CongressData'

0packages depend

2.2Kdownloads / year

–test coverage

13/13checks pass

Overview

About

Maintained by Caleb LucasFirst published 2024-09-032 releasesCRAN page ↗

A tool that imports, subsets, and exports the 'CongressData' dataset. 'CongressData' contains approximately 800 variables concerning all US congressional districts with data back to 1789. The dataset tracks district characteristics, members of Congress, and the political behavior of those members. Users with only a basic understanding of R can subset this data across multiple dimensions, export their search results, identify the citations associated with their searches, and more.

Install

R (CRAN)Ubuntu (r2u)Fedora (COPR)openSUSE (OBS)

install.packages("CongressData", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")

Installs the current CRAN release. Prebuilt binaries on Windows and macOS.

Release

# enable cranapt (r2u) if it is not already set up, then install
grep -rqs r2u.stat.illinois.edu /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ \
  || curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eddelbuettel/r2u/master/inst/scripts/add_cranapt_noble.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt install -y r-cran-congressdata

Fast Ubuntu binaries via r2u (no compilation). The cranapt setup runs once and is skipped when it is already enabled.

bspm (used by r2u) also needs make: sudo apt install make

# enable the iucar/cran COPR if it is not already present, then install
ls /etc/yum.repos.d/*iucar*cran*.repo >/dev/null 2>&1 \
  || sudo dnf copr enable -y iucar/cran
sudo dnf install -y R-CRAN-CongressData

RPMs from the iucar/cran COPR, rebuilt from CRAN.

For install.packages() integration in R, also: sudo dnf install R-CoprManager

# add the autoCRAN OBS repo (Tumbleweed) if it is missing, then install
zypper -q lr | grep -qi autoCRAN \
  || sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/R:/autoCRAN/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/devel:languages:R:autoCRAN.repo
sudo zypper install -y R-CongressData

RPMs auto-built from CRAN on openSUSE OBS (Tumbleweed).

Health

CRAN checks

13OK

Slowest check: 1.2 min · r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

Code health

None

Tests · ratio 0.00

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Coverage

100%

Documentation · exports

6

Dependencies · direct

Check history

OK2026-08-05
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NOTE2026-08-01
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OK2026-07-04
13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
ERROR2026-07-03
12 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
OK2026-03-10
14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE

Documentation

READMEYes · 528 wordsVignettesNopkgdown siteNoNEWSNoCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 100%
Documented parameters: 100%
Return-value docs: 100%
References docs: 0%

Downloads

2.2K

CRAN downloads in the past year

Rank #18,516 · ~6/day · ~184/mo

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Dependencies

Declared dependencies

6 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (1)

R >= 3.50

Imports (6)

stringr dplyr rlang fst curl tidyselect

LinkingTo (0)

none

Suggests (0)

none

Enhances (0)

none

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Reverse dependencies

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Code & Tests

People & History

People (2)

Maintainer (1)

Caleb Lucas

Author, Maintainer

Authors (1)

Caleb Lucas

Author, Maintainer

Contributors (1)

Ben Yoel

Contributor

Package Timeline

2 releases. Pick two to compare their code metrics. R releases are shown for context.

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R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
1.5.5Latest
2025-06-19 · current release · diff ↗
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R 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11
1.5.4
2024-09-03
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R 4.4.0 released · 2024-04-24

Package metadata

First published: 2024-09-03
Total releases: 2 / 2 yrs
License: GPL-3 OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 3.50
Download size: 6.5 KB
Installed size: not tracked yet
With dependencies: not tracked yet

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("CongressData")

Format

Lucas, C., & Yoel, B. (2025). CongressData: A Functional Tool for 'CongressData' (Version 1.5.5) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.CongressData

This is what citation() produces when a package has no citation file of its own. If it prints something else, use that.

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Format

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for CongressData version 1.5.5 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-18. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

From data release v2026-08-18, which the citation names so these numbers can be found later. More on citing and the projects behind them.

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