Class: VoteSmart::Election

Inherits:
Common
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/vote_smart/election.rb

Class Method Summary collapse

Methods inherited from Common

construct_url, get_json_data, hash2get, #initialize, parallelize!, request, response_child, session, set_attribute_map, #update_attributes

Constructor Details

This class inherits a constructor from VoteSmart::Common

Class Method Details

.get_by_zip(zip5, zip4 = nil, election_year = nil) ⇒ Object

Returns elections in the provided zip code, with optional zip+4 and election_year



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# File 'lib/vote_smart/election.rb', line 21

def self.get_by_zip zip5, zip4=nil, election_year=nil
  request("Election.getElectionByZip", "zip5" => zip5, "zip4" => zip4, "year" => election_year)
end

.get_election(election_id) ⇒ Object

Returns detailed election information



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# File 'lib/vote_smart/election.rb', line 6

def self.get_election election_id
  request("Election.getElection", "electionId" => election_id)
end

.get_election_by_year_state(year, state_id) ⇒ Object

returns a list of elections based on the criteria



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# File 'lib/vote_smart/election.rb', line 11

def self.get_election_by_year_state year, state_id
  request("Election.getElectionByYearState", "year" => year, "stateId" => state_id)
end

.get_stage_candidates(election_id, stage_id, party = "") ⇒ Object

Returns a list of candidates in the election and election stage provided



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# File 'lib/vote_smart/election.rb', line 16

def self.get_stage_candidates election_id, stage_id, party = ""
  request("Election.getStageCandidates", "electionId" => election_id, "stageId" => stage_id, "party" => party)
end