R We The People?

An R Package for working with the White House's We The People API.

The package is currently focused on loading petition data, running ad-hoc analysis and exploratory visualizations.

Usage

install.packages('wethepeople')

library(wethepeople)
example(wethepeople)

# Load petitions
client <- WeThePeopleClientAPI()
petitions <- client$petitions()

# Make some eye candy
plot_issues_over_time(petitions)
plot_issues_pending_response(petitions)

Examples

There following images were generated using the package examples.

Petition Issues Over Time

Status by Creation Date

All Petitions' Title Word Cloud

All Petitions' Body Word Cloud

Single Petition Body and Title Word Cloud