Majority thresholds

The majority threshold marks the point where one group has half or more than half of the seats in parliament. To draw the majority threshold on a parliament plot, the user should input the number that constitues a majority as well as the type of parliament. The function plots a line through the majority seat. By default, the majority threshold adds an annotation noting the seats required for a government to form. This can be turned off by writing label = FALSE.

Some examples are as follows:

usa_12 <- election_data %>%
  filter(country == "USA" &
           house == "Representatives" & 
           year == "2012")  %>% 
  parliament_data(election_data = .,
  party_seats = .$seats,
  parl_rows = 8,
  type = "semicircle")

ggplot(usa_12, aes(x, y, colour = party_short)) +
  geom_parliament_seats() + 
  geom_highlight_government(government == 1) + 
  draw_majoritythreshold(n = 218,
                         type = "semicircle") + 
  theme_ggparliament() +
  labs(colour = NULL, 
       title = "2012 American Congress",
       subtitle = "Party that controls the chamber is highlighted in black.") +
  scale_colour_manual(values = usa_12$colour, 
                      limits = usa_12$party_short) 

#get the data for the last election
uk_data <- election_data %>%
  filter(country == "UK") %>%
  filter(year == 2017) %>%
  #parl_data it out
  parliament_data(election_data = .,
                  party_seats = .$seats,
                  group = .$government,
                  parl_rows = NULL,
                  type = "opposing_benches")
#note that for opposing benches, parliament_data tries to calculate a number of rows per dot
#that allows clear visualisation of the majority line
#try to use a number of rows that is an exact divisor of the threshold

colscale = 

#plot it
uk <- ggplot(uk_data, aes(x, y, colour = party_short)) +
  scale_colour_manual(values = unique(uk_data$colour),
                      limits = unique(uk_data$party_short),
                      name = "Party") +
  geom_parliament_seats(size = 1.5) +
  draw_majoritythreshold(n = 325, type = "opposing_benches") +
  coord_flip() + 
  theme_ggparliament() +
  theme(legend.position = c("bottom"))

uk

australia <- election_data %>%
  filter(country == "Australia" &
    house == "Representatives" &
    year == 2016) 

australia1 <- parliament_data(election_data = australia,
  party_seats = australia$seats,
  parl_rows = 4,
  type = "horseshoe")

au <-ggplot(australia1, aes(x, y, colour = party_short)) +
  geom_parliament_seats() + 
  geom_highlight_government(government == 1) + 
  draw_majoritythreshold(n = 76,
                         type = "horseshoe") + 
  theme_ggparliament() +
  labs(colour = NULL, 
       title = "Australian Parliament",
       subtitle = "Government encircled in black.") +
  scale_colour_manual(values = australia$colour, 
                      limits = australia$party_short) + 
  theme(legend.position = 'bottom') 
au

germany <- election_data %>%
  filter(year == 2017 & 
           country == "Germany") 

germany <- parliament_data(election_data = germany, 
                           parl_rows = 12,
                           party_seats = germany$seats, 
                           plot_order = germany$government,
                           type = 'semicircle')

german_parliament <- ggplot(germany, aes(x, y, colour = party_short)) +
  geom_parliament_seats() +
  geom_highlight_government(government == 1) + 
  draw_majoritythreshold(n = 355, label = FALSE, type = "semicircle") + 
  labs(colour="Party", 
       title="Germany 2017 Election Results") + 
  theme_ggparliament() +
  scale_colour_manual(values = germany$colour, 
                      limits = germany$party_short)
german_parliament