The Python script main.py analyzes the votes from the dataset Resources/election_data.csv and calculates each of the following:
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The total number of votes cast
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A complete list of candidates who received votes
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he percentage of votes each candidate won
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The total number of votes each candidate won
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The winner of the election based on popular vote
In addition, the script prints the analysis to the terminal and saves to a text file election_results.txt:
Election Results
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Total Votes: 3521001
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Khan: 63.000% (2218231)
Correy: 20.000% (704200)
Li: 14.000% (492940)
O'Tooley: 3.000% (105630)
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Winner: Khan
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By default, the script uses Python lists:
# Toggle which scripts to run (1 to run, 0 to skip)
usingLists = 1
usingDicts = 0
To use dictionaries, update the script:
usingLists = 0
usingDicts = 1
save it and rerun it.
- Python
The dataset Resources/election_data.csv contains a set of poll data.
- Number of records: 3,521,001
- Columns:
- Voter ID
- County
- Candidate
NOTE: The file Resources/election_data.csv is 68.26 MB; this is larger than GitHub's recommended maximum file size of 50.00 MB and because of that I zipped the file. Before running the script, the file should be unzipped.