Python Project PyPoll

• Helping a small, rural town modernize it's vote counting process.

Overview

• In this Project, I created a Python script for analyzing the votes of election result of PyPoll.

• We have a dataset and the dataset is composed of three columns: Voter ID, County, and Candidate. Our task is to create a Python script that analyzes the votes and calculates each of the following:

  • The total number of votes cast,

  • A complete list of candidates who received votes,

  • The percentage of votes each candidate won,

  • The total number of votes each candidate won,

  • The winner of the election based on popular vote,

  • Also, final script both print the analysis to the terminal and exporting a text file with the results,

• Final analysis:

  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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