https://github.com/bishopce16/election_analysis

The Colorado Board of Elections requested help to complete an election audit for a recent local congressional election.
https://github.com/bishopce16/election_analysis

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The Colorado Board of Elections requested help to complete an election audit for a recent local congressional election.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/bishopce16/election_analysis
• Owner: bishopce16
• Created: 2022-06-25T19:44:11.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2022-06-30T22:09:23.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-03-04T01:23:48.588Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Topics: python, visual-studio-code
• Language: Python
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• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# Election_Analysis

## Project Overview of Election Audit:

The Colorado Board of Elections requested help to complete an election audit for a recent local congressional election. The audit also included finding the answer to the following:

* Total number of votes cast

* A complete list of candidates who received votes

* Total number of votes each candidate received

* Percentage of votes each candidate won

* The winner of the election based on popular vote

* The voter turnout for each county

* The percentage of votes from each county out of the total count

* The county with the highest turnout

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## Resources

Data Sources: election_results.csv

Software: Python 3.8.9, Visual Studio Code 1.67.2

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## Election-Audit Results:

* How many votes were cast in this congressional election?

    - Total Votes: 369,711

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* A complete list of candidates who received votes;

* Provide a breakdown of the number of votes and the percentage of the total votes each candidate received.

    - Charles Casper Stockham: 23.0% (85,213)

    - Diana DeGette: 73.8% (272,892)

    - Raymon Anthony Doane: 3.1% (11,606)

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* Which county had the largest number of votes?

* Provide a breakdown of the number of votes and the percentage of total votes for each county in the precinct.

    - Largest County Turnout: Denver

    - County Votes:

        - Jefferson: 10.5%: (38855)

        - Denver: 82.8%: (306055)

        - Arapahoe: 6.7%: (24801)

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* Which candidate won the election, what was their vote count, and what was their percentage of the total votes?

	- Winner: Diana DeGette

    - Winning Vote Count: 272,892

    - Winning Percentage: 73.8%

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Below is a screenshot of the election analysis txt file.

![Image of Election Analysis txt file](/Resources/election_analysis_txt.png)

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## Election-Audit Summary:

Because the Python code does not have values for the candidate names or counties hard-coded, the script could be applied too other State elections by changing the following:

* The “file_to_load” variable can easily be given a new path to a different csv file from another state’s election data.

* The “file_to_save” variable can also be assigned to a new txt file to record the results.