In this respository I demonstrated skills using python to perform analysis of mock election data and scenarios.
A Colorado Board of Elections employee has given you the following tasks to complete the election audit of a recent local congressional election.
- Calculate the total number of votes cast.
- Get a complete list of candidates who received votes.
- Calculate the total number of votes each candidate received.
- Calculate the percentage of votes each candidate won.
- Determine the winner of the election based on popular vote.
- Data Source: election_results.csv
- Software: Python 3.8.3. 64bit, Jupyter notebook server 6.0.3
The analysis of the election show that:
- There were 369,711 votes cast in the election.
- The candidates were:
- Charles Casper Stockham
- Diana DeGette
- Raymon Anthony Doane
- The candidate results were:
- Charles Casper Stockham received 23.0% of the vote and 85,213 number of votes
- Diana DeGette received 73.8% of the vote and 272,892 number of votes
- Raymon Anthony Doane received 3.1% of the vote and 11,606 number of votes
- The winner of the election was:
- Diana DeGette received 73.8% of the vote and 272,892 number of votes