Python_Election_Analysis

Project Overview:

The Colorado Board of Elections has tasked us to do the following:

1. Determine the total number of votes cast
2. Create a complete list of candidates who received votes
3. Calculate the total votes for each candidate
4. Calculate the % of votes receive
5. Provide each county and their total vote count
6. Determine what % of votes each county provided
7. Determine the county with the largest number of votes
8. Determine the winner of the election based on popular vote

Expected Election Results Outcome:

Produced Election Results Outcome:

Resources:

• Source of election data: (election_results.csv)
• Software: Python 3.7.6, Visual Studio Code

Election Results:

• Total number of votes cast: 369,711

• Total votes and % of total votes each candidate received:

   Diana DeGette: 73.8% (272,892)
   Charles Casper Stockham: 23.0% (85,213)
   Raymon Anthony Doane: 3.1% (11,606)
  

• Largest County Turnout:

  Denver: 82.8% (306,055)

• This Elections Winning Candidate:

  Diana Degette

Summary:

• All information we were tasked to provide by the Colorado Board of Elections has been answered in our Produced Election Results Outcome and bulletin list above.

• Congratulations to Diana Degette for being the winner of this election receiving 73.8% of votes totaling an impressive 272,892 votes.

Election-Audit Python Code Summary:

The python code provided was robust and can be used for any state wide election given the following:

1. A separate CSV file for each election was provided
2. A separate election analysis txt file was created

This code (with some refactoring where neccessary)can be used for any state wide election.