Election_Analysis

Project Overview

Analysing the Colorado Board of Elections results to complete audit of 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 voyes each candidate won;
Calculate the percentage of votes each candidate won;
Determine the winner of the election based on popular vote

Resources

Data Source: election_results.csv
Software: Python 3.9.4

Election Audit Results

The analysis show that:

-There were 369,711 total votes in the election

There are three candidates:
- Charles Casper Stockham;
- Diana DeGette;
- Raymon Anthony Doane
The Candidate Results were:
- Charles Casper Stockham received 23.0% of the votes, 85213 number of votes
- Diana DeGette received 73.8% and 272892 of votes
- Raymon Anthony Doane received 3.1% and 11606 number of votes.

The Winner of the Election is Diana DeGette with 272, 892 votes which is %73.8 of the total votes.

There are three counties and Denver has the highest percentage of votes, see the breakdown below:
Jefferson: 10.5% ( 38,855)
Denver: 82.8% ( 306,055)
Arapahoe: 6.7% ( 24,801)

Election Audit Summary:

The script that I wrote can be used for other elections as well with some minor modifications:
- Change the CSV file that contains the correct election data;
- Change the txt file name so the new data doesn't overwrite what we already have one the election_analysis test file.
- In case you want to see lowest turnout county as well, add or update winning counry summary.