Election_Analysis

Project Overview

Analysing the Colorado Board of Elections results to complete audit of recent local congressional election.

1. Calculate the total number of votes cast;
2. Get a complete list of candidates who received votes;
3. Calculate the total number of voyes each candidate won;
4. Calculate the percentage of votes each candidate won;
5. 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.