Election Python Library

From the CORGIS Dataset Project

By Ryan Whitcomb
Version 2.0.0, created 6/1/2016
Tags: politics, election, votes, counties, candidate

Overview

Data about the results was collected from CNN’s 2016 election center. Each county has the breakdown of how many votes each candidate recieved in that county and what percentage of the total vote from that county that the candidate recieved. The candidate’s political party is also represented.

http://www.cnn.com/election/primaries/counties/va/Dem

Explore Structure

Each row represents $MISSING_FIELD.

Index	Type	Example Value
0	dict	{ }
1	dict	(same structure)
2	dict	(same structure)
...	...	...

Key	Type	Example Value	Description
`"Location"`	dict	{ }
`"Vote Data"`	dict	{ }

Key	Type	Example Value	Description
`"County"`	str	`"Abbeville"`	$MISSING_FIELD
`"State"`	str	`"South Carolina"`	$MISSING_FIELD
`"State Abbreviation"`	str	`"SC"`	$MISSING_FIELD

Key	Type	Example Value
`"Ben Carson"`	dict	{ }
`"Bernie Sanders"`	dict	{ }
`"Carly Fiorina"`	dict	{ }
`"Chris Christie"`	dict	{ }
`"Donald Trump"`	dict	{ }
`"Hillary Clinton"`	dict	{ }
`"Jeb Bush"`	dict	{ }
`"John Kasich"`	dict	{ }
`"Marco Rubio"`	dict	{ }
`"Martin O'Malley"`	dict	{ }
`"Mike Huckabee"`	dict	{ }
`"No Preference"`	dict	{ }
`"Rand Paul"`	dict	{ }
`"Rick Santorum"`	dict	{ }
`"Ted Cruz"`	dict	{ }
`"Uncommitted"`	dict	{ }

Key	Type	Example Value	Description
`"Number of Votes"`	int	`305`	$MISSING_FIELD
`"Party"`	str	`"Republican"`	$MISSING_FIELD
`"Percent of Votes"`	float	`8.3`	$MISSING_FIELD

Key	Type	Example Value	Description
`"Number of Votes"`	int	`312`	$MISSING_FIELD
`"Party"`	str	`"Democrat"`	$MISSING_FIELD
`"Percent of Votes"`	float	`17.0`	$MISSING_FIELD

Key	Type	Example Value	Description
`"Number of Votes"`	int	`0`	$MISSING_FIELD
`"Party"`	str	`"Republican"`	$MISSING_FIELD
`"Percent of Votes"`	float	`0.0`	$MISSING_FIELD

Key	Type	Example Value	Description
`"Number of Votes"`	int	`0`	$MISSING_FIELD
`"Party"`	str	`"Republican"`	$MISSING_FIELD
`"Percent of Votes"`	float	`0.0`	$MISSING_FIELD

Key	Type	Example Value	Description
`"Number of Votes"`	int	`1353`	$MISSING_FIELD
`"Party"`	str	`"Republican"`	$MISSING_FIELD
`"Percent of Votes"`	float	`36.9`	$MISSING_FIELD

Key	Type	Example Value	Description
`"Number of Votes"`	int	`1501`	$MISSING_FIELD
`"Party"`	str	`"Democrat"`	$MISSING_FIELD
`"Percent of Votes"`	float	`81.8`	$MISSING_FIELD

Key	Type	Example Value	Description
`"Number of Votes"`	int	`236`	$MISSING_FIELD
`"Party"`	str	`"Republican"`	$MISSING_FIELD
`"Percent of Votes"`	float	`6.4`	$MISSING_FIELD

Key	Type	Example Value	Description
`"Number of Votes"`	int	`157`	$MISSING_FIELD
`"Party"`	str	`"Republican"`	$MISSING_FIELD
`"Percent of Votes"`	float	`4.3`	$MISSING_FIELD

Key	Type	Example Value	Description
`"Number of Votes"`	int	`740`	$MISSING_FIELD
`"Party"`	str	`"Republican"`	$MISSING_FIELD
`"Percent of Votes"`	float	`20.200000000000003`	$MISSING_FIELD

Key	Type	Example Value	Description
`"Number of Votes"`	int	`0`	$MISSING_FIELD
`"Party"`	str	`"Democrat"`	$MISSING_FIELD
`"Percent of Votes"`	float	`0.0`	$MISSING_FIELD

Key	Type	Example Value	Description
`"Number of Votes"`	int	`0`	$MISSING_FIELD
`"Party"`	str	`"Republican"`	$MISSING_FIELD
`"Percent of Votes"`	float	`0.0`	$MISSING_FIELD

Key	Type	Example Value	Description
`"Number of Votes"`	int	`0`	$MISSING_FIELD
`"Party"`	str	`"N/A"`	$MISSING_FIELD
`"Percent of Votes"`	float	`0.0`	$MISSING_FIELD

Key	Type	Example Value	Description
`"Number of Votes"`	int	`0`	$MISSING_FIELD
`"Party"`	str	`"Republican"`	$MISSING_FIELD
`"Percent of Votes"`	float	`0.0`	$MISSING_FIELD

Key	Type	Example Value	Description
`"Number of Votes"`	int	`0`	$MISSING_FIELD
`"Party"`	str	`"Republican"`	$MISSING_FIELD
`"Percent of Votes"`	float	`0.0`	$MISSING_FIELD

Key	Type	Example Value	Description
`"Number of Votes"`	int	`876`	$MISSING_FIELD
`"Party"`	str	`"Republican"`	$MISSING_FIELD
`"Percent of Votes"`	float	`23.9`	$MISSING_FIELD

Key	Type	Example Value	Description
`"Number of Votes"`	int	`0`	$MISSING_FIELD
`"Party"`	str	`"N/A"`	$MISSING_FIELD
`"Percent of Votes"`	float	`0.0`	$MISSING_FIELD

Downloads

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Usage

import election
result = election.get_result()

Documentation

get_result(): Returns a list of dictionaries representing result.