2024-election-modelling

commit d1dc3a5e750e09ea4815acd987e8a4720d4e83ca
parent 18cb3710d98afcc6c56b67d40dbd4474c38afd3e
Author: NunoSempere <nuno.semperelh@protonmail.com>
Date:   Sat, 13 Apr 2024 15:26:18 -0400

get state by state sampling done

Diffstat:
M
main.go
 | 
54
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------

1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
@@ -3,17 +3,30 @@ package main
 import (
 	"encoding/csv"
 	"fmt"
+	rand "math/rand/v2"
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
-	"strings"
+	// "strings"
 )
 
+/* Structs */
 type State struct {
 	Name                       string
 	Votes                      int
 	VictoriousPartyPerElection map[string]string
 }
 
+type VotesForEachParty struct {
+	Democrats   int
+	Republicans int
+}
+
+type src = *rand.Rand
+
+/* Globals */
+var r = rand.New(rand.NewPCG(uint64(1), uint64(2)))
+
+/* Load data from csvs */
 func readStates() ([]State, error) {
 	var states map[string]State = make(map[string]State)
 
@@ -81,11 +94,6 @@ func readStates() ([]State, error) {
 	return states_slice, nil
 }
 
-type VotesForEachParty struct {
-	Democrats   int
-	Republicans int
-}
-
 func sampleFromState(state State) VotesForEachParty {
 	switch state.Name {
 	case "Nebraska":
@@ -93,7 +101,20 @@ func sampleFromState(state State) VotesForEachParty {
 	case "Maine":
 		return VotesForEachParty{Democrats: 1, Republicans: 0}
 	default:
-		return VotesForEachParty{Democrats: 1, Republicans: 0}
+		{
+			p_republican := 0.0
+			for _, party := range state.VictoriousPartyPerElection {
+				if party == "R" {
+					p_republican++
+				}
+			}
+			p_republican = p_republican / float64(len(state.VictoriousPartyPerElection))
+			if r.Float64() < p_republican {
+				return VotesForEachParty{Democrats: 0, Republicans: state.Votes}
+			} else {
+				return VotesForEachParty{Democrats: state.Votes, Republicans: 0}
+			}
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -104,20 +125,15 @@ func main() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	// Example states to query
-	example_state_names := []string{"California", "Texas", "Florida"}
-
 	for _, state := range states {
-		for _, example_state_name := range example_state_names {
-			if strings.EqualFold(state.Name, example_state_name) {
-				fmt.Printf("%s: Votes: %d, Winners: ", state.Name, state.Votes)
-				for year, party := range state.VictoriousPartyPerElection {
-					fmt.Printf("[%s: %s] ", year, party)
-				}
-				fmt.Println()
-				break
-			}
+		fmt.Printf("%s: Votes: %d,\n\tWinners: ", state.Name, state.Votes)
+		for year, party := range state.VictoriousPartyPerElection {
+			fmt.Printf("[%s: %s] ", year, party)
 		}
+		election_sample := sampleFromState(state)
+		fmt.Printf("\n\tSample: Democrat seats: %d, Republican seats: %d", election_sample.Democrats, election_sample.Republicans)
+		fmt.Println()
+
 	}
 
 }