add 2010 census results

data/electoral-college-votes-2010-census.csv

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+State,Votes
+Alabama,9
+Alaska,3
+Arizona,11
+Arkansas,6
+California,55
+Colorado,9
+Connecticut,7
+Delaware,3
+District of Columbia,3
+Florida,29
+Georgia,16
+Hawaii,4
+Idaho,4
+Illinois,20
+Indiana,11
+Iowa,6
+Kansas,6
+Kentucky,8
+Louisiana,8
+Maine,4
+Maryland,10
+Massachusetts,11
+Michigan,16
+Minnesota,10
+Mississippi,6
+Missouri,10
+Montana,3
+Nebraska,5
+Nevada,6
+New Hampshire,4
+New Jersey,14
+New Mexico,5
+New York,29
+North Carolina,15
+North Dakota,3
+Ohio,18
+Oklahoma,7
+Oregon,7
+Pennsylvania,20
+Rhode Island,4
+South Carolina,9
+South Dakota,3
+Tennessee,11
+Texas,38
+Utah,6
+Vermont,3
+Virginia,13
+Washington,12
+West Virginia,5
+Wisconsin,10
+Wyoming,3

data/electoral-college-votes.source

@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/allocation
+https://www.npr.org/2021/04/26/983082132/census-to-release-1st-results-that-shift-electoral-college-house-seats

main.go

@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ type VotesForEachParty struct {
 // type src = *rand.Rand
 
 /* Globals */
-var r = rand.New(rand.NewPCG(uint64(1), uint64(2)))
+var r = rand.New(rand.NewPCG(uint64(100), uint64(2224)))
 
 /* Load data from csvs */
 func readStates() ([]State, error) {
 	var states map[string]State = make(map[string]State)
 
 	/* Electoral college votes for the 2024 election*/
-	votes_file, err := os.Open("data/electoral-college-votes.csv")
+	votes_file, err := os.Open("data/electoral-college-votes-2010-census.csv")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error opening the votes file: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ func readStates() ([]State, error) {
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error opening the results file for %s: %v", year, err)
 		}
-		defer results_file.Close()
 		resultsReader := csv.NewReader(results_file)
 		if _, err := resultsReader.Read(); err != nil { // Skip header
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error reading results header for %s: %v", year, err)
@@ -83,6 +82,8 @@ func readStates() ([]State, error) {
 			data.VictoriousPartyPerElection[year] = party
 			states[state] = data
 		}
+
+		results_file.Close()
 	}
 
 	// Convert statesData map to a slice for returning
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ func sampleFromState(state State) VotesForEachParty {
 		// 2012: R
 		// 2016: R
 		// 2020: Split, 1 D, 4 R
-		p_split := float64(2 / 6)
+		p_split := 2.0 / 6.0
 		if r.Float64() < p_split {
 			return VotesForEachParty{Democrats: 1, Republicans: 4}
 		} else {
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ func sampleFromState(state State) VotesForEachParty {
 		// 2012: D
 		// 2016: Split: 3 D, 1 R
 		// 2020: Split, 3 D, 1 R
-		p_split := float64(2 / 6)
+		p_split := 2.0 / 6.0
 		if r.Float64() < p_split {
 			return VotesForEachParty{Democrats: 3, Republicans: 1}
 		} else {
@@ -158,7 +159,8 @@ func simulateElection(states []State) int {
 	}
 
 	// fmt.Printf("\nDemocrat seats: %d\n", republican_seats)
-	if republican_seats > 270 {
+	fmt.Printf(" (%d) ", republican_seats)
+	if republican_seats >= 270 {
 		return 1
 	} else {
 		return 0
@@ -176,7 +178,7 @@ func main() {
 	n_sims := 100_000
 
 	p_republicans := 0.0
-	for _ = range n_sims {
+	for i := 0; i < n_sims; i++ {
 		result := simulateElection(states)
 		fmt.Printf("Election result: %d\n", result)
 		if result == 1 {