add past votes & go code to get electoral votes

data/2000.csv

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+State,Winning Party
+Alabama,R
+Alaska,R
+Arizona,R
+Arkansas,R
+California,D
+Colorado,R
+Connecticut,D
+Delaware,D
+District of Columbia,D
+Florida,R
+Georgia,R
+Hawaii,D
+Idaho,R
+Illinois,D
+Indiana,R
+Iowa,D
+Kansas,R
+Kentucky,R
+Louisiana,R
+Maine,D
+Maryland,D
+Massachusetts,D
+Michigan,D
+Minnesota,D
+Mississippi,R
+Missouri,R
+Montana,R
+Nebraska,R
+Nevada,R
+New Hampshire,R
+New Jersey,D
+New Mexico,D
+New York,D
+North Carolina,R
+North Dakota,R
+Ohio,R
+Oklahoma,R
+Oregon,D
+Pennsylvania,D
+Rhode Island,D
+South Carolina,R
+South Dakota,R
+Tennessee,R
+Texas,R
+Utah,R
+Vermont,D
+Virginia,R
+Washington,D
+West Virginia,R
+Wisconsin,D
+Wyoming,R

data/2004.csv

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+State,Party
+Alabama,R
+Alaska,R
+Arizona,R
+Arkansas,R
+California,D
+Colorado,R
+Connecticut,D
+Delaware,D
+District of Columbia,D
+Florida,R
+Georgia,R
+Hawaii,D
+Idaho,R
+Illinois,D
+Indiana,R
+Iowa,R
+Kansas,R
+Kentucky,R
+Louisiana,R
+Maine,D
+Maryland,D
+Massachusetts,D
+Michigan,D
+Minnesota,D
+Mississippi,R
+Missouri,R
+Montana,R
+Nebraska,R
+Nevada,R
+New Hampshire,D
+New Jersey,D
+New Mexico,R
+New York,D
+North Carolina,R
+North Dakota,R
+Ohio,R
+Oklahoma,R
+Oregon,D
+Pennsylvania,D
+Rhode Island,D
+South Carolina,R
+South Dakota,R
+Tennessee,R
+Texas,R
+Utah,R
+Vermont,D
+Virginia,R
+Washington,D
+West Virginia,R
+Wisconsin,D
+Wyoming,R

data/2008.csv

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+State,Party
+Alabama,R
+Alaska,R
+Arizona,R
+Arkansas,R
+California,D
+Colorado,D
+Connecticut,D
+Delaware,D
+District of Columbia,D
+Florida,D
+Georgia,R
+Hawaii,D
+Idaho,R
+Illinois,D
+Indiana,D
+Iowa,D
+Kansas,R
+Kentucky,R
+Louisiana,R
+Maine,D
+Maryland,D
+Massachusetts,D
+Michigan,D
+Minnesota,D
+Mississippi,R
+Missouri,R
+Montana,R
+Nebraska,Split
+Nevada,D
+New Hampshire,D
+New Jersey,D
+New Mexico,D
+New York,D
+North Carolina,D
+North Dakota,R
+Ohio,D
+Oklahoma,R
+Oregon,D
+Pennsylvania,D
+Rhode Island,D
+South Carolina,R
+South Dakota,R
+Tennessee,R
+Texas,R
+Utah,R
+Vermont,D
+Virginia,D
+Washington,D
+West Virginia,R
+Wisconsin,D
+Wyoming,R

data/2012.csv

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+State,Party
+Alabama,R
+Alaska,R
+Arizona,R
+Arkansas,R
+California,D
+Colorado,D
+Connecticut,D
+Delaware,D
+District of Columbia,D
+Florida,D
+Georgia,R
+Hawaii,D
+Idaho,R
+Illinois,D
+Indiana,R
+Iowa,D
+Kansas,R
+Kentucky,R
+Louisiana,R
+Maine,D
+Maryland,D
+Massachusetts,D
+Michigan,D
+Minnesota,D
+Mississippi,R
+Missouri,R
+Montana,R
+Nebraska,R
+Nevada,D
+New Hampshire,D
+New Jersey,D
+New Mexico,D
+New York,D
+North Carolina,R
+North Dakota,R
+Ohio,D
+Oklahoma,R
+Oregon,D
+Pennsylvania,D
+Rhode Island,D
+South Carolina,R
+South Dakota,R
+Tennessee,R
+Texas,R
+Utah,R
+Vermont,D
+Virginia,D
+Washington,D
+West Virginia,R
+Wisconsin,D
+Wyoming,R

data/2016.csv

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+State,Party
+Alabama,R
+Alaska,R
+Arizona,R
+Arkansas,R
+California,D
+Colorado,D
+Connecticut,D
+Delaware,D
+District of Columbia,D
+Florida,R
+Georgia,R
+Hawaii,D
+Idaho,R
+Illinois,D
+Indiana,R
+Iowa,R
+Kansas,R
+Kentucky,R
+Louisiana,R
+Maine,Split
+Maryland,D
+Massachusetts,D
+Michigan,R
+Minnesota,D
+Mississippi,R
+Missouri,R
+Montana,R
+Nebraska,Split
+Nevada,D
+New Hampshire,D
+New Jersey,D
+New Mexico,D
+New York,D
+North Carolina,R
+North Dakota,R
+Ohio,R
+Oklahoma,R
+Oregon,D
+Pennsylvania,R
+Rhode Island,D
+South Carolina,R
+South Dakota,R
+Tennessee,R
+Texas,R
+Utah,R
+Vermont,D
+Virginia,D
+Washington,D
+West Virginia,R
+Wisconsin,R
+Wyoming,R

data/2020.csv

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+Alabama,R
+Alaska,R
+Arizona,D
+Arkansas,R
+California,D
+Colorado,D
+Connecticut,D
+Delaware,D
+District of Columbia,D
+Florida,R
+Georgia,D
+Hawaii,D
+Idaho,R
+Illinois,D
+Indiana,R
+Iowa,R
+Kansas,R
+Kentucky,R
+Louisiana,R
+Maine,Split
+Maryland,D
+Massachusetts,D
+Michigan,D
+Minnesota,D
+Mississippi,R
+Missouri,R
+Montana,R
+Nebraska,Split
+Nevada,D
+New Hampshire,D
+New Jersey,D
+New Mexico,D
+New York,D
+North Carolina,R
+North Dakota,R
+Ohio,R
+Oklahoma,R
+Oregon,D
+Pennsylvania,D
+Rhode Island,D
+South Carolina,R
+South Dakota,R
+Tennessee,R
+Texas,R
+Utah,R
+Vermont,D
+Virginia,D
+Washington,D
+West Virginia,R
+Wisconsin,D
+Wyoming,R

main.go

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 package main
 
 import (
+	"encoding/csv"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
 )
 
-func main() {
+/* Electoral votes */
-	fmt.Println("Hello world")
+type StateVotes struct {
+	State string
+	Votes string
+}
+
+func readElectoralVotes(filename string) ([]StateVotes, error) {
+	file, err := os.Open(filename)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error opening the file: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer file.Close()
+
+	var stateVotes []StateVotes
+
+	reader := csv.NewReader(file)
+	for {
+		record, err := reader.Read()
+		// End of file is expected, not an error in this context
+		if err != nil {
+			break
+		}
+		stateVotes = append(stateVotes, StateVotes{State: record[0], Votes: record[1]})
+	}
+
+	if len(stateVotes) == 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no data found")
+	}
+
+	return stateVotes, nil
+}
+
+func findElectoralVotes(stateVotes []StateVotes, stateName string) (string, error) {
+	for _, sv := range stateVotes {
+		if strings.EqualFold(sv.State, stateName) {
+			return sv.Votes, nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	return "", fmt.Errorf("state not found")
+}
+
+func main() {
+	filename := "data/electoral-college-votes.csv"
+	stateVotes, err := readElectoralVotes(filename)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("Error:", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Example states to query
+	states := []string{"California", "Texas", "Florida"}
+	for _, state := range states {
+		votes, err := findElectoralVotes(stateVotes, state)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Printf("Error: %s\n", err)
+		} else {
+			fmt.Printf("%s has %s electoral votes.\n", state, votes)
+		}
+	}
 }