realize where the result was coming from. Add polls

README.md

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+Electoral votes/election
+
+Year | Republican electoral college votes
+2000 | 271
+2004 | 286
+2008 | 173
+2012 | 206
+2016 | 304
+2020 | 232
+
+Year | Democrat electoral college votes
+2000 | 266
+2004 | 251
+2008 | 365
+2012 | 332
+2016 | 227
+2020 | 232
+
+Ok, so because Obama really trounced the opposition, it won by more than the Republicans won, which means that the baserates approach didn't really work.

data/results/2000.csv

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-State,Winning Party
+State,Party
 Alabama,R
 Alaska,R
 Arizona,R

data/results/2020.csv

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+State,Party
 Alabama,R
 Alaska,R
 Arizona,D

data/results/src.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/2000
+https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/2004
+https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/2008
+https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/2012
+https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/2016
 https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/2020
 https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/[year]
 

main.go

@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ 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-2010-census.csv")
+	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)
 	}

makefile

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+polls:
+	mkdir -p data/polls 
+	# cd data/polls && wget https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/data/president_polls.csv 
+	cat data/polls/president_polls.csv | awk -F, 'NR==1 {print; next} $$13 != ""' > data/polls/president_polls_state.csv
+	# cd data/polls && awk -F, 'NR == 1 || $13 != ""'  president_polls.csv > president_polls_state.csv
+