scoring

var candidateNames = ["Benjamin", "Donald", "George", "John", "Rutherford"];
function getCandidates() {
  var first_scores = [0,0,0,0,0];
  var ranked_scores = [0,0,0,0,0];
  var ballots = window.location.hash.split("#")[1].split(",");
  console.log(ballots);
  for (var i = 0; i < ballots.length; i++) {
    var ballot = ballots[i];
    first_scores[ballot[0]] += 1;
    for (var j = 0; j < ballot.length; j++) {
      ranked_scores[ballot[j]] += 5 - j;
    }
  }

  // Extract actual first from firsts
  var first_max = -1;
  var first_idx = -1;
  for (var i = 0; i < first_scores.length; i++) {
    if (first_scores[i] > first_max) {
      first_max = first_scores[i];
      first_idx = i;
    }
  }
  console.log(first_idx);
  console.log(candidateNames[first_idx]);

  // Extract actual ranked max
  var ranked_max = -1;
  var ranked_max_idx = -1;
  for (var i = 0; i < ranked_scores.length; i++) {
    if (ranked_scores[i] > ranked_max) {
      ranked_max = ranked_scores[i];
      ranked_max_idx = i;
    }
  }

  console.log(ranked_max);
  console.log(candidateNames[ranked_max_idx]);
}

getCandidates()