fraudcatch.py

import json
import requests
import sys

def findfraud(STATE):
    with open(STATE + '.json', encoding="utf8") as f:
        x = json.load(f)
    segments = x["data"]["races"][0]["timeseries"]
    trumpDiff = 0
    bidenDiff = 0
    print("Checking " + str(len(segments)) + " time segments.")
    for i in range(len(segments)):
        # Skip first segment
        if i != 0:

            votesCounted        = segments[i]["votes"]                      # Votes counted at this time segment
            trumpShare          = segments[i]["vote_shares"]["trumpd"]      # Trumps share of the vote
            bidenShare          = segments[i]["vote_shares"]["bidenj"]      # Bidens share of thevote
            lastVotesCounted    = segments[i-1]["votes"]                    # Votes counted in previous time segment
            lastTrumpShare      = segments[i-1]["vote_shares"]["trumpd"]    # Trumps share of vote in previous segment
            lastBidenShare      = segments[i-1]["vote_shares"]["bidenj"]    # Bidens share of vote in previous segment
            trumpCount          = votesCounted      * trumpShare            # Trumps current vote count
            lastTrumpCount      = lastVotesCounted  * lastTrumpShare        # Trumps previous vote count
            bidenCount          = votesCounted      * bidenShare            # Bidens current vote count
            lastBidenCount      = lastVotesCounted  * lastBidenShare        # Bidens previous vote count

            # Check if Trump lost votes
            if trumpCount < lastTrumpCount:
                # Check if Biden gained votes
                if bidenCount > lastBidenCount:
                    trumpVoteDiff = trumpCount - lastTrumpCount
                    bidenVoteDiff = bidenCount - lastBidenCount
                    # Print segment info
                    print ("WARNING: Anomalous voting data against Trump found. index[" + str(i-1) + "]->[" + str(i) +"]")
                    # Print lost votes
                    print ("       : Trump vote differential: " + str(trumpVoteDiff))
                    print ("       : Biden vote differential: " + str(bidenVoteDiff))
                    trumpDiff += trumpVoteDiff
                    bidenDiff += bidenVoteDiff

            # For the sake of fairness, we should check if any of these errors are going the other way
            if bidenCount < lastBidenCount:
                # Check if Biden gained votes
                if trumpCount > lastTrumpCount:
                    trumpVoteDiff = trumpCount - lastTrumpCount
                    bidenVoteDiff = bidenCount - lastBidenCount
                    # Print segment info
                    print ("WARNING: Anomalous voting data against Biden found. index[" + str(i-1) + "]->[" + str(i) +"]")
                    # Print lost votes
                    print ("       : Trump vote differential: " + str(trumpVoteDiff))
                    print ("       : Biden vote differential: " + str(bidenVoteDiff))
                    trumpDiff += trumpVoteDiff
                    bidenDiff += bidenVoteDiff

    print("State: " + STATE)
    print ("Total Trump Differential: " + str(trumpDiff) + " Flo")
    print ("Total Biden Differential: " + str(bidenDiff) + " Flo")

def findfraud2(STATE):
    with open(STATE + '.json', encoding="utf8") as f:
        x = json.load(f)
    segments = x["data"]["races"][0]["timeseries"]
    TotalVotesLost = 0
    for i in range(len(segments)):
        if i != 0:

            votesCounted        = segments[i]["votes"]                      # Votes counted at this time segment
            lastVotesCounted    = segments[i-1]["votes"]                    # Votes counted in previous time segment

            if votesCounted < lastVotesCounted:
                TotalVotesLost += votesCounted - lastVotesCounted
    print (TotalVotesLost)

def main():
    state = ""
    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
        state = input("Enter a state: ").lower()
    else:
        state = sys.argv[1].lower()
    url = "https://static01.nyt.com/elections-assets/2020/data/api/2020-11-03/race-page/" + state + "/president.json"
    data = requests.get(url, allow_redirects=False)
    open(state + '.json', 'wb').write(data.content)
    findfraud(state)
    findfraud2(state)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()