//run button submission
$(function () {
    $("#go-button").click(function () {

        //gets the value of the twitter-handle
        var twitter_handle = $('#inputDefault').val();

        //use global selected
        election = selected;
        //alert("twitter_handle: " + twitter_handle + " | Election: " + election);

        //external call to python
        })

        $.ajax({
              crossDomain: true,
              data: {},
              dataType : "json",
              withCredentials: "true",
              jsonpCallback: 'callback',
              success: function(da){
                alert(da);
              },
              error: function(){
                alert("FAILURE");
              },
              url: "http://localhost:8000/backend/ajax_caller.py"
            }).done(function(data) {
               //;
            });

});