electionSimulator

import java.util.*;

public class ElectionSimulator {

    //Constants
      public static final int NUM_SIMS = 5;
      public static final int NUM_DISTS = 10;
      public static final double POLL_AVG = .52;
      public static final double POLL_ERR = .05;

      public static void main(String[] args){

     //Randomness creation
       Random rand = new Random();

     //Welcome Message
        System.out.println("Welcome to the Election Simulator!");
        System.out.println("Running " + NUM_SIMS + " simulations of " + NUM_DISTS + " districts.");
        System.out.print("Our candidate is polling at " + (POLL_AVG * 100) + "% with a ");
        System.out.println((POLL_ERR * 100) + "% margin of error.");
        System.out.println("");

      //Initialization
      int voteSum = 0; // total count of votes through all ten districts
      int myVote = 0; // total votes for candidate A
      int actualNum = 0; // actual num votes for each district
      int index = 0;
      int urVote = 0; // tots for cand B
      int turnOut1 = 0;
      double pollAcu = 0.0;
      double poll = 0.0;
      int plus = 0;
      int minus = 0;
      double totalAverage = 0;

      //Simulation
        for(int i = 1; i <= NUM_SIMS; i++) {
          myVote = 0;
          urVote = 0;
          voteSum = 0;

          for(int j = 1; j <= NUM_DISTS; j++) {
            turnOut1 = rand.nextInt(1000) + 1;
            pollAcu = rand.nextGaussian() * 0.5 * POLL_ERR;
            poll = pollAcu + POLL_AVG; //percentage voter A receives
            actualNum = turnOut1;
            myVote = myVote + (int)(poll * actualNum);
            voteSum = voteSum + turnOut1;
            urVote = urVote + (int)((1-poll) * actualNum);
          } //inner for for loop


          urVote = voteSum - myVote;
          double myPer = myVote / (double) voteSum;
          myPer = myPer * 100;
          totalAverage = totalAverage + myPer;
          boolean win = myPer >= 50.00;
          double roundedMyPer = (double) Math.round(myPer * 100) / 100;
          index = index + 1;
          plus = myVote / 100;
          minus = urVote / 100;


          System.out.println("Running simulation #" + index + ":"); //still need to make a for loop for the simulation number
          System.out.println("  Win? " + win);
          System.out.print("  Results: " + myVote + " (" + roundedMyPer + "%)");
          System.out.println(" - " + (urVote) + " " +"(" + (100 - roundedMyPer) + "%)");
          System.out.print("  Visualization: " );
          for(int k = 0; k < plus; k++){
          System.out.print("+");
          } // plus for loop end
          System.out.println("");
          System.out.print("                 ");
          for(int o = 0; o < minus; o++){
            System.out.print("-");
          } // minus for loop end
          System.out.println("");
        } // outer for loop end

        //Outro
        System.out.println();
        System.out.println("Average vote percentage: " + Math.round((double)(totalAverage/NUM_SIMS) * 100.0) / 100.0 + "%");

      } // main method end
   } // public class end