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congess_parser_answer.txt
Count Queries
1. There are 240 Republican representatives.
2. There are 187 Democratic representatives.
3. There are 51 Democratic senators, 47 Republican senators.
The questions asks for "representatives", but the details below it ask to specify if it's a Rep or Sen, so we've
compiled the lists using all Rep's and Sen's.
select name, location, party, substr(name, 0, 4), years_in_congress from congress_members order by grade_level_since_1996 limit 10;
Top 10 reps
name location party substr(name, 0, 4) years_in_congress
------------------ ----------------------------------------- ---------- ------------------ -----------------
Rep. Mick Mulvaney SC (33.99855000018255, -81.0452500001872) R Rep 1
Rep. Rob Woodall GA (32.83967999993223, -83.62758000031658 R Rep 1
Sen. Rand Paul KY (37.645969999815804, -84.7749699999653 R Sen 1
Rep. Sean Duffy WI (44.39319000021851, -89.8163600002137) R Rep 1
Rep. Tim Griffin AR (34.748649999697875, -92.2744899997135 R Rep 1
Rep. W. Todd Akin MO (38.63578999960896, -92.5663000000448) R Rep 11
Rep. Vicky Hartzle MO (38.63578999960896, -92.5663000000448) R Rep 1
Rep. Tom Graves GA (32.83967999993223, -83.62758000031658 R Rep 3
Rep. David Schweik AZ (34.86596999961597, -111.7638099997315 R Rep 1
Sen. Ron Johnson WI (44.39319000021851, -89.8163600002137) R Sen 1
Top 10 Dem reps
select name, location, party, substr(name, 0, 4), years_in_congress from congress_members where party = 'D' order by grade_level_since_1996 limit 10;
name location party substr(name, 0, 4) years_in_congress
------------------- -------------------------------------------- ---------- ------------------ -----------------
Rep. John Garamendi CA (37.638300000444815, -120.99958999997835) D Rep 3
Rep. John Lewis GA (32.83967999993223, -83.62758000031658) D Rep 25
Rep. Colleen Hanabu HI (21.304770000335395, -157.85761000030112) D Rep 1
Rep. Keith Ellison MN (46.3556499998478, -94.79419999982997) D Rep 5
Rep. Tim Ryan OH (40.06020999969189, -82.40426000019869) D Rep 9
Sen. Barbara Boxer CA (37.638300000444815, -120.99958999997835) D Sen 17
Sen. Kent Conrad ND (47.475320000018144, -100.11841999998285) D Sen 23
Sen. Chuck Schumer NY (42.82699999955048, -75.54396999981549) D Sen 11
Sen. Claire McCaski MO (38.63578999960896, -92.5663000000448) D Sen 3
Sen. Harry Reid NV (39.49323999972637, -117.07183999971608) D Sen 23
Top 10 Rep reps
select name, location, party, substr(name, 0, 4), years_in_congress from congress_members where party = 'R' order by grade_level_since_1996 limit 10;
name location party substr(name, 0, 4) years_in_congress
------------------ ----------------------------------------- ---------- ------------------ -----------------
Rep. Mick Mulvaney SC (33.99855000018255, -81.0452500001872) R Rep 1
Rep. Rob Woodall GA (32.83967999993223, -83.62758000031658 R Rep 1
Sen. Rand Paul KY (37.645969999815804, -84.7749699999653 R Sen 1
Rep. Sean Duffy WI (44.39319000021851, -89.8163600002137) R Rep 1
Rep. Tim Griffin AR (34.748649999697875, -92.2744899997135 R Rep 1
Rep. W. Todd Akin MO (38.63578999960896, -92.5663000000448) R Rep 11
Rep. Vicky Hartzle MO (38.63578999960896, -92.5663000000448) R Rep 1
Rep. Tom Graves GA (32.83967999993223, -83.62758000031658 R Rep 3
Rep. David Schweik AZ (34.86596999961597, -111.7638099997315 R Rep 1
Sen. Ron Johnson WI (44.39319000021851, -89.8163600002137) R Sen 1
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importing_political_db.rb
require 'csv'
require 'sqlite3'
class CongressParser
$db = SQLite3::Database.new "congress_members.db"
attr_accessor :file, :congress_members
def initialize(file)
@file = file
@congress_members = []
end
def parse_congress_members
CSV.foreach(@file) do |row|
@congress_members << ({
name: row[0],
party: row[1],
location: row[2],
grade_level_since_1996: row[3],
grade_level: row[4],
years_in_congress:row[5],
dw1_score: row[6]
})
end
end
def congress_array_to_db
@congress_members.each do |member|
$db.execute("INSERT INTO congress_members
(name, party, location, grade_level_since_1996, grade_level, years_in_congress, dw1_score, created_at, updated_at)
VALUES
('#{member[:name]}','#{member[:party]}', '#{member[:location]}', #{member[:grade_level_since_1996]},
#{member[:grade_level]}, #{member[:years_in_congress]}, #{member[:dw1_score]}, DATETIME('now'), DATETIME('now'))
")
end
end
def initialize_db
# return if File.exists? "students.db"
# if you don't want to overwrite your database, uncomment the above.
$db.execute(<<-SQL
CREATE TABLE congress_members (
id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
name VARCHAR(64) NOT NULL,
party VARCHAR(64) NOT NULL,
location VARCHAR(64) NOT NULL,
grade_level_since_1996 REAL NOT NULL,
grade_level REAL NOT NULL,
years_in_congress INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
dw1_score REAL NOT NULL,
created_at DATETIME NOT NULL,
updated_at DATETIME NOT NULL
);
SQL
)
end
end
module Sqloperations
# def self.show_all
# $db.execute "select * from #{self.table_name}"
# end
def id
$db.execute "SELECT id FROM #{self.table_name} WHERE name='#{@name}' AND location='#{@location}' AND party='#{@party}'"
end
def self.included(base)
base.extend ClassMethods
end
module ClassMethods
def show_all
# puts "CLASS METHODS"
puts self
$db.execute "select * from #{self::TABLE_NAME};"
end
def count
$db.execute "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #{self::TABLE_NAME}"
end
def show_all_by(attribute, value)
$db.execute "select * from #{self::TABLE_NAME} where #{attribute}='#{value}'"
end
def delete(attribute, value)
$db.execute "DELETE FROM #{self::TABLE_NAME} WHERE #{attribute}='#{value}'"
end
def where(attribute, value)
$db.execute "SELECT * FROM #{self::TABLE_NAME} WHERE #{attribute.gsub('?', value.to_s)}"
end
# def update
# $db.execute "UPDATE #{self::TABLE_NAME} WHERE id='#{id}'"
# end
end
end
class CongressMember
include Sqloperations
TABLE_NAME = 'congress_members'
attr_accessor :name, :party, :location, :grade_level_since_1996, :grade_level, :years_in_congress, :dw1_score
def initialize(args)
@name = args[:name]
@party = args[:party]
@location = args[:location]
@grade_level_since_1996 = args[:grade_level_since_1996]
@grade_level = args[:grade_level]
@years_in_congress = args[:years_in_congress]
@dw1_score = args[:dw1_score]
@id = nil
# @created_at = Time.now
# @updated_at = Time.now
# @table_name = "congress_members"
end
def save!
if !@id
$db.execute(
"INSERT INTO #{TABLE_NAME}
VALUES (NULL,?,?,?,?,?,?,?, DATETIME('now'), DATETIME('now'))", @name, @party, @location, @grade_level_since_1996, @grade_level, @years_in_congress, @dw1_score
)
@id = $db.last_insert_row_id
else
$db.execute(
"UPDATE #{TABLE_NAME} SET
name = '#{@name}', party = '#{@party}', location = '#{@location}', grade_level_since_1996 = #{grade_level_since_1996},
grade_level = #{@grade_level}, years_in_congress = #{@years_in_congress}, dw1_score = #{@dw1_score}
WHERE id = #{@id} "
)
end
end
def self.ten_worst_speaking_reps
$db.execute("SELECT name, location, party, SUBSTR(name, 0, 4) FROM congress_members where name like 'Rep%' order by grade_level_since_1996 limit 10;")
end
def self.ten_worst_speaking_dem_reps
$db.execute("SELECT name, location, party, SUBSTR(name, 0, 4) FROM congress_members where name like 'Rep%' and party = 'D' order by grade_level_since_1996 limit 10;")
end
def self.ten_worst_speaking_rep_reps
$db.execute("SELECT name, location, party, SUBSTR(name, 0, 4) FROM congress_members where name like 'Rep%' and party = 'R' order by grade_level_since_1996 limit 10;")
end
end
# p CongressMember.id
# parser = CongressParser.new('Importing_Politicians_Database.csv')
# parser.parse_congress_members
# parser.initialize_db
# parser.congress_array_to_db
# p parser.congress_members
# puts 'create member now'
politician = CongressMember.new(name: 'water', party: 'dsaf', location: 'ny', grade_level_since_1996: 12, grade_level: 1, years_in_congress: 3, dw1_score: 2)
politician.name = 'conor'
politician.save!
# # puts 'save now'
# politician.save!
puts 'run module below:'
# puts CongressMember.where('id = ?', 516)
# puts CongressMember.count
puts CongressMember.ten_worst_speaking_reps
puts CongressMember.ten_worst_speaking_dem_reps
puts CongressMember.ten_worst_speaking_rep_reps
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