Election Page

The page of the app that generates the data table view.

Setup some of the key data contiaining objects

layout

def layout():

Call self as a function.

Global Variables

Dash Callbacks

Create interactivity in the data table

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update_election_bar

def update_election_bar(
    data_type:str, # User input of type of data
    election:str, # A string contiaining the election type
    loc_selection:str, # The selected locations, may be none
    init_load:str, # An empty dictionary always, triggers initial load
    elecYear:str, # The year of the election
    geo_input:str, # User input from the geography dropdown
)->Figure: # Returns a graph object figure after being updated and the dynamic title

Updates the focus election variable on the bar plot

Election Map Click

Update the bar graph base on the map click

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map_click

def map_click(
    clickData:dict, # The currently clicked location on the map
    selectedData:dict, # The currently selected locations on the map
)->[<class 'str'>]: # Returns the new value for the dropdown

This function updates the elections barplot based on the map click data, only a single location selected for this one