CMPS 1043 – Program 5 – Fall 2011 – Presidential Primaries
DUE: Tuesday, October 18 & Wednesday, October 19
Begin testing with your own data or the sample data below. The data set to be turned in will be
posted on the web site.
As you may or may not know, the U.S. Government has mandated that electronic voting equipment
be used for all elections. Thus, software which presents election ballots is necessary. If you have
voted in a recent election, you have probably seen examples of these systems. There are many
companies providing such software and terminals. All of those used today are stand-alone
terminals. This is not Internet voting.
In this project, you will develop a small computer-based voting system for the upcoming primary
elections. You must follow the specifications exactly. Begin by getting the program running on the
screen. Then ADD copies of all cin and cout commands as outfile commands so that a file will be
produced that looks EXACTLY like the screen for me to grade. All input will be from the keyboard
because this is an electronic voting system.
Your program will be for the primary election. Thus, first you will ask if they want to vote in the
Democratic Primary or the Republican Primary. If they select Democratic, you will display the list
of Democratic Candidates. If they select Republican, you will display the list of Republican
candidates. The voter will then select one of the candidates by typing the number by the
candidate’s name. You will maintain a count of the votes for each candidate. You may assume that
the user will always enter the correct data.
You must us an if-else statement to process the choice of Democrat, Republican, or End election.
You must use switch statements to process the menu selections and count the votes.
At the end of the election, you will print out two reports – one for the Democratic Primary and one
for the Republican Primary. The reports will print the name of each candidate and the total
number of votes. Then will print the name of the winner (the one with the most votes). The
program will stop when the user selects “End Election” from the menu.
You must print the menu for each new voter!!! The format of your output must be VERY similar
to what is shown on the next page.
NOTE: This program will be VERY LONG!!! However, you will be able to copy and paste quite a bit
of the code that is similar for both parties, etc.
HINT: USE THE METHOD OF INCREMENTAL DEVELOPMENT:
Start by getting the program working for only one party and list only 3 candidates. Test with
several sets of data and ensure it is working properly. Then add all the candidates and test again.
Now add the second party and test again. Ta-daa! You will have a working program!
**THIS IS WHAT YOUR OUTPUT ON THE PAPER SHOULD LOOK LIKE.**
Your name here! // print your name only once at the very beginning!
Welcome to the Presidential Primary Election 2011!
Would you like to vote in the Democratic Primary or the Republican Primary?
Please enter the corresponding number.
1. Democratic
2. Republican
3. End Election
You selected the Democratic Primary.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------// Depending upon the selection, continue with the following menus.
// This is for the Democratic Party.
Thank you for choosing the Democratic Primary. Please vote for ONE of the following candidates.
Please enter the corresponding number.
1. Barak Obama
2. Joseph Biden
3. Hillary Clinton
4. Nancy Pelosi
You selected Joseph Biden.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------// This is for the Republican Party.
Thank you for choosing the Republican Primary. Please vote for ONE of the following candidates.
Please enter the corresponding number.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Rick Perry
Sarah Palin
Michele Bachman
Herman Cain
Chris Christi
Ron Paul
Mitt Romney
Jeb Bush
Newt Gingrich
You selected Mitt Romney.
// Sample Final Report – do one for both parties.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The Results of the Democratic Presidential Primary:
Barak Obama
Joseph Biden
Hillary Clinton
Nancy Pelosi
503022
45302
501989
9345
The Winner is Barak Obama with 503022 votes.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The data file which will be provided to you to process will be as follows, where the number
indicates Democratic Primary (1) and Republican Primary (2) and the name indicates the person
receiving the vote. The 3 indicates the end of the file. (You can use this data as a test file but
the file to be used for turning is will be longer and will be posted on the class website.
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
Michele Bachman
Michele Bachman
Barak Obama
Hillary Clinton
Nancy Pelosi
Sarah Palin
Ron Paul
Mitt Romney
Jeb Bush
Nancy Pelosi
Rick Perry
Sarah Palin
Joseph Biden
Michele Bachman
Chris Christi
Ron Paul
Mitt Romney
Jeb Bush
Newt Gingrich