+# Selectricity: Voting Machinery for the Masses
+# Copyright (C) 2007, 2008 Benjamin Mako Hill <mako@atdot.cc>
+# Copyright (C) 2007 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
+#
+# This program is free software. Please see the COPYING file for
+# details.
+
require 'date'
-class GraphController < ApplicationController
+class GraphController < ApplicationController
+ class GruffGraff
+
+ COLORS = ['#74CE00', '#005CD9', '#DC0D13', '#131313', '#A214A4', '#EFF80E',
+ '#90E5E6', '#F58313', '#437D3D', '#0E026C']
+ BACKGROUND_COLORS = ['#74CE00', '#FFFFFF'] #for green and white background
+
+ def initialize(options)
+ size = options[:size] ? options[:size] : "400x300" #allow custom sizing
+ @graph = options[:graph_type].new(size)
+
+ @graph.no_data_message = "No Voters"
+
+ @graph.theme = { :colors => COLORS,
+ :background_colors => ['#e5e5e5', '#FFFFFF'] }
+ @graph.font = File.expand_path('/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/Vera.ttf',
+ RAILS_ROOT)
+
+ if options[:legend_font_size]
+ @graph.legend_font_size = options[:legend_font_size]
+ end
+
+ if options[:title_font_size]
+ @graph.title_font_size = options[:title_font_size]
+ end
+
+ #marker count doesn't include minimum value line, default is 4
+ @graph.marker_count = options[:marker_count] if options[:marker_count]
+
+ @graph.marker_font_size = options[:marker_font_size] if options[:marker_font_size]
+
+ @graph.marker_color = options[:marker_color] if options[:marker_color]
+
+ # fill in the data with the optional data name
+ #Check to see if multiple datasets, if so, fill them all!
+ #Sort by biggest first piece of data.
+ if options[:data].is_a?(Hash)
+ options[:data].sort {|a,b| b[1][0] <=> a[1][0]}.each do |dataset|
+ @graph.data(dataset[0], dataset[1])
+ end
+ #if each dataset nameless, will have only multiple arrays
+ elsif options[:data].size > 1 && options[:data].all? {|i| i.is_a?(Array)}
+ options[:data].each do |array|
+ @graph.data( options.fetch(:data_name, "Data"), array)
+ end
+ else #one dimensional array, just pass it in
+ @graph.data( options.fetch(:data_name, "Data"), options[:data] )
+ @graph.hide_legend = true
+ end
+
+ # set the labels or create an empty hash
+ @graph.labels = options[:interval_labels] \
+ if options.has_key?(:interval_labels) and \
+ options[:interval_labels].class == Hash
+ @graph.x_axis_label = options[:x_axis_label] \
+ if options.has_key?(:x_axis_label)
+ @graph.y_axis_label = options[:y_axis_label] \
+ if options.has_key?(:y_axis_label)
+ @graph.title = options[:title] if options.has_key?(:title)
+
+ @graph.minimum_value = 0.0
+
+ end
+
+ def output
+ return([@graph.to_blob, {:disposition => 'inline', :type => 'image/png'}])
+ end
+
+ end
+
# produce a graph of votes per day during an election
def votes_per_day
@election = Election.find(params[:id])
data, labels = get_votes_per_day_data(@election)
- line = Gruff::Line.new("700x400")
- line.theme = { :background_colors => ['#73BF26', '#ffffff'] }
- line.title = "Voters Per Day"
- line.font = File.expand_path('/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/Vera.ttf',
- RAILS_ROOT)
-
- line.data( "#{@election.name}", data )
- line.labels = labels
-
- line.x_axis_label = "Date"
- line.y_axis_label = "Number of Votes"
- line.minimum_value = 0.0
-
- send_data(line.to_blob, :disposition => 'inline', :type => 'image/png')
+ graph = GruffGraff.new( :graph_type => Gruff::Line,
+ :data_name => @election.name,
+ :data => data,
+ :interval_labels => labels,
+ :title => "Voters Per Day",
+ :x_axis_label => "Data",
+ :y_axis_label =>"Number of Votes")
+ send_data(*graph.output)
end
#will place votes in a fixed number of intervals, and shows votes over time
@election = Election.find(params[:id])
data, labels, scale = get_votes_per_interval_data(@election)
- line = Gruff::Line.new("700x400")
- line.theme = { :background_colors => ['#73BF26', '#ffffff'] }
- line.title = "Voters Over Time"
- line.font = File.expand_path('/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/Vera.ttf',
- RAILS_ROOT)
+ hide_legend = true
- line.data("#{@election.name}", data )
- line.labels = labels
+ graph = GruffGraff.new( :graph_type => Gruff::Line,
+ :data_name => @election.name,
+ :data => data,
+ :interval_labels => labels,
+ :title => "Voters Over Time",
+ :size => "330x232",
+ :legend_font_size => 40,
+ :title_font_size => 50,
+ :marker_count => 2,
+ :marker_font_size => 30,
+ :marker_color => '#999999',
+ :x_axis_label => scale,
+ :y_axis_label => "Number of Votes")
+ send_data(*graph.output)
+ end
+
+ def borda_bar
+ @election = Election.find(params[:id])
+ @election.results unless @election.borda_result
+ data, labels = get_borda_points(@election.borda_result)
+
+ size = "400x300"
+ size = "580x300" if @election.candidates.size >= 5
+
+ if @election.candidates.size >= 5
+ marker_font_size = 17
+ else
+ marker_font_size = 20
+ end
- line.x_axis_label = scale
- line.y_axis_label = "Number of Votes"
- line.minimum_value = 0.0
-
- send_data(line.to_blob, :disposition => 'inline', :type => 'image/png')
+ graph = GruffGraff.new( :graph_type => Gruff::Bar,
+ :data_name => @election.name,
+ :data => data,
+ :interval_labels => labels,
+ :size => size,
+ :title => "Points Per Candidate",
+ :marker_color => '#999999',
+ :marker_font_size => marker_font_size,
+ :y_axis_label => "Points",
+ :x_axis_label => "Candidates")
+ send_data(*graph.output)
end
-
- def quickvote_bar
+ #Acording to Tufte, small, concomparitive, highly labeled data sets usually
+ #belong in tables. The following is a bar graph...but would it be better
+ #as a table?
+ def choices_positions
@election = Election.find(params[:id])
+ legend = Hash.new
+ alldata, labels = get_positions_info(@election)
+ @election.results unless @election.condorcet_result || @election.ssd_result
+ ranked_candidates = @election.condorcet_result.ranked_candidates.flatten
+
+ names = Hash.new
+ candidates = @election.candidates.sort.collect {|candidate| candidate.id}
+ candidates.each do |candidate|
+ names[candidate]= (Candidate.find(candidate)).name
+ end
+
+ ranked_candidates.each_with_index \
+ {|candidate, index| legend[names[candidate]] = alldata[index]}
+
+ graph = GruffGraff.new( :graph_type => Gruff::Bar,
+ :data => legend,
+ :interval_labels => labels,
+ :title => "Times Voted in Each Position",
+ :y_axis_label => "Number of Times Ranked",
+ :x_axis_label => "Rank")
+ send_data(*graph.output)
end
- def borda_bar
+ def plurality_pie
@election = Election.find(params[:id])
- pref_tally = make_preference_tally(@election)
-
- @borda_result = BordaVote.new(pref_tally).result
- data, labels = get_borda_points(@borda_result)
-
- bar = Gruff::Bar.new("700x400")
- bar.theme = { :background_colors => ['#73BF26', '#ffffff'] }
- bar.title = "Points Per Candidate"
- bar.font = File.expand_path('/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/Vera.ttf',
- RAILS_ROOT)
-
- bar.data("#{@election.name}", data)
- bar.labels = labels
-
- bar.y_axis_label = "Points"
- bar.x_axis_label = "Candidate"
- bar.minimum_value = 0.0
- send_data(bar.to_blob, :disposition => 'inline', :type => 'image/png')
- end
+ @election.results unless @election.plurality_result || @election.approval_result
+ votes = @election.votes.size
+ data = Hash.new
+ names = @election.names_by_id
+
+ @election.plurality_result.points.each do |candidate, votes|
+ data[names[candidate]] = votes
+ end
+ size = "400x300"
+ size = "520x300" if @election.candidates.size >= 8
+
+ if @election.candidates.size >= 8
+ marker_font_size = 20
+ legend_font_size = 17
+ else
+ marker_font_size = 17
+ legend_font_size = 17
+ end
+ pie = GruffGraff.new( :graph_type => Gruff::Pie,
+ :title => "Percentage of First Place Votes",
+ :size => size,
+ :marker_font_size => marker_font_size,
+ :legend_font_size => legend_font_size,
+ :data => data)
+ send_data(*pie.output)
+
+ end
+
private
+ def get_positions_info(election)
+ buckets = Hash.new
+ buckets2= Hash.new
+ rank_labels = Hash.new
+
+ #attach the ranking to the candidate's array to which is belongs
+ #creating a key if necessary
+ election.votes.each do |vote|
+ vote.rankings.each do |ranking|
+
+ unless buckets.has_key?(ranking.candidate_id)
+ buckets[ranking.candidate_id] = []
+ end
+ buckets[ranking.candidate_id] << ranking.rank
+
+ end
+ end
+
+ #count how many times each candidate has been ranked at a certain level
+ buckets.each_pair do |id, array|
+ (1..election.candidates.size).each do |i|
+ buckets2[id] = [] unless buckets2.has_key?(id)
+ buckets2[id] << (array.find_all {|rank| rank == i}).size
+ end
+ end
+
+ #sort by amount of 1st place votes
+ sorted_data = buckets2.values.sort {|a,b| b[0] <=> a[0]}
+
+ election.votes.each do |vote|
+ vote.rankings.size.times do |i|
+ rank_labels[i] = (i+1).to_s
+ end
+ end
+
+ return sorted_data, rank_labels
+ end
# generate the data and labels for each graph
def get_votes_per_day_data(election)
# Now I need to create an array with all the times votes were made
election.votes.each do |vote|
- voter_days << Date.parse(vote.time.to_s)
+ next unless vote.time
+ voter_days << Date.parse(vote.time.to_s)
end
voter_days.sort!
# Make a hash, buckets, indexed by time intervals and containing empty arrays
# The time object must come first in addition!
- # i would start at 0, i+1 goes from 0 up till numcols
+ # i would start at 0, i+1 goes from 1 up till numcols
numcols.times {|i| buckets[starttime + ((i+1)*interval_length)] = []}
# Put votes into bucket according to the time interval to which they belong,
# referenced by their key
- # Will build a graph over time, as each successive interval wil lhave more
+ # Will build a graph over time, as each successive interval will have more
# vote objects
election.votes.each do |vote|
+ next unless vote.time
buckets.keys.sort.each do |inter|
if vote.time < inter
buckets[inter] << vote
# Create the hash for the labels. Each graph has ten columns, and three
# will be labeled
if timedelta < 2.hours #under two hours use minutes for labels
- labels_hash[0] = starttime.min.to_s
- labels_hash[(numcols/2)-1] = (starttime + (timedelta/2)).min.to_s
- labels_hash[numcols-1] = Time.now.min.to_s
- interval_type = "Minute of the Hour"
+ labels_hash[0] = "Start"
+ labels_hash[(numcols/2)-1] = fmt_decimal((timedelta/120)) #halfway
+ labels_hash[numcols-1] = fmt_decimal((timedelta/60))
+ interval_type = "Minutes After Start"
elsif timedelta < 2.days #more than 2 hours means use hours for labels
- labels_hash[0] = starttime.hour.to_s
- labels_hash[(numcols/2)-1] = (starttime + (timedelta/2)).hour.to_s
- labels_hash[numcols-1] = Time.now.hour.to_s
- interval_type = "Hour of the Day on 24 hour scale"
+ labels_hash[0] = "Start"
+ labels_hash[(numcols/2)-1] = fmt_decimal((timedelta/7200))
+ labels_hash[numcols-1] = fmt_decimal((timedelta/3600))
+ interval_type = "Hours After Start (Up to 48)"
else #more than 2 days means use dates for labels
labels_hash[0] = (Date.parse(starttime.to_s)).to_s
- labels_hash[(numcols/2)-1] = (Date.parse(starttime + (timedelta/2))).to_s
+ labels_hash[(numcols/2)-1] = (Date.parse((starttime + (timedelta/2)).to_s)).to_s
labels_hash[numcols-1] = (Date.today).to_s
interval_type = "The Date"
end
return total_per_interval, labels_hash, interval_type
end
+ def fmt_decimal(number)
+ sprintf( "%0.1f", number)
+ end
+
def get_borda_points(result)
- #points holds how mnay points each candidate has received in array form
- #becasue Gruff::Bar#data takes only an array
points = Array.new
labels = Hash.new
#Populate points with an sorted array from election.votes hash
#biggest to smallest will go from left to right
- points = result.election.votes.sort do |a, b|
+ points = result.points.sort do |a, b|
b[1] <=> a[1]
end.collect {|i| i[1]}
end
return preference_tally
end
-
end
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