dinner_vote.py

from collections import defaultdict
import random


restaurants = [
    'za', 'jake', 'spoon', 'hacienda', 'bridgetender', 'river grill', 'rosie', 'sunnyside'
]

people = ['megan', 'jan', 'todd', 'colin', 'michelle']
random.shuffle(people)


votes = defaultdict(int)
for person in people:
    for points, round in [(2, 'first'), (1, 'second')]:
        print(chr(27) + "[2J")
        print 'Choices:'
        for idx, restaurant in enumerate(restaurants, start=1):
            print '[%d] %s' % (idx, restaurant)

        print
        choice_idx = int(raw_input('%s, enter your %s choice: ' % (person, round)))
        choice_restaurant = restaurants[choice_idx-1]

        votes[choice_restaurant] += points

ordered = sorted(votes.iteritems(), key=lambda (rest, votes): -votes)

print ordered