Fivethirtyeight general election forecast

Forecast

// Variables used by Scriptable.
// These must be at the very top of the file. Do not edit.

const url = "https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-election-forecast/us_timeseries.json"
const req = new Request(url)
const res = await req.loadJSON()

const Biden = Math.round(res[0].candidates.find(x => x.candidate == "Biden").dates[0].winprob) + "%"
const Trump = Math.round(res[0].candidates.find(x => x.candidate == "Trump").dates[0].winprob) + "%"

if (config.runsInWidget) {
  // create and show widget
  let widget = createWidget("General Election", `Biden: ${Biden}` , `Trump: ${Trump}`, "#000000")
  Script.setWidget(widget)
  Script.complete()
} else {
  // make table
  let table = new UITable()
  
  // add header
  let row = new UITableRow()
  row.isHeader = true
  row.addText("Forecast")
  table.addRow(row)
  
  // fill data
  table.addRow(createRow("Biden",  `${Biden}`))
  table.addRow(createRow("Trump", Trump))
  
  if (config.runsWithSiri)
    Speech.speak("Biden has a ${Biden} chance of winning the election")
  
  // present table
  table.present()
}



function createRow(title, number) {
  let row = new UITableRow()
  row.addText(title)
  row.addText(number.toString()).rightAligned()
  return row
}

function createWidget(pretitle, title, subtitle, color) {
  
  let w = new ListWidget()
  
  w.backgroundColor = new Color(color)
  let preTxt = w.addText(pretitle)
  preTxt.textColor = Color.white()
  preTxt.textOpacity = 0.8
  preTxt.font = Font.systemFont(14)
  w.addSpacer(5)
  let titleTxt = w.addText(title)
  titleTxt.textColor = Color.white()
  titleTxt.font = Font.systemFont(22)
  w.addSpacer(5)
  let subTxt = w.addText(subtitle)
  subTxt.textColor = Color.white()
  subTxt.textOpacity = 0.8
  subTxt.font = Font.systemFont(18)
  return w
}