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SQL: Highest Votes State
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SQL: Highest Votes State

EasySQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Fractal's election analytics team is reviewing state-level participation totals. Write a PostgreSQL query to identify the state or states that recorded the highest number of votes.

Requirements

  1. Join states to state_votes using state_id.
  2. Calculate the total votes for every state, treating states without valid vote records as having zero votes.
  3. Return all states tied for the highest total, with columns named state_name and total_votes.
  4. Sort tied results alphabetically by state name.

Schema

states
ColumnTypeDescription
state_idPKINTUnique state identifier
state_nameVARCHAR(100)State name
state_votes
ColumnTypeDescription
vote_idPKINTUnique vote-count record identifier
state_idINTState associated with the vote-count record
vote_countINTNumber of votes represented by the record
Tablesstatesstate_votes
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