text: //* Initializing mysql from npm 
  const mysql = require(`mysql2`);
  
  
  //* Connect to MySql database
  const db = mysql.createConnection(
    {
      host: `localhost`,
      // Your MySQL username,
      user: `root`,
      // Your MySQl password
      password: ``,
      database: `election`
    },
    console.log(`Connected to the election database.`)
  );
  
  
  //*exporting it so it can be used by the rest of the files 
  module.exports = db;
  