List - How to find number of times an item appears
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  <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
  <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2600191/how-to-calculate-the-occurrences-of-a-list-item-in-python">How to calculate the occurrences of a list item in Python?</a>  </p>
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<p>I am making a sort of poll. For that, I am using Python, and the part I am stuck at is trying to figure out how to count the number of times a certain thing, say, "General Store" shows up.</p>

<p>E.g. of Poll:</p>

<p>Where do you see advertisements the most?</p>

<ol>
<li><p>General Store</p></li>
<li><p>Supermarket</p></li>
<li><p>Mall</p></li>
<li><p>Small Stores</p></li>
</ol>

<p>The poll data is submitted via radio buttons if that information is needed. All of these answers would be appended to a list, and then I want to create a results page that shows how many times each thing was voted on.</p>
