Python Lists - Finding Number of Times a String Occurs

Question

How would I find how many times each string appears in my list?

Say I have the word:

\"General Store\"

that is in my list like 20 t

Answer 1

I like one-line solutions to problems like this:

def tally_votes(l):
  return map(lambda x: (x, len(filter(lambda y: y==x, l))), set(l))