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

votes=["General Store", "Mall", "General Store","Ice Cream Van","General Store","Ice Cream Van","Ice Cream Van","General Store","Ice Cream Van"]

for vote in set(votes):
    print(vote+" - voted "+str(votes.count(vote))+" times")

Try this. It will output

General Store - voted 4 times
Ice Cream Van - voted 4 times
Mall - voted 1 times