How do you make an 'enum' that has data tied to it?

Question

I have a Vote class and one of the properties it can have is a vote type. Such as unanimous, a 3/4 vote, a simply majority, etc. Each type needs to have a string associated with

Answer 1

public class Vote()
{
     public VoteType VoteSelectType { get; set; }
}

public enum VoteType
{
    [Display(Name = "Enter Text Here")]
    unanimous = 1,
    [Display(Name = "Enter Text Here")]
    threequatervote = 2,
    [Display(Name = "Enter Text Here")]
    simplymajority = 3
}

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