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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def votes(self, req) -> int: """ Get the number of propagates for a given reqId and identifier. """

        try:
            votes = len(self[req.key].propagates)
        except KeyError:
            votes = 0
        return votes