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Poll title:

     American Idol, Season 8, Top 7    

Question (number 1) title:

     Who is your favorite, second-favorite, etc., singer?    

The most preferred and most representative choice is:

    Adam Lambert

Overall popularity ranking:

     
Popularity Choice VoteFair
ranking
score
Traditional
vote count

(for comparison)
First-most popular Adam Lambert  Ranking score is 72 for Adam Lambert 617 voters marked Adam Lambert as their first choice
Second-most popular Allison Iraheta  Ranking score is 61 for Allison Iraheta 138 voters marked Allison Iraheta as their first choice
Third-most popular Kris Allen  Ranking score is 48 for Kris Allen 360 voters marked Kris Allen as their first choice
Fourth-most popular Danny Gokey  Ranking score is 35 for Danny Gokey 141 voters marked Danny Gokey as their first choice
Fifth-most popular Matt Giraud  Ranking score is 22 for Matt Giraud 65 voters marked Matt Giraud as their first choice
Sixth-most popular Anoop Desai  Ranking score is 11 for Anoop Desai 76 voters marked Anoop Desai as their first choice
Seventh-most popular Lil Rounds  Ranking score is 0 for Lil Rounds 18 voters marked Lil Rounds as their first choice

VoteFair representation Ranking

  

First-most representative choice is:

Adam Lambert

Second-most representative choice is:

Kris Allen

Third-most representative choice is:

Allison Iraheta

Additional levels of representation were not calculated.
(There may be too many questions, too many choices for this question, or too many votes, or no further calculations were requested.)

VoteFair representation ranking results should be used when more than one choice is to be selected. Why? When there are 100 voters, 51 of them can choose the first winner, so the other 49 voters deserve extra influence in choosing the second winner (instead of letting the 51 voters also choose the second winner). When should representation results be used? When a second candidate is elected to a second equivalent seat in a state legislature, or when an organization pursues a simultaneous second activity in addition to the most popular activity.

Comparison of VoteFair Ranking with other voting methods

  
Voting method Winner
VoteFair Adam Lambert
Instant runoff Adam Lambert
(16 ballots at least partially ignored because they include an equal preference at a significant step in the runoff process.
(Choice eliminated in the first round : Lil Rounds)
Majority None of the choices has won a majority (more than half) the votes.

(13 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Plurality Adam Lambert

(13 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Condorcet Adam Lambert
Borda count Adam Lambert
(111 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice at the same preference level.)

Details of plurality results

  
Choice Vote count Percentage
Adam Lambert 617 44 617 voters marked Adam Lambert as their first choice
Kris Allen 360 25 360 voters marked Kris Allen as their first choice
Danny Gokey 141 10 141 voters marked Danny Gokey as their first choice
Allison Iraheta 138 10 138 voters marked Allison Iraheta as their first choice
Anoop Desai 76 5 76 voters marked Anoop Desai as their first choice
Matt Giraud 65 5 65 voters marked Matt Giraud as their first choice
Lil Rounds 18 1 18 voters marked Lil Rounds as their first choice
(13 ballots ignored in plurality counting because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)

Notice that the choice with the most plurality votes is not necessarily the most popular. Similarly the choice with the fewest plurality votes is not necessarily the least popular.

Data and Calculation Summary
Number of votes: 1,428
The following tally table summarizes all the preferences of all the voters. The bold underlined numbers are the ones that apply to the winning sequence.
  
All possible pairs of choice names Number of votes with indicated preference
Prefer X over Y Equal preference Prefer Y over X
X = Adam Lambert
Y = Allison Iraheta
904
904 voters prefer Adam Lambert over Allison Iraheta
35
35 voters have an equal preference for Adam Lambert and Allison Iraheta
489
489 voters prefer Allison Iraheta over Adam Lambert
X = Adam Lambert
Y = Kris Allen
859
859 voters prefer Adam Lambert over Kris Allen
22
22 voters have an equal preference for Adam Lambert and Kris Allen
547
547 voters prefer Kris Allen over Adam Lambert
X = Adam Lambert
Y = Danny Gokey
1,001
1,001 voter prefer Adam Lambert over Danny Gokey
30
30 voters have an equal preference for Adam Lambert and Danny Gokey
397
397 voters prefer Danny Gokey over Adam Lambert
X = Adam Lambert
Y = Matt Giraud
1,073
1,073 voter prefer Adam Lambert over Matt Giraud
36
36 voters have an equal preference for Adam Lambert and Matt Giraud
319
319 voters prefer Matt Giraud over Adam Lambert
X = Adam Lambert
Y = Anoop Desai
1,114
1,114 voter prefer Adam Lambert over Anoop Desai
31
31 voters have an equal preference for Adam Lambert and Anoop Desai
283
283 voters prefer Anoop Desai over Adam Lambert
X = Adam Lambert
Y = Lil Rounds
1,232
1,232 voter prefer Adam Lambert over Lil Rounds
34
34 voters have an equal preference for Adam Lambert and Lil Rounds
162
162 voters prefer Lil Rounds over Adam Lambert
X = Allison Iraheta
Y = Kris Allen
758
758 voters prefer Allison Iraheta over Kris Allen
29
29 voters have an equal preference for Allison Iraheta and Kris Allen
641
641 voters prefer Kris Allen over Allison Iraheta
X = Allison Iraheta
Y = Danny Gokey
919
919 voters prefer Allison Iraheta over Danny Gokey
37
37 voters have an equal preference for Allison Iraheta and Danny Gokey
472
472 voters prefer Danny Gokey over Allison Iraheta
X = Allison Iraheta
Y = Matt Giraud
1,085
1,085 voter prefer Allison Iraheta over Matt Giraud
42
42 voters have an equal preference for Allison Iraheta and Matt Giraud
301
301 voters prefer Matt Giraud over Allison Iraheta
X = Allison Iraheta
Y = Anoop Desai
1,146
1,146 voter prefer Allison Iraheta over Anoop Desai
33
33 voters have an equal preference for Allison Iraheta and Anoop Desai
249
249 voters prefer Anoop Desai over Allison Iraheta
X = Allison Iraheta
Y = Lil Rounds
1,291
1,291 voter prefer Allison Iraheta over Lil Rounds
37
37 voters have an equal preference for Allison Iraheta and Lil Rounds
100
100 voters prefer Lil Rounds over Allison Iraheta
X = Kris Allen
Y = Danny Gokey
776
776 voters prefer Kris Allen over Danny Gokey
34
34 voters have an equal preference for Kris Allen over Danny Gokey
618
618 voters prefer Danny Gokey over Kris Allen
X = Kris Allen
Y = Matt Giraud
1,046
1,046 voter prefer Kris Allen over Matt Giraud
43
43 voters have an equal preference for Kris Allen and Matt Giraud
339
339 voters prefer Matt Giraud over Kris Allen
X = Kris Allen
Y = Anoop Desai
1,093
1,093 voter prefer Kris Allen over Anoop Desai
35
35 voters have an equal preference for Kris Allen over Anoop Desai
300
300 voters prefer Anoop Desai over Kris Allen
X = Kris Allen
Y = Lil Rounds
1,232
1,232 voter prefer Kris Allen over Lil Rounds
35
35 voters have an equal preference for Kris Allen and Lil Rounds
161
161 voters prefer Lil Rounds over Kris Allen
X = Danny Gokey
Y = Matt Giraud
865
865 voters prefer Danny Gokey over Matt Giraud
48
48 voters have an equal preference for Danny Gokey and Matt Giraud
515
515 voters prefer Matt Giraud over Danny Gokey
X = Danny Gokey
Y = Anoop Desai
947
947 voters prefer Danny Gokey over Anoop Desai
47
47 voters have an equal preference for Danny Gokey over Anoop Desai
434
434 voters prefer Anoop Desai over Danny Gokey
X = Danny Gokey
Y = Lil Rounds
1,157
1,157 voter prefer Danny Gokey over Lil Rounds
56
56 voters have an equal preference for Danny Gokey and Lil Rounds
215
215 voters prefer Lil Rounds over Danny Gokey
X = Matt Giraud
Y = Anoop Desai
822
822 voters prefer Matt Giraud over Anoop Desai
59
59 voters have an equal preference for Matt Giraud over Anoop Desai
547
547 voters prefer Anoop Desai over Matt Giraud
X = Matt Giraud
Y = Lil Rounds
1,093
1,093 voter prefer Matt Giraud over Lil Rounds
64
64 voters have an equal preference for Matt Giraud over Lil Rounds
271
271 voters prefer Lil Rounds over Matt Giraud
X = Anoop Desai
Y = Lil Rounds
971
971 voters prefer Anoop Desai over Lil Rounds
56
56 voters have an equal preference for Anoop Desai and Lil Rounds
401
401 voters prefer Lil Rounds over Anoop Desai
The highest score (which equals the sum of the bold underlined numbers, plus either tally number in any tied pair of choices) is: 21,384
Number of all possible valid sequences (without ties): 5,040
First sequence:
  1. Adam Lambert
  2. Allison Iraheta
  3. Anoop Desai
  4. Danny Gokey
  5. Kris Allen
  6. Lil Rounds
  7. Matt Giraud
Last sequence:
  1. Matt Giraud
  2. Lil Rounds
  3. Kris Allen
  4. Danny Gokey
  5. Anoop Desai
  6. Allison Iraheta
  7. Adam Lambert
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Detailed ballot information
(The numbers indicate the choices
as listed in "First sequence" above,
a comma indicates the next lower preference level,
"&" joins choices at the same preference level,
and "x" precedes the vote count.)

  • 1&2&3&4&5&6&7 x2
  • 1&2&4&5&7,3&6 x1
  • 1&2&5,3&7,4&6 x1
  • 1&2,3&4&5&6&7 x1
  • 1&2,4,3&5&6&7 x1
  • 1&2,4,5&7,3&6 x1
  • 1&4,5,2,7,3,6 x1
  • 1&5,2&7,4,3,6 x1
  • 1,2&3&4&5&6&7 x8
  • 1,2&5,7,3,4,6 x1
  • 1,2&7,4,5,3,6 x2
  • 1,2,3&4&5&6&7 x3
  • 1,2,3&5,7,4,6 x1
  • 1,2,3,4,5,6&7 x1
  • 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 x6
  • 1,2,3,4,5,7,6 x7
  • 1,2,3,4,7,5,6 x1
  • 1,2,3,5,4,6,7 x1
  • 1,2,3,5,4,7,6 x4
  • 1,2,3,5,6,4,7 x1
  • 1,2,3,5,6,7,4 x1
  • 1,2,3,5,7,4,6 x1
  • 1,2,3,6,4,5,7 x1
  • 1,2,3,6,7,4,5 x1
  • 1,2,3,7,4,5,6 x1
  • 1,2,3,7,5,4,6 x1
  • 1,2,4,3&5&6&7 x2
  • 1,2,4,3&5,7,6 x1
  • 1,2,4,3&7,5,6 x1
  • 1,2,4,3,5,6,7 x4
  • 1,2,4,3,5,7,6 x9
  • 1,2,4,3,6,7,5 x3
  • 1,2,4,3,7,5,6 x2
  • 1,2,4,5&7,3,6 x1
  • 1,2,4,5,3&7,6 x1
  • 1,2,4,5,3,6,7 x9
  • 1,2,4,5,3,7,6 x17
  • 1,2,4,5,6,3,7 x1
  • 1,2,4,5,6,7,3 x10
  • 1,2,4,5,7,3,6 x37
  • 1,2,4,5,7,6,3 x11
  • 1,2,4,6,3,5,7 x2
  • 1,2,4,6,5,3,7 x2
  • 1,2,4,6,5,7,3 x1
  • 1,2,4,6,7,3,5 x1
  • 1,2,4,6,7,5,3 x1
  • 1,2,4,7,3,5,6 x2
  • 1,2,4,7,5,3,6 x6
  • 1,2,4,7,5,6,3 x7
  • 1,2,4,7,6,3,5 x4
  • [Remaining ballots not listed]

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