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Poll title:

     American Idol Season 6 Poll, Top 10    

Question (number 1) title:

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

The most preferred and most representative choice is:

    Melinda Doolittle

Overall popularity ranking:

     
Popularity Choice VoteFair
ranking
score
Traditional
vote count

(for comparison)
First-most popular Melinda Doolittle Ranking score is

76

for

Melinda Doolittle
Second-most popular Jordin Sparks Ranking score is

66

for

Jordin Sparks
Third-most popular Blake Lewis Ranking score is

60

for

Blake Lewis
Fourth-most popular Lakisha Jones Ranking score is

48

for

Lakisha Jones
Fifth-most popular Gina Glocksen Ranking score is

35

for

Gina Glocksen
Sixth-most popular Chris Richardson Ranking score is

28

for

Chris Richardson
Seventh-most popular Chris Sligh Ranking score is

21

for

Chris Sligh
Eighth-most popular Haley Scarnato Ranking score is

14

for

Haley Scarnato
Ninth-most popular Phil Stacey Ranking score is

9

for

Phil Stacey
Tenth-most popular Sanjaya Malakar Ranking score is

0

for

Sanjaya Malakar

VoteFair representation Ranking

  
First-most representative choice is: Melinda Doolittle
Second-most representative choice is: Blake Lewis

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 Melinda Doolittle
Instant runoff A winner cannot be identified because, in one of the rounds of voting, there is a tie among the choices with the fewest votes
(Choice eliminated in the first round: Chris Sligh)
Majority None of the choices has won a majority ( more than half ) the votes.

(5 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Plurality Melinda Doolittle

(5 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Condorcet Melinda Doolittle
Borda count Melinda Doolittle

(49 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice at the same preference level.)

Details of plurality results

  
Choice Vote count Percentage
Melinda Doolittle 135 38
Blake Lewis 72 21
Jordin Sparks 51 15
Lakisha Jones 22 6
Sanjaya Malakar 20 6
Gina Glocksen 18 5
Haley Scarnato 14 4
Phil Stacey 7 2
Chris Richardson 7 2
Chris Sligh 5 1
(5 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: 356
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 = Melinda Doolittle
Y = Jordin Sparks
219
219 voters prefer

Melinda Doolittle

over

Jordin Sparks
13
13 voters have an equal preference for

Melinda Doolittle

and

Jordin Sparks
124
124 voters prefer

Jordin Sparks

over

Melinda Doolittle
X = Melinda Doolittle
Y = Blake Lewis
215
215 voters prefer

Melinda Doolittle

over

Blake Lewis
15
15 voters have an equal preference for

Melinda Doolittle

and

Blake Lewis
126
126 voters prefer

Blake Lewis

over

Melinda Doolittle
X = Melinda Doolittle
Y = Lakisha Jones
260
260 voters prefer

Melinda Doolittle

over

Lakisha Jones
18
18 voters have an equal preference for

Melinda Doolittle

and

Lakisha Jones
78
78 voters prefer

Lakisha Jones

over

Melinda Doolittle
X = Melinda Doolittle
Y = Gina Glocksen
272
272 voters prefer

Melinda Doolittle

over

Gina Glocksen
18
18 voters have an equal preference for

Melinda Doolittle

and

Gina Glocksen
66
66 voters prefer

Gina Glocksen

over

Melinda Doolittle
X = Melinda Doolittle
Y = Chris Richardson
278
278 voters prefer

Melinda Doolittle

over

Chris Richardson
15
15 voters have an equal preference for

Melinda Doolittle

and

Chris Richardson
63
63 voters prefer

Chris Richardson

over

Melinda Doolittle
X = Melinda Doolittle
Y = Chris Sligh
290
290 voters prefer

Melinda Doolittle

over

Chris Sligh
17
17 voters have an equal preference for

Melinda Doolittle

and

Chris Sligh
49
49 voters prefer

Chris Sligh

over

Melinda Doolittle
X = Melinda Doolittle
Y = Haley Scarnato
284
284 voters prefer

Melinda Doolittle

over

Haley Scarnato
16
16 voters have an equal preference for

Melinda Doolittle

and

Haley Scarnato
56
56 voters prefer

Haley Scarnato

over

Melinda Doolittle
X = Melinda Doolittle
Y = Phil Stacey
296
296 voters prefer

Melinda Doolittle

over

Phil Stacey
16
16 voters have an equal preference for

Melinda Doolittle

and

Phil Stacey
44
44 voters prefer

Phil Stacey

over

Melinda Doolittle
X = Melinda Doolittle
Y = Sanjaya Malakar
313
313 voters prefer

Melinda Doolittle

over

Sanjaya Malakar
9
9 voters have an equal preference for

Melinda Doolittle

and

Sanjaya Malakar
34
34 voters prefer

Sanjaya Malakar

over

Melinda Doolittle
X = Jordin Sparks
Y = Blake Lewis
177
177 voters prefer

Jordin Sparks

over

Blake Lewis
14
14 voters have an equal preference for

Jordin Sparks

and

Blake Lewis
165
165 voters prefer

Blake Lewis

over

Jordin Sparks
X = Jordin Sparks
Y = Lakisha Jones
221
221 voter prefers

Jordin Sparks

over

Lakisha Jones
18
18 voters have an equal preference for

Jordin Sparks

and

Lakisha Jones
117
117 voters prefer

Lakisha Jones

over

Jordin Sparks
X = Jordin Sparks
Y = Gina Glocksen
258
258 voters prefer

Jordin Sparks

over

Gina Glocksen
20
20 voters have an equal preference for

Jordin Sparks

and

Gina Glocksen
78
78 voters prefer

Gina Glocksen

over

Jordin Sparks
X = Jordin Sparks
Y = Chris Richardson
274
274 voters prefer

Jordin Sparks

over

Chris Richardson
19
19 voters have an equal preference for

Jordin Sparks

and

Chris Richardson
63
63 voters prefer

Chris Richardson

over

Jordin Sparks
X = Jordin Sparks
Y = Chris Sligh
294
294 voters prefer

Jordin Sparks

over

Chris Sligh
20
20 voters have an equal preference for

Jordin Sparks

and

Chris Sligh
42
42 voters prefer

Chris Sligh

over

Jordin Sparks
X = Jordin Sparks
Y = Haley Scarnato
285
285 voters prefer

Jordin Sparks

over

Haley Scarnato
20
20 voters have an equal preference for

Jordin Sparks

and

Haley Scarnato
51
51 voter prefers

Haley Scarnato

over

Jordin Sparks
X = Jordin Sparks
Y = Phil Stacey
292
292 voters prefer

Jordin Sparks

over

Phil Stacey
20
20 voters have an equal preference for

Jordin Sparks

and

Phil Stacey
44
44 voters prefer

Phil Stacey

over

Jordin Sparks
X = Jordin Sparks
Y = Sanjaya Malakar
318
318 voters prefer

Jordin Sparks

over

Sanjaya Malakar
8
8 voters have an equal preference for

Jordin Sparks

and

Sanjaya Malakar
30
30 voters prefer

Sanjaya Malakar

over

Jordin Sparks
X = Blake Lewis
Y = Lakisha Jones
221
221 voter prefers

Blake Lewis

over

Lakisha Jones
18
18 voters have an equal preference for

Blake Lewis

and

Lakisha Jones
117
117 voters prefer

Lakisha Jones

over

Blake Lewis
X = Blake Lewis
Y = Gina Glocksen
252
252 voters prefer

Blake Lewis

over

Gina Glocksen
18
18 voters have an equal preference for

Blake Lewis

and

Gina Glocksen
86
86 voters prefer

Gina Glocksen

over

Blake Lewis
X = Blake Lewis
Y = Chris Richardson
289
289 voters prefer

Blake Lewis

over

Chris Richardson
20
20 voters have an equal preference for

Blake Lewis

and

Chris Richardson
47
47 voters prefer

Chris Richardson

over

Blake Lewis
X = Blake Lewis
Y = Chris Sligh
290
290 voters prefer

Blake Lewis

over

Chris Sligh
19
19 voters have an equal preference for

Blake Lewis

and

Chris Sligh
47
47 voters prefer

Chris Sligh

over

Blake Lewis
X = Blake Lewis
Y = Haley Scarnato
277
277 voters prefer

Blake Lewis

over

Haley Scarnato
20
20 voters have an equal preference for

Blake Lewis

and

Haley Scarnato
59
59 voters prefer

Haley Scarnato

over

Blake Lewis
X = Blake Lewis
Y = Phil Stacey
292
292 voters prefer

Blake Lewis

over

Phil Stacey
18
18 voters have an equal preference for

Blake Lewis

and

Phil Stacey
46
46 voters prefer

Phil Stacey

over

Blake Lewis
X = Blake Lewis
Y = Sanjaya Malakar
317
317 voters prefer

Blake Lewis

over

Sanjaya Malakar
8
8 voters have an equal preference for

Blake Lewis

and

Sanjaya Malakar
31
31 voter prefers

Sanjaya Malakar

over

Blake Lewis
X = Lakisha Jones
Y = Gina Glocksen
219
219 voters prefer

Lakisha Jones

over

Gina Glocksen
23
23 voters have an equal preference for

Lakisha Jones

and

Gina Glocksen
114
114 voters prefer

Gina Glocksen

over

Lakisha Jones
X = Lakisha Jones
Y = Chris Richardson
235
235 voters prefer

Lakisha Jones

over

Chris Richardson
19
19 voters have an equal preference for

Lakisha Jones

and

Chris Richardson
102
102 voters prefer

Chris Richardson

over

Lakisha Jones
X = Lakisha Jones
Y = Chris Sligh
254
254 voters prefer

Lakisha Jones

over

Chris Sligh
23
23 voters have an equal preference for

Lakisha Jones

and

Chris Sligh
79
79 voters prefer

Chris Sligh

over

Lakisha Jones
X = Lakisha Jones
Y = Haley Scarnato
249
249 voters prefer

Lakisha Jones

over

Haley Scarnato
24
24 voters have an equal preference for

Lakisha Jones

and

Haley Scarnato
83
83 voters prefer

Haley Scarnato

over

Lakisha Jones
X = Lakisha Jones
Y = Phil Stacey
275
275 voters prefer

Lakisha Jones

over

Phil Stacey
21
21 voter has an equal preference for

Lakisha Jones

and

Phil Stacey
60
60 voters prefer

Phil Stacey

over

Lakisha Jones
X = Lakisha Jones
Y = Sanjaya Malakar
296
296 voters prefer

Lakisha Jones

over

Sanjaya Malakar
14
14 voters have an equal preference for

Lakisha Jones

and

Sanjaya Malakar
46
46 voters prefer

Sanjaya Malakar

over

Lakisha Jones
X = Gina Glocksen
Y = Chris Richardson
186
186 voters prefer

Gina Glocksen

over

Chris Richardson
24
24 voters have an equal preference for

Gina Glocksen

and

Chris Richardson
146
146 voters prefer

Chris Richardson

over

Gina Glocksen
X = Gina Glocksen
Y = Chris Sligh
205
205 voters prefer

Gina Glocksen

over

Chris Sligh
26
26 voters have an equal preference for

Gina Glocksen

and

Chris Sligh
125
125 voters prefer

Chris Sligh

over

Gina Glocksen
X = Gina Glocksen
Y = Haley Scarnato
213
213 voters prefer

Gina Glocksen

over

Haley Scarnato
29
29 voters have an equal preference for

Gina Glocksen

and

Haley Scarnato
114
114 voters prefer

Haley Scarnato

over

Gina Glocksen
X = Gina Glocksen
Y = Phil Stacey
222
222 voters prefer

Gina Glocksen

over

Phil Stacey
28
28 voters have an equal preference for

Gina Glocksen

and

Phil Stacey
106
106 voters prefer

Phil Stacey

over

Gina Glocksen
X = Gina Glocksen
Y = Sanjaya Malakar
296
296 voters prefer

Gina Glocksen

over

Sanjaya Malakar
16
16 voters have an equal preference for

Gina Glocksen

and

Sanjaya Malakar
44
44 voters prefer

Sanjaya Malakar

over

Gina Glocksen
X = Chris Richardson
Y = Chris Sligh
196
196 voters prefer

Chris Richardson

over

Chris Sligh
25
25 voters have an equal preference for

Chris Richardson

and

Chris Sligh
135
135 voters prefer

Chris Sligh

over

Chris Richardson
X = Chris Richardson
Y = Haley Scarnato
187
187 voters prefer

Chris Richardson

over

Haley Scarnato
26
26 voters have an equal preference for

Chris Richardson

and

Haley Scarnato
143
143 voters prefer

Haley Scarnato

over

Chris Richardson
X = Chris Richardson
Y = Phil Stacey
220
220 voters prefer

Chris Richardson

over

Phil Stacey
26
26 voters have an equal preference for

Chris Richardson

and

Phil Stacey
110
110 voters prefer

Phil Stacey

over

Chris Richardson
X = Chris Richardson
Y = Sanjaya Malakar
285
285 voters prefer

Chris Richardson

over

Sanjaya Malakar
14
14 voters have an equal preference for

Chris Richardson

and

Sanjaya Malakar
57
57 voters prefer

Sanjaya Malakar

over

Chris Richardson
X = Chris Sligh
Y = Haley Scarnato
175
175 voters prefer

Chris Sligh

over

Haley Scarnato
26
26 voters have an equal preference for

Chris Sligh

and

Haley Scarnato
155
155 voters prefer

Haley Scarnato

over

Chris Sligh
X = Chris Sligh
Y = Phil Stacey
202
202 voters prefer

Chris Sligh

over

Phil Stacey
25
25 voters have an equal preference for

Chris Sligh

and

Phil Stacey
129
129 voters prefer

Phil Stacey

over

Chris Sligh
X = Chris Sligh
Y = Sanjaya Malakar
290
290 voters prefer

Chris Sligh

over

Sanjaya Malakar
16
16 voters have an equal preference for

Chris Sligh

and

Sanjaya Malakar
50
50 voters prefer

Sanjaya Malakar

over

Chris Sligh
X = Haley Scarnato
Y = Phil Stacey
167
167 voters prefer

Haley Scarnato

over

Phil Stacey
28
28 voters have an equal preference for

Haley Scarnato

and

Phil Stacey
161
161 voter prefers

Phil Stacey

over

Haley Scarnato
X = Haley Scarnato
Y = Sanjaya Malakar
280
280 voters prefer

Haley Scarnato

over

Sanjaya Malakar
18
18 voters have an equal preference for

Haley Scarnato

and

Sanjaya Malakar
58
58 voters prefer

Sanjaya Malakar

over

Haley Scarnato
X = Phil Stacey
Y = Sanjaya Malakar
287
287 voters prefer

Phil Stacey

over

Sanjaya Malakar
16
16 voters have an equal preference for

Phil Stacey

and

Sanjaya Malakar
53
53 voters prefer

Sanjaya Malakar

over

Phil Stacey
The highest score (which equals the sum of the bold underlined numbers, plus either tally number in any tied pair of choices) is: 11,423
Number of all possible valid sequences (without ties): 3,628,800
First sequence:
  1. Gina Glocksen
  2. Haley Scarnato
  3. Jordin Sparks
  4. Lakisha Jones
  5. Melinda Doolittle
  6. Blake Lewis
  7. Chris Richardson
  8. Chris Sligh
  9. Phil Stacey
  10. Sanjaya Malakar
Last sequence:
  1. Sanjaya Malakar
  2. Phil Stacey
  3. Chris Sligh
  4. Chris Richardson
  5. Blake Lewis
  6. Melinda Doolittle
  7. Lakisha Jones
  8. Jordin Sparks
  9. Haley Scarnato
  10. Gina Glocksen
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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&8&9&10 x2
  • 1&5,4,8,3,9,6,2,7,10 x1
  • 1,2&3&4&5&6&7&8&9&10 x1
  • 1,2,3,4,5,6,9,7,8,10 x1
  • 1,3,10,7,6,5,2,8,9,4 x1
  • 1,3,4,5,7,6,8,9,10,2 x1
  • 1,3,4,5,8,6,7,9,2&10 x1
  • 1,3,5,4,7,9,8,2,10,6 x1
  • 1,3,7,4,5,10,6,9,8,2 x1
  • 1,4&6,3,5,7,8,9,2,10 x1
  • 1,4,3,7,6,2,8,9,5,10 x1
  • 1,4,5,9,2,3,6,7,8,10 x1
  • 1,5,2,7,6,3,8,4,9,10 x1
  • 1,5,3,4,6,9,2,8,10,7 x1
  • 1,5,6,4,3,2,7,8,9,10 x1
  • 1,6,3,2,4,5,7,8,9,10 x1
  • 1,6,3,7,4,9,8,2,5,10 x1
  • 1,6,5,9,4,7,8,2,3,10 x1
  • 1,6,7,5,8,9,2,10,3,4 x1
  • 1,7,6,3,2,8,9,10,4,5 x1
  • 10,1&2&3&4&5&6&7&8&9 x9
  • 10,3,5,6,4,8,9,1,2,7 x1
  • 10,3,6,8,5,4,1&2&7&9 x1
  • 10,4,5,7,8,3,1,9,2&6 x1
  • 10,5&9,7,6,8,1&2&3&4 x1
  • 10,5,6,1,3,4,2,9,7,8 x1
  • 10,5,6,8,4,3,9,7,2,1 x1
  • 10,6,3,2,5,7,4,1,9,8 x1
  • 10,6,7,1,4,3,2,9,8,5 x1
  • 10,6,8,9,7,2,3,1,4,5 x1
  • 10,8,6,1,2,3,4,5,7,9 x1
  • 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 x1
  • 2,1,7,3,6,5,9,8,10,4 x1
  • 2,3,1,6,8,5,9,7,4,10 x1
  • 2,3,4,8,6,5,10,9,1,7 x1
  • 2,3,6,9,8,1,4,5,7,10 x1
  • 2,4,5,6,1,7,3,9,8,10 x1
  • 2,5,1,3,6,7,8,4,9,10 x1
  • 2,5,3,1,8,6,4,7,9,10 x1
  • 2,5,3,1,9,4,6,7,8,10 x1
  • 2,5,4,8,1,6,3,7,9,10 x1
  • 2,5,6,3,4,1,7,8,9,10 x1
  • 2,6,1,3,7,5,4,8,9,10 x1
  • 2,6,3,5,1,7,4,8,9,10 x1
  • 2,7,6,3,9,8,4,5,1,10 x1
  • 2,7,6,5,4,3,1,9,8,10 x1
  • 3&9,1,6&7,8,2&4&5&10 x1
  • 3,1&2&4&5&6&7&8&9&10 x2
  • 3,1,5&6,4,2,9,7,8,10 x1
  • 3,1,5,6,10,4,7,8,9,2 x1
  • [Remaining ballots not listed]

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