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VoteFair Ranking Results calculated at  www.VoteFair.org 2007-March-22  10:28

Poll title:

     American Idol Season 6 Poll, Top 11    

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

75

for

Melinda Doolittle
Second-most popular Jordin Sparks Ranking score is

64

for

Jordin Sparks
Third-most popular Blake Lewis Ranking score is

60

for

Blake Lewis
Fourth-most popular Lakisha Jones Ranking score is

51

for

Lakisha Jones
Fifth-most popular Chris Richardson Ranking score is

34

for

Chris Richardson
Sixth-most popular Chris Sligh Ranking score is

31

for

Chris Sligh
Seventh-most popular Gina Glocksen Ranking score is

24

for

Gina Glocksen
Eighth-most popular Stephanie Edwards Ranking score is

18

for

Stephanie Edwards
Ninth-most popular Haley Scarnato Ranking score is

13

for

Haley Scarnato
Tenth-most popular Phil Stacey Ranking score is

7

for

Phil Stacey
Eleventh-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: Jordin Sparks

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: Stephanie Edwards)
Majority None of the choices has won a majority ( more than half ) the votes.

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

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

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

Details of plurality results

  
Choice Vote count Percentage
Melinda Doolittle 125 40
Blake Lewis 56 18
Jordin Sparks 49 16
Lakisha Jones 24 8
Sanjaya Malakar 15 5
Chris Richardson 13 4
Chris Sligh 10 3
Haley Scarnato 8 3
Gina Glocksen 7 2
Phil Stacey 4 1
Stephanie Edwards 3 1
(8 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: 322
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
197
197 voters prefer

Melinda Doolittle

over

Jordin Sparks
25
25 voters have an equal preference for

Melinda Doolittle

and

Jordin Sparks
100
100 voters prefer

Jordin Sparks

over

Melinda Doolittle
X = Melinda Doolittle
Y = Blake Lewis
204
204 voters prefer

Melinda Doolittle

over

Blake Lewis
18
18 voters have an equal preference for

Melinda Doolittle

and

Blake Lewis
100
100 voters prefer

Blake Lewis

over

Melinda Doolittle
X = Melinda Doolittle
Y = Lakisha Jones
220
220 voters prefer

Melinda Doolittle

over

Lakisha Jones
29
29 voters have an equal preference for

Melinda Doolittle

and

Lakisha Jones
73
73 voters prefer

Lakisha Jones

over

Melinda Doolittle
X = Melinda Doolittle
Y = Chris Richardson
238
238 voters prefer

Melinda Doolittle

over

Chris Richardson
27
27 voters have an equal preference for

Melinda Doolittle

and

Chris Richardson
57
57 voters prefer

Chris Richardson

over

Melinda Doolittle
X = Melinda Doolittle
Y = Chris Sligh
248
248 voters prefer

Melinda Doolittle

over

Chris Sligh
25
25 voters have an equal preference for

Melinda Doolittle

and

Chris Sligh
49
49 voters prefer

Chris Sligh

over

Melinda Doolittle
X = Melinda Doolittle
Y = Gina Glocksen
245
245 voters prefer

Melinda Doolittle

over

Gina Glocksen
22
22 voters have an equal preference for

Melinda Doolittle

and

Gina Glocksen
55
55 voters prefer

Gina Glocksen

over

Melinda Doolittle
X = Melinda Doolittle
Y = Stephanie Edwards
264
264 voters prefer

Melinda Doolittle

over

Stephanie Edwards
27
27 voters have an equal preference for

Melinda Doolittle

and

Stephanie Edwards
31
31 voter prefers

Stephanie Edwards

over

Melinda Doolittle
X = Melinda Doolittle
Y = Haley Scarnato
250
250 voters prefer

Melinda Doolittle

over

Haley Scarnato
24
24 voters have an equal preference for

Melinda Doolittle

and

Haley Scarnato
48
48 voters prefer

Haley Scarnato

over

Melinda Doolittle
X = Melinda Doolittle
Y = Phil Stacey
261
261 voter prefers

Melinda Doolittle

over

Phil Stacey
25
25 voters have an equal preference for

Melinda Doolittle

and

Phil Stacey
36
36 voters prefer

Phil Stacey

over

Melinda Doolittle
X = Melinda Doolittle
Y = Sanjaya Malakar
274
274 voters prefer

Melinda Doolittle

over

Sanjaya Malakar
17
17 voters have an equal preference for

Melinda Doolittle

and

Sanjaya Malakar
31
31 voter prefers

Sanjaya Malakar

over

Melinda Doolittle
X = Jordin Sparks
Y = Blake Lewis
160
160 voters prefer

Jordin Sparks

over

Blake Lewis
17
17 voters have an equal preference for

Jordin Sparks

and

Blake Lewis
145
145 voters prefer

Blake Lewis

over

Jordin Sparks
X = Jordin Sparks
Y = Lakisha Jones
147
147 voters prefer

Jordin Sparks

over

Lakisha Jones
29
29 voters have an equal preference for

Jordin Sparks

and

Lakisha Jones
146
146 voters prefer

Lakisha Jones

over

Jordin Sparks
X = Jordin Sparks
Y = Chris Richardson
226
226 voters prefer

Jordin Sparks

over

Chris Richardson
25
25 voters have an equal preference for

Jordin Sparks

and

Chris Richardson
71
71 voter prefers

Chris Richardson

over

Jordin Sparks
X = Jordin Sparks
Y = Chris Sligh
232
232 voters prefer

Jordin Sparks

over

Chris Sligh
25
25 voters have an equal preference for

Jordin Sparks

and

Chris Sligh
65
65 voters prefer

Chris Sligh

over

Jordin Sparks
X = Jordin Sparks
Y = Gina Glocksen
243
243 voters prefer

Jordin Sparks

over

Gina Glocksen
27
27 voters have an equal preference for

Jordin Sparks

and

Gina Glocksen
52
52 voters prefer

Gina Glocksen

over

Jordin Sparks
X = Jordin Sparks
Y = Stephanie Edwards
253
253 voters prefer

Jordin Sparks

over

Stephanie Edwards
28
28 voters have an equal preference for

Jordin Sparks

and

Stephanie Edwards
41
41 voter prefers

Stephanie Edwards

over

Jordin Sparks
X = Jordin Sparks
Y = Haley Scarnato
256
256 voters prefer

Jordin Sparks

over

Haley Scarnato
28
28 voters have an equal preference for

Jordin Sparks

and

Haley Scarnato
38
38 voters prefer

Haley Scarnato

over

Jordin Sparks
X = Jordin Sparks
Y = Phil Stacey
257
257 voters prefer

Jordin Sparks

over

Phil Stacey
26
26 voters have an equal preference for

Jordin Sparks

and

Phil Stacey
39
39 voters prefer

Phil Stacey

over

Jordin Sparks
X = Jordin Sparks
Y = Sanjaya Malakar
274
274 voters prefer

Jordin Sparks

over

Sanjaya Malakar
18
18 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
163
163 voters prefer

Blake Lewis

over

Lakisha Jones
18
18 voters have an equal preference for

Blake Lewis

and

Lakisha Jones
141
141 voter prefers

Lakisha Jones

over

Blake Lewis
X = Blake Lewis
Y = Chris Richardson
245
245 voters prefer

Blake Lewis

over

Chris Richardson
23
23 voters have an equal preference for

Blake Lewis

and

Chris Richardson
54
54 voters prefer

Chris Richardson

over

Blake Lewis
X = Blake Lewis
Y = Chris Sligh
240
240 voters prefer

Blake Lewis

over

Chris Sligh
19
19 voters have an equal preference for

Blake Lewis

and

Chris Sligh
63
63 voters prefer

Chris Sligh

over

Blake Lewis
X = Blake Lewis
Y = Gina Glocksen
233
233 voters prefer

Blake Lewis

over

Gina Glocksen
22
22 voters have an equal preference for

Blake Lewis

and

Gina Glocksen
67
67 voters prefer

Gina Glocksen

over

Blake Lewis
X = Blake Lewis
Y = Stephanie Edwards
239
239 voters prefer

Blake Lewis

over

Stephanie Edwards
25
25 voters have an equal preference for

Blake Lewis

and

Stephanie Edwards
58
58 voters prefer

Stephanie Edwards

over

Blake Lewis
X = Blake Lewis
Y = Haley Scarnato
255
255 voters prefer

Blake Lewis

over

Haley Scarnato
22
22 voters have an equal preference for

Blake Lewis

and

Haley Scarnato
45
45 voters prefer

Haley Scarnato

over

Blake Lewis
X = Blake Lewis
Y = Phil Stacey
262
262 voters prefer

Blake Lewis

over

Phil Stacey
23
23 voters have an equal preference for

Blake Lewis

and

Phil Stacey
37
37 voters prefer

Phil Stacey

over

Blake Lewis
X = Blake Lewis
Y = Sanjaya Malakar
282
282 voters prefer

Blake Lewis

over

Sanjaya Malakar
15
15 voters have an equal preference for

Blake Lewis

and

Sanjaya Malakar
25
25 voters prefer

Sanjaya Malakar

over

Blake Lewis
X = Lakisha Jones
Y = Chris Richardson
213
213 voters prefer

Lakisha Jones

over

Chris Richardson
27
27 voters have an equal preference for

Lakisha Jones

and

Chris Richardson
82
82 voters prefer

Chris Richardson

over

Lakisha Jones
X = Lakisha Jones
Y = Chris Sligh
219
219 voters prefer

Lakisha Jones

over

Chris Sligh
25
25 voters have an equal preference for

Lakisha Jones

and

Chris Sligh
78
78 voters prefer

Chris Sligh

over

Lakisha Jones
X = Lakisha Jones
Y = Gina Glocksen
222
222 voters prefer

Lakisha Jones

over

Gina Glocksen
26
26 voters have an equal preference for

Lakisha Jones

and

Gina Glocksen
74
74 voters prefer

Gina Glocksen

over

Lakisha Jones
X = Lakisha Jones
Y = Stephanie Edwards
249
249 voters prefer

Lakisha Jones

over

Stephanie Edwards
31
31 voter has an equal preference for

Lakisha Jones

and

Stephanie Edwards
42
42 voters prefer

Stephanie Edwards

over

Lakisha Jones
X = Lakisha Jones
Y = Haley Scarnato
233
233 voters prefer

Lakisha Jones

over

Haley Scarnato
26
26 voters have an equal preference for

Lakisha Jones

and

Haley Scarnato
63
63 voters prefer

Haley Scarnato

over

Lakisha Jones
X = Lakisha Jones
Y = Phil Stacey
250
250 voters prefer

Lakisha Jones

over

Phil Stacey
28
28 voters have an equal preference for

Lakisha Jones

and

Phil Stacey
44
44 voters prefer

Phil Stacey

over

Lakisha Jones
X = Lakisha Jones
Y = Sanjaya Malakar
265
265 voters prefer

Lakisha Jones

over

Sanjaya Malakar
22
22 voters have an equal preference for

Lakisha Jones

and

Sanjaya Malakar
35
35 voters prefer

Sanjaya Malakar

over

Lakisha Jones
X = Chris Richardson
Y = Chris Sligh
146
146 voters prefer

Chris Richardson

over

Chris Sligh
32
32 voters have an equal preference for

Chris Richardson

and

Chris Sligh
144
144 voters prefer

Chris Sligh

over

Chris Richardson
X = Chris Richardson
Y = Gina Glocksen
147
147 voters prefer

Chris Richardson

over

Gina Glocksen
37
37 voters have an equal preference for

Chris Richardson

and

Gina Glocksen
138
138 voters prefer

Gina Glocksen

over

Chris Richardson
X = Chris Richardson
Y = Stephanie Edwards
163
163 voters prefer

Chris Richardson

over

Stephanie Edwards
40
40 voters have an equal preference for

Chris Richardson

and

Stephanie Edwards
119
119 voters prefer

Stephanie Edwards

over

Chris Richardson
X = Chris Richardson
Y = Haley Scarnato
179
179 voters prefer

Chris Richardson

over

Haley Scarnato
37
37 voters have an equal preference for

Chris Richardson

and

Haley Scarnato
106
106 voters prefer

Haley Scarnato

over

Chris Richardson
X = Chris Richardson
Y = Phil Stacey
210
210 voters prefer

Chris Richardson

over

Phil Stacey
40
40 voters have an equal preference for

Chris Richardson

and

Phil Stacey
72
72 voters prefer

Phil Stacey

over

Chris Richardson
X = Chris Richardson
Y = Sanjaya Malakar
248
248 voters prefer

Chris Richardson

over

Sanjaya Malakar
30
30 voters have an equal preference for

Chris Richardson

and

Sanjaya Malakar
44
44 voters prefer

Sanjaya Malakar

over

Chris Richardson
X = Chris Sligh
Y = Gina Glocksen
154
154 voters prefer

Chris Sligh

over

Gina Glocksen
31
31 voter has an equal preference for

Chris Sligh

and

Gina Glocksen
137
137 voters prefer

Gina Glocksen

over

Chris Sligh
X = Chris Sligh
Y = Stephanie Edwards
172
172 voters prefer

Chris Sligh

over

Stephanie Edwards
33
33 voters have an equal preference for

Chris Sligh

and

Stephanie Edwards
117
117 voters prefer

Stephanie Edwards

over

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

Chris Sligh

over

Haley Scarnato
33
33 voters have an equal preference for

Chris Sligh

and

Haley Scarnato
102
102 voters prefer

Haley Scarnato

over

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

Chris Sligh

over

Phil Stacey
32
32 voters have an equal preference for

Chris Sligh

and

Phil Stacey
70
70 voters prefer

Phil Stacey

over

Chris Sligh
X = Chris Sligh
Y = Sanjaya Malakar
260
260 voters prefer

Chris Sligh

over

Sanjaya Malakar
24
24 voters have an equal preference for

Chris Sligh

and

Sanjaya Malakar
38
38 voters prefer

Sanjaya Malakar

over

Chris Sligh
X = Gina Glocksen
Y = Stephanie Edwards
163
163 voters prefer

Gina Glocksen

over

Stephanie Edwards
41
41 voter has an equal preference for

Gina Glocksen

and

Stephanie Edwards
118
118 voters prefer

Stephanie Edwards

over

Gina Glocksen
X = Gina Glocksen
Y = Haley Scarnato
176
176 voters prefer

Gina Glocksen

over

Haley Scarnato
35
35 voters have an equal preference for

Gina Glocksen

and

Haley Scarnato
111
111 voter prefers

Haley Scarnato

over

Gina Glocksen
X = Gina Glocksen
Y = Phil Stacey
196
196 voters prefer

Gina Glocksen

over

Phil Stacey
37
37 voters have an equal preference for

Gina Glocksen

and

Phil Stacey
89
89 voters prefer

Phil Stacey

over

Gina Glocksen
X = Gina Glocksen
Y = Sanjaya Malakar
253
253 voters prefer

Gina Glocksen

over

Sanjaya Malakar
28
28 voters have an equal preference for

Gina Glocksen

and

Sanjaya Malakar
41
41 voter prefers

Sanjaya Malakar

over

Gina Glocksen
X = Stephanie Edwards
Y = Haley Scarnato
157
157 voters prefer

Stephanie Edwards

over

Haley Scarnato
37
37 voters have an equal preference for

Stephanie Edwards

and

Haley Scarnato
128
128 voters prefer

Haley Scarnato

over

Stephanie Edwards
X = Stephanie Edwards
Y = Phil Stacey
184
184 voters prefer

Stephanie Edwards

over

Phil Stacey
39
39 voters have an equal preference for

Stephanie Edwards

and

Phil Stacey
99
99 voters prefer

Phil Stacey

over

Stephanie Edwards
X = Stephanie Edwards
Y = Sanjaya Malakar
238
238 voters prefer

Stephanie Edwards

over

Sanjaya Malakar
32
32 voters have an equal preference for

Stephanie Edwards

and

Sanjaya Malakar
52
52 voters prefer

Sanjaya Malakar

over

Stephanie Edwards
X = Haley Scarnato
Y = Phil Stacey
164
164 voters prefer

Haley Scarnato

over

Phil Stacey
37
37 voters have an equal preference for

Haley Scarnato

and

Phil Stacey
121
121 voter prefers

Phil Stacey

over

Haley Scarnato
X = Haley Scarnato
Y = Sanjaya Malakar
240
240 voters prefer

Haley Scarnato

over

Sanjaya Malakar
28
28 voters have an equal preference for

Haley Scarnato

and

Sanjaya Malakar
54
54 voters prefer

Sanjaya Malakar

over

Haley Scarnato
X = Phil Stacey
Y = Sanjaya Malakar
236
236 voters prefer

Phil Stacey

over

Sanjaya Malakar
33
33 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: 12,112
Number of all possible valid sequences (without ties): 39,916,800
First sequence:
  1. Gina Glocksen
  2. Haley Scarnato
  3. Jordin Sparks
  4. Lakisha Jones
  5. Melinda Doolittle
  6. Stephanie Edwards
  7. Blake Lewis
  8. Chris Richardson
  9. Chris Sligh
  10. Phil Stacey
  11. Sanjaya Malakar
Last sequence:
  1. Sanjaya Malakar
  2. Phil Stacey
  3. Chris Sligh
  4. Chris Richardson
  5. Blake Lewis
  6. Stephanie Edwards
  7. Melinda Doolittle
  8. Lakisha Jones
  9. Jordin Sparks
  10. Haley Scarnato
  11. 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&11 x3
  • 1,2&3&4&5&6&7&8&9&10&11 x1
  • 1,2,7,9,5,4,3,8,6,10,11 x1
  • 1,3,6,2&7,8,9,10,11,4&5 x1
  • 1,4,3,8,7,2,10,9,11,5,6 x1
  • 1,5,4,7,3,10,2,9,6,8,11 x1
  • 1,5,4,7,6,10,3,9,2,11,8 x1
  • 1,5,7,3,10,6,4,2,9,8,11 x1
  • 10,1,3,7,2,6,8,4,9,5,11 x1
  • 10,3,5,9,2,6,4,1,7,11,8 x1
  • 10,4,5,9,6,3,7,1,2,8,11 x1
  • 10,5,4,7,3,8,9,1,6,2,11 x1
  • 11,1&2&3&4&5&6&7&8&9&10 x5
  • 11,10,1&2&3&4&5&6&7&8&9 x1
  • 11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 x3
  • 11,2,4,3,5,7,8,9,10,6,1 x1
  • 11,3,7,5,2,8,6,4,10,1,9 x1
  • 11,4,1,7,2&3&5&6&8&9&10 x1
  • 11,4,3,6,7,9,10,5,8,1,2 x1
  • 11,5,7,3,9,8,4,1,2,6,10 x1
  • 11,8,10,1,2,3,9,4,6,7,5 x1
  • 2,1&3&4&5&6&7&8&9&10&11 x1
  • 2,1,5,3,10,9,7,8,4,6,11 x1
  • 2,1,8,7,5,3,9,10,11,6,4 x1
  • 2,3,4,5,1,7,10,6,11,9,8 x1
  • 2,3,4,5,7,10,9,8,1&6,11 x1
  • 2,3,4,7,8,5,1,9,10,11,6 x1
  • 2,5,3,7,6,4,1,9,8,10,11 x1
  • 2,8,1&3&4&5&6&7&9&10&11 x1
  • 3&4&5&6&7,2&8&10,1,9,11 x1
  • 3&4&5,6&7,8,1&2,9&10,11 x1
  • 3,1,2&4&5&6&7&8&9&10&11 x1
  • 3,1,5,7,8,9,10,6,4,2,11 x1
  • 3,10,1,8,7,4,5,6,9,2,11 x1
  • 3,2,7,9,8,5,6,11,1,4,10 x1
  • 3,4,5,10,7,8,9,1,6,2,11 x1
  • 3,4,5,6,1,8,7,9,2,10,11 x1
  • 3,4,7,5,9,6,1,8,2,10,11 x1
  • 3,4,8,1&2&5&6&7&9,11,10 x1
  • 3,5&9,1&7&8,6,4,2,10,11 x1
  • 3,5,1,2,8,7,6,10,4,9,11 x1
  • 3,5,1,7,9,4,6,8,2,10,11 x1
  • 3,5,1,9,7,4,2,6,8,10,11 x1
  • 3,5,2,7,8,6,1,4,9,11,10 x1
  • 3,5,4,1,2,6,9,7,11,8,10 x1
  • 3,5,4,10,7,9,6,1,2,8,11 x1
  • 3,5,4,2,9,10,6,7,1,8,11 x1
  • 3,5,4,6,2,9,1&7&8&10&11 x1
  • 3,5,4,6,7,1,8,9,10,2,11 x1
  • 3,5,4,7,1,9,10,2,6,8,11 x1
  • [Remaining ballots not listed]

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