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VoteFair Ranking Results calculated at  www.VoteFair.org 2006-May-17  16:53


Poll title:

     American Idol Season 5 Poll, Top 3    

Question (number 1) title:

     Please rank the American Idol singers:    



The most preferred and most representative choice is:

    Taylor Hicks

Overall popularity ranking:

     
Popularity Choice Graphic summary of tally information
(details in mouse-over ALT text)
First-most popular Taylor Hicks 783 voters prefer

Taylor Hicks

over

Elliott Yamin14 voters have an equal preference for

Taylor Hicks

and

Elliott Yamin241 voter prefers

Elliott Yamin

over

Taylor Hicks 797 voters prefer

Taylor Hicks

over

Katharine McPhee9 voters have an equal preference for

Taylor Hicks

and

Katharine McPhee232 voters prefer

Katharine McPhee

over

Taylor Hicks
Second-most popular Elliott Yamin The percent bars above indicate comparisons with the choice to the left

657 voters prefer

Elliott Yamin

over

Katharine McPhee27 voters have an equal preference for

Elliott Yamin

and

Katharine McPhee354 voters prefer

Katharine McPhee

over

Elliott Yamin
Third-most popular Katharine McPhee The percent bars above indicate comparisons with the choice to the left



VoteFair representation Ranking

  
First-most representative choice is: Taylor Hicks
Second-most representative choice is: Elliott Yamin
Third-most representative choice is: Katharine McPhee

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 on a board of directors, or when an organization pursues a second activity in addition to the most popular activity.


Comparison of VoteFair Ranking with other voting methods

  
Voting method Winner
VoteFair Taylor Hicks
Instant runoff Taylor Hicks
Majority Taylor Hicks

(1 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Plurality Taylor Hicks

(1 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Condorcet Taylor Hicks
Borda count Taylor Hicks

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

Details of plurality results
  
Choice Vote count Percentage Percentage bar
Taylor Hicks 658 63 658 voters marked

Taylor Hicks

as their first choice
Elliott Yamin 200 19 200 voters marked

Elliott Yamin

as their first choice
Katharine McPhee 179 17 179 voters marked

Katharine McPhee

as their first choice
(1 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: 1,038
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 = Taylor Hicks
Y = Elliott Yamin
783
783 voters prefer

Taylor Hicks

over

Elliott Yamin
14
14 voters have an equal preference for

Taylor Hicks

and

Elliott Yamin
241
241 voter prefers

Elliott Yamin

over

Taylor Hicks
X = Taylor Hicks
Y = Katharine McPhee
797
797 voters prefer

Taylor Hicks

over

Katharine McPhee
9
9 voters have an equal preference for

Taylor Hicks

and

Katharine McPhee
232
232 voters prefer

Katharine McPhee

over

Taylor Hicks
X = Elliott Yamin
Y = Katharine McPhee
657
657 voters prefer

Elliott Yamin

over

Katharine McPhee
27
27 voters have an equal preference for

Elliott Yamin

and

Katharine McPhee
354
354 voters prefer

Katharine McPhee

over

Elliott Yamin
The highest score (which equals the sum of the bold underlined numbers, plus either tally number in any tied pair of choices) is: 2,237
Number of all possible valid sequences (without ties): 6
First sequence:
  1. Katharine McPhee
  2. Elliott Yamin
  3. Taylor Hicks
Last sequence:
  1. Taylor Hicks
  2. Elliott Yamin
  3. Katharine McPhee
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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&3,2 x1
  • 1,2&3 x14
  • 1,2,3 x41
  • 1,3,2 x124
  • 2,1&3 x8
  • 2,1,3 x53
  • 2,3,1 x139
  • 3,1&2 x27
  • 3,1,2 x174
  • 3,2,1 x457

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