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Poll title:

     American Idol, Season 8, Top 4    

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 68 for Adam Lambert 995 voters marked Adam Lambert as their first choice
Second-most popular Allison Iraheta  Ranking score is 40 for Allison Iraheta 245 voters marked Allison Iraheta as their first choice
Third-most popular Kris Allen  Ranking score is 19 for Kris Allen 365 voters marked Kris Allen as their first choice
Fourth-most popular Danny Gokey  Ranking score is 0 for Danny Gokey 251 voters marked Danny Gokey 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

Fourth-most representative choice is:

Danny Gokey

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
Majority Adam Lambert

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

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

Details of plurality results

  
Choice Vote count Percentage
Adam Lambert 995 54 995 voters marked Adam Lambert as their first choice
Kris Allen 365 20 365 voters marked Kris Allen as their first choice
Danny Gokey 251 14 251 voters marked Danny Gokey as their first choice
Allison Iraheta 245 13 245 voters marked Allison Iraheta as their first choice
(17 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: 1,873
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
1,219
1,219 voter prefer Adam Lambert over Allison Iraheta
30
30 voters have an equal preference for Adam Lambert and Allison Iraheta
624
624 voters prefer Allison Iraheta over Adam Lambert
X = Adam Lambert
Y = Kris Allen
1,248
1,248 voter prefer Adam Lambert over Kris Allen
15
15 voters have an equal preference for Adam Lambert and Kris Allen
610
610 voters prefer Kris Allen over Adam Lambert
X = Adam Lambert
Y = Danny Gokey
1,360
1,360 voter prefer Adam Lambert over Danny Gokey
27
27 voters have an equal preference for Adam Lambert and Danny Gokey
486
486 voters prefer Danny Gokey over Adam Lambert
X = Allison Iraheta
Y = Kris Allen
1,052
1,052 voter prefer Allison Iraheta over Kris Allen
47
47 voters have an equal preference for Allison Iraheta and Kris Allen
774
774 voters prefer Kris Allen over Allison Iraheta
X = Allison Iraheta
Y = Danny Gokey
1,218
1,218 voter prefer Allison Iraheta over Danny Gokey
50
50 voters have an equal preference for Allison Iraheta and Danny Gokey
605
605 voters prefer Danny Gokey over Allison Iraheta
X = Kris Allen
Y = Danny Gokey
1,057
1,057 voter prefer Kris Allen over Danny Gokey
51
51 voters have an equal preference for Kris Allen over Danny Gokey
765
765 voters prefer Danny Gokey over Kris Allen
The highest score (which equals the sum of the bold underlined numbers, plus either tally number in any tied pair of choices) is: 7,154
Number of all possible valid sequences (without ties): 24
First sequence:
  1. Adam Lambert
  2. Allison Iraheta
  3. Danny Gokey
  4. Kris Allen
Last sequence:
  1. Kris Allen
  2. Danny Gokey
  3. Allison Iraheta
  4. 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 x6
  • 1&2&3,4 x1
  • 1&2,3&4 x1
  • 1&2,3,4 x1
  • 1&2,4,3 x2
  • 1&3,2&4 x1
  • 1,2&3&4 x29
  • 1,2&4,3 x4
  • 1,2,3&4 x5
  • 1,2,3,4 x220
  • 1,2,4,3 x336
  • 1,3&4,2 x2
  • 1,3,2&4 x2
  • 1,3,2,4 x97
  • 1,3,4,2 x76
  • 1,4,2&3 x1
  • 1,4,2,3 x159
  • 1,4,3,2 x64
  • 2&3,1&4 x1
  • 2&4,1&3 x1
  • 2&4,1,3 x1
  • 2,1&3&4 x5
  • 2,1,3,4 x57
  • 2,1,4,3 x66
  • 2,3&4,1 x1
  • 2,3,1,4 x24
  • 2,3,4,1 x34
  • 2,4,1&3 x3
  • 2,4,1,3 x30
  • 2,4,3,1 x25
  • 3&4,1&2 x2
  • 3,1&2&4 x2
  • 3,1&2,4 x1
  • 3,1,2,4 x46
  • 3,1,4,2 x28
  • 3,2&4,1 x1
  • 3,2,1&4 x1
  • 3,2,1,4 x25
  • 3,2,4,1 x70
  • 3,4,1&2 x2
  • 3,4,1,2 x16
  • 3,4,2,1 x59
  • 4,1&2&3 x10
  • 4,1&2,3 x1
  • 4,1,2&3 x1
  • 4,1,2,3 x96
  • 4,1,3,2 x15
  • 4,2&3,1 x1
  • 4,2,1,3 x94
  • 4,2,3,1 x52
  • [Remaining ballots not listed]

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