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Poll title:

     American Idol, Season 9, Top 9    

Question (number 1) title:

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

The most preferred and most representative choice is:

    Crystal Bowersox

Overall popularity ranking:

     
Popularity Choice VoteFair
ranking
score
Traditional
vote count

(for comparison)
First-most popular Crystal Bowersox  Ranking score is 78 for Crystal Bowersox 281 voters marked Crystal Bowersox as their first choice
Second-most popular Siobhan Magnus  Ranking score is 62 for Siobhan Magnus 190 voters marked Siobhan Magnus as their first choice
Third-most popular Lee DeWyze  Ranking score is 56 for Lee DeWyze 88 voters marked Lee DeWyze as their first choice
Fourth-most popular Casey James  Ranking score is 47 for Casey James 110 voters marked Casey James as their first choice
Fifth-most popular Michael Lynche  Ranking score is 31 for Michael Lynche 6 voters marked Michael Lynche as their first choice
Sixth-most popular Katie Stevens  Ranking score is 24 for Katie Stevens 32 voters marked Katie Stevens as their first choice
Seventh-most popular Aaron Kelly  Ranking score is 15 for Aaron Kelly 21 voters marked Aaron Kelly as their first choice
Eighth-most popular Andrew Garcia  Ranking score is 7 for Andrew Garcia 9 voters marked Andrew Garcia as their first choice
Ninth-most popular Tim Urban  Ranking score is 0 for Tim Urban 17 voters marked Tim Urban as their first choice

VoteFair representation Ranking

  

First-most representative choice is:

Crystal Bowersox

Second-most representative choice is:

Siobhan Magnus

Third-most representative choice is:

Lee DeWyze

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 Crystal Bowersox
Instant runoff Crystal Bowersox
(15 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 : Michael Lynche)
Majority None of the choices has won a majority (more than half) the votes.

(12 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Plurality Crystal Bowersox

(12 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Condorcet Crystal Bowersox
Borda count Crystal Bowersox
(63 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice at the same preference level.)

Details of plurality results

  
Choice Vote count Percentage
Crystal Bowersox 281 37 281 voters marked Crystal Bowersox as their first choice
Siobhan Magnus 190 25 190 voters marked Siobhan Magnus as their first choice
Casey James 110 15 110 voters marked Casey James as their first choice
Lee DeWyze 88 12 88 voters marked Lee DeWyze as their first choice
Katie Stevens 32 4 32 voters marked Katie Stevens as their first choice
Aaron Kelly 21 3 21 voters marked Aaron Kelly as their first choice
Tim Urban 17 2 17 voters marked Tim Urban as their first choice
Andrew Garcia 9 1 9 voters marked Andrew Garcia as their first choice
Michael Lynche 6 1 6 voters marked Michael Lynche as their first choice
(12 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: 766
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 = Crystal Bowersox
Y = Siobhan Magnus
474
474 voters prefer Crystal Bowersox over Siobhan Magnus
18
18 voters have an equal preference for Crystal Bowersox and Siobhan Magnus
274
274 voters prefer Siobhan Magnus over Crystal Bowersox
X = Crystal Bowersox
Y = Lee DeWyze
527
527 voters prefer Crystal Bowersox over Lee DeWyze
22
22 voters have an equal preference for Crystal Bowersox and Lee DeWyze
217
217 voters prefer Lee DeWyze over Crystal Bowersox
X = Crystal Bowersox
Y = Casey James
532
532 voters prefer Crystal Bowersox over Casey James
14
14 voters have an equal preference for Crystal Bowersox and Casey James
220
220 voters prefer Casey James over Crystal Bowersox
X = Crystal Bowersox
Y = Michael Lynche
656
656 voters prefer Crystal Bowersox over Michael Lynche
21
21 voters have an equal preference for Crystal Bowersox and Michael Lynche
89
89 voters prefer Michael Lynche over Crystal Bowersox
X = Crystal Bowersox
Y = Katie Stevens
627
627 voters prefer Crystal Bowersox over Katie Stevens
20
20 voters have an equal preference for Crystal Bowersox and Katie Stevens
119
119 voters prefer Katie Stevens over Crystal Bowersox
X = Crystal Bowersox
Y = Aaron Kelly
643
643 voters prefer Crystal Bowersox over Aaron Kelly
23
23 voters have an equal preference for Crystal Bowersox and Aaron Kelly
100
100 voters prefer Aaron Kelly over Crystal Bowersox
X = Crystal Bowersox
Y = Andrew Garcia
689
689 voters prefer Crystal Bowersox over Andrew Garcia
19
19 voters have an equal preference for Crystal Bowersox and Andrew Garcia
58
58 voters prefer Andrew Garcia over Crystal Bowersox
X = Crystal Bowersox
Y = Tim Urban
662
662 voters prefer Crystal Bowersox over Tim Urban
21
21 voters have an equal preference for Crystal Bowersox and Tim Urban
83
83 voters prefer Tim Urban over Crystal Bowersox
X = Siobhan Magnus
Y = Lee DeWyze
393
393 voters prefer Siobhan Magnus over Lee DeWyze
16
16 voters have an equal preference for Siobhan Magnus and Lee DeWyze
357
357 voters prefer Lee DeWyze over Siobhan Magnus
X = Siobhan Magnus
Y = Casey James
433
433 voters prefer Siobhan Magnus over Casey James
12
12 voters have an equal preference for Siobhan Magnus and Casey James
321
321 voters prefer Casey James over Siobhan Magnus
X = Siobhan Magnus
Y = Michael Lynche
558
558 voters prefer Siobhan Magnus over Michael Lynche
19
19 voters have an equal preference for Siobhan Magnus and Michael Lynche
189
189 voters prefer Michael Lynche over Siobhan Magnus
X = Siobhan Magnus
Y = Katie Stevens
555
555 voters prefer Siobhan Magnus over Katie Stevens
16
16 voters have an equal preference for Siobhan Magnus and Katie Stevens
195
195 voters prefer Katie Stevens over Siobhan Magnus
X = Siobhan Magnus
Y = Aaron Kelly
590
590 voters prefer Siobhan Magnus over Aaron Kelly
17
17 voters have an equal preference for Siobhan Magnus and Aaron Kelly
159
159 voters prefer Aaron Kelly over Siobhan Magnus
X = Siobhan Magnus
Y = Andrew Garcia
641
641 voters prefer Siobhan Magnus over Andrew Garcia
18
18 voters have an equal preference for Siobhan Magnus and Andrew Garcia
107
107 voters prefer Andrew Garcia over Siobhan Magnus
X = Siobhan Magnus
Y = Tim Urban
632
632 voters prefer Siobhan Magnus over Tim Urban
18
18 voters have an equal preference for Siobhan Magnus and Tim Urban
116
116 voters prefer Tim Urban over Siobhan Magnus
X = Lee DeWyze
Y = Casey James
445
445 voters prefer Lee DeWyze over Casey James
17
17 voters have an equal preference for Lee DeWyze and Casey James
304
304 voters prefer Casey James over Lee DeWyze
X = Lee DeWyze
Y = Michael Lynche
565
565 voters prefer Lee DeWyze over Michael Lynche
26
26 voters have an equal preference for Lee DeWyze and Michael Lynche
175
175 voters prefer Michael Lynche over Lee DeWyze
X = Lee DeWyze
Y = Katie Stevens
541
541 voters prefer Lee DeWyze over Katie Stevens
25
25 voters have an equal preference for Lee DeWyze over Katie Stevens
200
200 voters prefer Katie Stevens over Lee DeWyze
X = Lee DeWyze
Y = Aaron Kelly
599
599 voters prefer Lee DeWyze over Aaron Kelly
29
29 voters have an equal preference for Lee DeWyze and Aaron Kelly
138
138 voters prefer Aaron Kelly over Lee DeWyze
X = Lee DeWyze
Y = Andrew Garcia
662
662 voters prefer Lee DeWyze over Andrew Garcia
23
23 voters have an equal preference for Lee DeWyze and Andrew Garcia
81
81 voters prefer Andrew Garcia over Lee DeWyze
X = Lee DeWyze
Y = Tim Urban
631
631 voters prefer Lee DeWyze over Tim Urban
26
26 voters have an equal preference for Lee DeWyze and Tim Urban
109
109 voters prefer Tim Urban over Lee DeWyze
X = Casey James
Y = Michael Lynche
510
510 voters prefer Casey James over Michael Lynche
21
21 voters have an equal preference for Casey James and Michael Lynche
235
235 voters prefer Michael Lynche over Casey James
X = Casey James
Y = Katie Stevens
519
519 voters prefer Casey James over Katie Stevens
17
17 voters have an equal preference for Casey James over Katie Stevens
230
230 voters prefer Katie Stevens over Casey James
X = Casey James
Y = Aaron Kelly
576
576 voters prefer Casey James over Aaron Kelly
20
20 voters have an equal preference for Casey James and Aaron Kelly
170
170 voters prefer Aaron Kelly over Casey James
X = Casey James
Y = Andrew Garcia
626
626 voters prefer Casey James over Andrew Garcia
19
19 voters have an equal preference for Casey James over Andrew Garcia
121
121 voters prefer Andrew Garcia over Casey James
X = Casey James
Y = Tim Urban
647
647 voters prefer Casey James over Tim Urban
21
21 voters have an equal preference for Casey James and Tim Urban
98
98 voters prefer Tim Urban over Casey James
X = Michael Lynche
Y = Katie Stevens
386
386 voters prefer Michael Lynche over Katie Stevens
26
26 voters have an equal preference for Michael Lynche over Katie Stevens
354
354 voters prefer Katie Stevens over Michael Lynche
X = Michael Lynche
Y = Aaron Kelly
437
437 voters prefer Michael Lynche over Aaron Kelly
32
32 voters have an equal preference for Michael Lynche over Aaron Kelly
297
297 voters prefer Aaron Kelly over Michael Lynche
X = Michael Lynche
Y = Andrew Garcia
517
517 voters prefer Michael Lynche over Andrew Garcia
33
33 voters have an equal preference for Michael Lynche over Andrew Garcia
216
216 voters prefer Andrew Garcia over Michael Lynche
X = Michael Lynche
Y = Tim Urban
541
541 voters prefer Michael Lynche over Tim Urban
34
34 voters have an equal preference for Michael Lynche and Tim Urban
191
191 voters prefer Tim Urban over Michael Lynche
X = Katie Stevens
Y = Aaron Kelly
422
422 voters prefer Katie Stevens over Aaron Kelly
29
29 voters have an equal preference for Katie Stevens and Aaron Kelly
315
315 voters prefer Aaron Kelly over Katie Stevens
X = Katie Stevens
Y = Andrew Garcia
511
511 voters prefer Katie Stevens over Andrew Garcia
26
26 voters have an equal preference for Katie Stevens and Andrew Garcia
229
229 voters prefer Andrew Garcia over Katie Stevens
X = Katie Stevens
Y = Tim Urban
549
549 voters prefer Katie Stevens over Tim Urban
29
29 voters have an equal preference for Katie Stevens and Tim Urban
188
188 voters prefer Tim Urban over Katie Stevens
X = Aaron Kelly
Y = Andrew Garcia
444
444 voters prefer Aaron Kelly over Andrew Garcia
35
35 voters have an equal preference for Aaron Kelly over Andrew Garcia
287
287 voters prefer Andrew Garcia over Aaron Kelly
X = Aaron Kelly
Y = Tim Urban
504
504 voters prefer Aaron Kelly over Tim Urban
38
38 voters have an equal preference for Aaron Kelly and Tim Urban
224
224 voters prefer Tim Urban over Aaron Kelly
X = Andrew Garcia
Y = Tim Urban
425
425 voters prefer Andrew Garcia over Tim Urban
35
35 voters have an equal preference for Andrew Garcia and Tim Urban
306
306 voters prefer Tim Urban over Andrew Garcia
The highest score (which equals the sum of the bold underlined numbers, plus either tally number in any tied pair of choices) is: 19,669
Number of all possible valid sequences (without ties): 362,880
First sequence:
  1. Crystal Bowersox
  2. Siobhan Magnus
  3. Katie Stevens
  4. Lee DeWyze
  5. Andrew Garcia
  6. Casey James
  7. Aaron Kelly
  8. Michael Lynche
  9. Tim Urban
Last sequence:
  1. Tim Urban
  2. Michael Lynche
  3. Aaron Kelly
  4. Casey James
  5. Andrew Garcia
  6. Lee DeWyze
  7. Katie Stevens
  8. Siobhan Magnus
  9. Crystal Bowersox
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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 x2
  • 1&2&3,8,7,4&6&9,5 x1
  • 1&3,4,7,2,6,8,5,9 x1
  • 1&3,8,7,6,5,4,9,2 x1
  • 1&4&6&7&8,2&3&5&9 x1
  • 1&4&7,2,5&6&8&9,3 x1
  • 1&8,6,3,4&5&7&9,2 x1
  • 1,2&3&4&6,5&8,7&9 x1
  • 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 x3
  • 1,2,3,4,6,7,5,9,8 x1
  • 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,5,9 x1
  • 1,2,3,4,6,8,9,7,5 x1
  • 1,2,3,4,7,6,8,5,9 x2
  • 1,2,3,6,4,7,5,9,8 x1
  • 1,2,3,6,7,8,4,9,5 x1
  • 1,2,3,7,4,6,8,5,9 x1
  • 1,2,3,7,8,6,9,4,5 x1
  • 1,2,4,3,6,9,7,8,5 x1
  • 1,2,4,3,6,9,8,7,5 x1
  • 1,2,4,3,7,6,8,9,5 x1
  • 1,2,4,3,8,6,5,7,9 x1
  • 1,2,4,3,8,6,7,5,9 x1
  • 1,2,4,6,3,8,5,7,9 x1
  • 1,2,4,6,3,8,7,5,9 x2
  • 1,2,4,6,5,3,7,8,9 x1
  • 1,2,4,6,5,7,8,3,9 x1
  • 1,2,4,6,7,3,5,8,9 x1
  • 1,2,4,6,7,3,8,5,9 x1
  • 1,2,4,6,7,8,3,5,9 x1
  • 1,2,4,6,7,8,5,3,9 x1
  • 1,2,4,6,7,9,8,3,5 x2
  • 1,2,4,6,8,3&7,9,5 x1
  • 1,2,4,6,8,3,5,7,9 x2
  • 1,2,4,6,8,3,9,5,7 x1
  • 1,2,4,6,8,5,3,7&9 x1
  • 1,2,4,6,8,5,3,7,9 x1
  • 1,2,4,6,8,5,7,3,9 x1
  • 1,2,4,6,8,7,3,5,9 x1
  • 1,2,4,6,9,3,7,5,8 x1
  • 1,2,4,6,9,8,7,5,3 x1
  • 1,2,4,7,3,5,8,6,9 x1
  • 1,2,4,7,5,6,3,8,9 x1
  • 1,2,4,7,6,8,9,3,5 x1
  • 1,2,4,7,8,6,5,3,9 x1
  • 1,2,4,8,6,5,7,3,9 x1
  • 1,2,4,8,6,7,3,5,9 x1
  • 1,2,4,8,6,7,3,9,5 x1
  • 1,2,4,8,6,9,3,7,5 x1
  • 1,2,4,8,7,3,5,6,9 x1
  • 1,2,4,8,9,7,6,3,5 x1
  • [Remaining ballots not listed]

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