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Survey title:

     American Idol Season 5 Poll, Top 16    

Question (number 2) title:

     Who is your favorite male American Idol singer?    



The most preferred and most representative choice is:

    Chris Daughtry

Overall popularity ranking:

     
Popularity Choice Graphic summary of tally information
(details in mouse-over ALT text)
First-most popular Chris Daughtry 47 voters prefer

Chris Daughtry

over

Taylor Hicks24 voters have an equal preference for

Chris Daughtry

and

Taylor Hicks46 voters prefer

Taylor Hicks

over

Chris Daughtry 68 voters prefer

Chris Daughtry

over

Elliott Yamin27 voters have an equal preference for

Chris Daughtry

and

Elliott Yamin22 voters prefer

Elliott Yamin

over

Chris Daughtry 71 voter prefers

Chris Daughtry

over

Ace Young28 voters have an equal preference for

Chris Daughtry

and

Ace Young18 voters prefer

Ace Young

over

Chris Daughtry 79 voters prefer

Chris Daughtry

over

Bucky Covington21 voter has an equal preference for

Chris Daughtry

and

Bucky Covington17 voters prefer

Bucky Covington

over

Chris Daughtry 86 voters prefer

Chris Daughtry

over

Gedeon McKinney24 voters have an equal preference for

Chris Daughtry

and

Gedeon McKinney7 voters prefer

Gedeon McKinney

over

Chris Daughtry 83 voters prefer

Chris Daughtry

over

Kevin Corvais22 voters have an equal preference for

Chris Daughtry

and

Kevin Corvais12 voters prefer

Kevin Corvais

over

Chris Daughtry 81 voter prefers

Chris Daughtry

over

Will Makar27 voters have an equal preference for

Chris Daughtry

and

Will Makar9 voters prefer

Will Makar

over

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

67 voters prefer

Taylor Hicks

over

Elliott Yamin23 voters have an equal preference for

Taylor Hicks

and

Elliott Yamin27 voters prefer

Elliott Yamin

over

Taylor Hicks 68 voters prefer

Taylor Hicks

over

Ace Young25 voters have an equal preference for

Taylor Hicks

and

Ace Young24 voters prefer

Ace Young

over

Taylor Hicks 79 voters prefer

Taylor Hicks

over

Bucky Covington19 voters have an equal preference for

Taylor Hicks

and

Bucky Covington19 voters prefer

Bucky Covington

over

Taylor Hicks 80 voters prefer

Taylor Hicks

over

Gedeon McKinney24 voters have an equal preference for

Taylor Hicks

and

Gedeon McKinney13 voters prefer

Gedeon McKinney

over

Taylor Hicks 80 voters prefer

Taylor Hicks

over

Kevin Corvais20 voters have an equal preference for

Taylor Hicks

and

Kevin Corvais17 voters prefer

Kevin Corvais

over

Taylor Hicks 79 voters prefer

Taylor Hicks

over

Will Makar25 voters have an equal preference for

Taylor Hicks

and

Will Makar13 voters prefer

Will Makar

over

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

48 voters prefer

Elliott Yamin

over

Ace Young29 voters have an equal preference for

Elliott Yamin

and

Ace Young40 voters prefer

Ace Young

over

Elliott Yamin 61 voter prefers

Elliott Yamin

over

Bucky Covington26 voters have an equal preference for

Elliott Yamin

and

Bucky Covington30 voters prefer

Bucky Covington

over

Elliott Yamin 70 voters prefer

Elliott Yamin

over

Gedeon McKinney32 voters have an equal preference for

Elliott Yamin

and

Gedeon McKinney15 voters prefer

Gedeon McKinney

over

Elliott Yamin 73 voters prefer

Elliott Yamin

over

Kevin Corvais25 voters have an equal preference for

Elliott Yamin

and

Kevin Corvais19 voters prefer

Kevin Corvais

over

Elliott Yamin 74 voters prefer

Elliott Yamin

over

Will Makar30 voters have an equal preference for

Elliott Yamin

and

Will Makar13 voters prefer

Will Makar

over

Elliott Yamin
Fourth-most popular Ace Young The percent bars above indicate comparisons with the choice to the left

53 voters prefer

Ace Young

over

Bucky Covington27 voters have an equal preference for

Ace Young

and

Bucky Covington37 voters prefer

Bucky Covington

over

Ace Young 67 voters prefer

Ace Young

over

Gedeon McKinney30 voters have an equal preference for

Ace Young

and

Gedeon McKinney20 voters prefer

Gedeon McKinney

over

Ace Young 72 voters prefer

Ace Young

over

Kevin Corvais24 voters have an equal preference for

Ace Young

and

Kevin Corvais21 voter prefers

Kevin Corvais

over

Ace Young 69 voters prefer

Ace Young

over

Will Makar31 voter has an equal preference for

Ace Young

and

Will Makar17 voters prefer

Will Makar

over

Ace Young
Fifth-most popular Bucky Covington The percent bars above indicate comparisons with the choice to the left

56 voters prefer

Bucky Covington

over

Gedeon McKinney27 voters have an equal preference for

Bucky Covington

and

Gedeon McKinney34 voters prefer

Gedeon McKinney

over

Bucky Covington 63 voters prefer

Bucky Covington

over

Kevin Corvais24 voters have an equal preference for

Bucky Covington

and

Kevin Corvais30 voters prefer

Kevin Corvais

over

Bucky Covington 62 voters prefer

Bucky Covington

over

Will Makar28 voters have an equal preference for

Bucky Covington

and

Will Makar27 voters prefer

Will Makar

over

Bucky Covington
Sixth-most popular Gedeon McKinney The percent bars above indicate comparisons with the choice to the left

48 voters prefer

Gedeon McKinney

over

Kevin Corvais30 voters have an equal preference for

Gedeon McKinney

and

Kevin Corvais39 voters prefer

Kevin Corvais

over

Gedeon McKinney 44 voters prefer

Gedeon McKinney

over

Will Makar34 voters have an equal preference for

Gedeon McKinney

and

Will Makar39 voters prefer

Will Makar

over

Gedeon McKinney
Seventh-most popular Kevin Corvais The percent bars above indicate comparisons with the choice to the left

48 voters prefer

Kevin Corvais

over

Will Makar28 voters have an equal preference for

Kevin Corvais

and

Will Makar41 voter prefers

Will Makar

over

Kevin Corvais
Eighth-most popular Will Makar The percent bars above indicate comparisons with the choice to the left



VoteFair representation Ranking

  
First-most representative choice is: Chris Daughtry
Second-most representative choice is: Taylor Hicks
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 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 Chris Daughtry
Instant runoff Taylor Hicks
(9 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: Gedeon McKinney)
Majority None of the choices has won a majority ( more than half ) the votes.

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

(21 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Condorcet Chris Daughtry
Borda count Chris Daughtry

(44 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 33 34 33 voters marked

Taylor Hicks

as their first choice
Chris Daughtry 28 29 28 voters marked

Chris Daughtry

as their first choice
Elliott Yamin 8 8 8 voters marked

Elliott Yamin

as their first choice
Bucky Covington 8 8 8 voters marked

Bucky Covington

as their first choice
Ace Young 7 7 7 voters marked

Ace Young

as their first choice
Kevin Corvais 6 6 6 voters marked

Kevin Corvais

as their first choice
Will Makar 4 4 4 voters marked

Will Makar

as their first choice
Gedeon McKinney 2 2 2 voters marked

Gedeon McKinney

as their first choice
(21 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: 117
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 = Chris Daughtry
Y = Taylor Hicks
47
47 voters prefer

Chris Daughtry

over

Taylor Hicks
24
24 voters have an equal preference for

Chris Daughtry

and

Taylor Hicks
46
46 voters prefer

Taylor Hicks

over

Chris Daughtry
X = Chris Daughtry
Y = Elliott Yamin
68
68 voters prefer

Chris Daughtry

over

Elliott Yamin
27
27 voters have an equal preference for

Chris Daughtry

and

Elliott Yamin
22
22 voters prefer

Elliott Yamin

over

Chris Daughtry
X = Chris Daughtry
Y = Ace Young
71
71 voter prefers

Chris Daughtry

over

Ace Young
28
28 voters have an equal preference for

Chris Daughtry

and

Ace Young
18
18 voters prefer

Ace Young

over

Chris Daughtry
X = Chris Daughtry
Y = Bucky Covington
79
79 voters prefer

Chris Daughtry

over

Bucky Covington
21
21 voter has an equal preference for

Chris Daughtry

and

Bucky Covington
17
17 voters prefer

Bucky Covington

over

Chris Daughtry
X = Chris Daughtry
Y = Gedeon McKinney
86
86 voters prefer

Chris Daughtry

over

Gedeon McKinney
24
24 voters have an equal preference for

Chris Daughtry

and

Gedeon McKinney
7
7 voters prefer

Gedeon McKinney

over

Chris Daughtry
X = Chris Daughtry
Y = Kevin Corvais
83
83 voters prefer

Chris Daughtry

over

Kevin Corvais
22
22 voters have an equal preference for

Chris Daughtry

and

Kevin Corvais
12
12 voters prefer

Kevin Corvais

over

Chris Daughtry
X = Chris Daughtry
Y = Will Makar
81
81 voter prefers

Chris Daughtry

over

Will Makar
27
27 voters have an equal preference for

Chris Daughtry

and

Will Makar
9
9 voters prefer

Will Makar

over

Chris Daughtry
X = Taylor Hicks
Y = Elliott Yamin
67
67 voters prefer

Taylor Hicks

over

Elliott Yamin
23
23 voters have an equal preference for

Taylor Hicks

and

Elliott Yamin
27
27 voters prefer

Elliott Yamin

over

Taylor Hicks
X = Taylor Hicks
Y = Ace Young
68
68 voters prefer

Taylor Hicks

over

Ace Young
25
25 voters have an equal preference for

Taylor Hicks

and

Ace Young
24
24 voters prefer

Ace Young

over

Taylor Hicks
X = Taylor Hicks
Y = Bucky Covington
79
79 voters prefer

Taylor Hicks

over

Bucky Covington
19
19 voters have an equal preference for

Taylor Hicks

and

Bucky Covington
19
19 voters prefer

Bucky Covington

over

Taylor Hicks
X = Taylor Hicks
Y = Gedeon McKinney
80
80 voters prefer

Taylor Hicks

over

Gedeon McKinney
24
24 voters have an equal preference for

Taylor Hicks

and

Gedeon McKinney
13
13 voters prefer

Gedeon McKinney

over

Taylor Hicks
X = Taylor Hicks
Y = Kevin Corvais
80
80 voters prefer

Taylor Hicks

over

Kevin Corvais
20
20 voters have an equal preference for

Taylor Hicks

and

Kevin Corvais
17
17 voters prefer

Kevin Corvais

over

Taylor Hicks
X = Taylor Hicks
Y = Will Makar
79
79 voters prefer

Taylor Hicks

over

Will Makar
25
25 voters have an equal preference for

Taylor Hicks

and

Will Makar
13
13 voters prefer

Will Makar

over

Taylor Hicks
X = Elliott Yamin
Y = Ace Young
48
48 voters prefer

Elliott Yamin

over

Ace Young
29
29 voters have an equal preference for

Elliott Yamin

and

Ace Young
40
40 voters prefer

Ace Young

over

Elliott Yamin
X = Elliott Yamin
Y = Bucky Covington
61
61 voter prefers

Elliott Yamin

over

Bucky Covington
26
26 voters have an equal preference for

Elliott Yamin

and

Bucky Covington
30
30 voters prefer

Bucky Covington

over

Elliott Yamin
X = Elliott Yamin
Y = Gedeon McKinney
70
70 voters prefer

Elliott Yamin

over

Gedeon McKinney
32
32 voters have an equal preference for

Elliott Yamin

and

Gedeon McKinney
15
15 voters prefer

Gedeon McKinney

over

Elliott Yamin
X = Elliott Yamin
Y = Kevin Corvais
73
73 voters prefer

Elliott Yamin

over

Kevin Corvais
25
25 voters have an equal preference for

Elliott Yamin

and

Kevin Corvais
19
19 voters prefer

Kevin Corvais

over

Elliott Yamin
X = Elliott Yamin
Y = Will Makar
74
74 voters prefer

Elliott Yamin

over

Will Makar
30
30 voters have an equal preference for

Elliott Yamin

and

Will Makar
13
13 voters prefer

Will Makar

over

Elliott Yamin
X = Ace Young
Y = Bucky Covington
53
53 voters prefer

Ace Young

over

Bucky Covington
27
27 voters have an equal preference for

Ace Young

and

Bucky Covington
37
37 voters prefer

Bucky Covington

over

Ace Young
X = Ace Young
Y = Gedeon McKinney
67
67 voters prefer

Ace Young

over

Gedeon McKinney
30
30 voters have an equal preference for

Ace Young

and

Gedeon McKinney
20
20 voters prefer

Gedeon McKinney

over

Ace Young
X = Ace Young
Y = Kevin Corvais
72
72 voters prefer

Ace Young

over

Kevin Corvais
24
24 voters have an equal preference for

Ace Young

and

Kevin Corvais
21
21 voter prefers

Kevin Corvais

over

Ace Young
X = Ace Young
Y = Will Makar
69
69 voters prefer

Ace Young

over

Will Makar
31
31 voter has an equal preference for

Ace Young

and

Will Makar
17
17 voters prefer

Will Makar

over

Ace Young
X = Bucky Covington
Y = Gedeon McKinney
56
56 voters prefer

Bucky Covington

over

Gedeon McKinney
27
27 voters have an equal preference for

Bucky Covington

and

Gedeon McKinney
34
34 voters prefer

Gedeon McKinney

over

Bucky Covington
X = Bucky Covington
Y = Kevin Corvais
63
63 voters prefer

Bucky Covington

over

Kevin Corvais
24
24 voters have an equal preference for

Bucky Covington

and

Kevin Corvais
30
30 voters prefer

Kevin Corvais

over

Bucky Covington
X = Bucky Covington
Y = Will Makar
62
62 voters prefer

Bucky Covington

over

Will Makar
28
28 voters have an equal preference for

Bucky Covington

and

Will Makar
27
27 voters prefer

Will Makar

over

Bucky Covington
X = Gedeon McKinney
Y = Kevin Corvais
48
48 voters prefer

Gedeon McKinney

over

Kevin Corvais
30
30 voters have an equal preference for

Gedeon McKinney

and

Kevin Corvais
39
39 voters prefer

Kevin Corvais

over

Gedeon McKinney
X = Gedeon McKinney
Y = Will Makar
44
44 voters prefer

Gedeon McKinney

over

Will Makar
34
34 voters have an equal preference for

Gedeon McKinney

and

Will Makar
39
39 voters prefer

Will Makar

over

Gedeon McKinney
X = Kevin Corvais
Y = Will Makar
48
48 voters prefer

Kevin Corvais

over

Will Makar
28
28 voters have an equal preference for

Kevin Corvais

and

Will Makar
41
41 voter prefers

Will Makar

over

Kevin Corvais
The highest score (which equals the sum of the bold underlined numbers, plus either tally number in any tied pair of choices) is: 1,876
Number of all possible valid sequences (without ties): 40,320
First sequence:
  1. Ace Young
  2. Bucky Covington
  3. Chris Daughtry
  4. Elliott Yamin
  5. Gedeon McKinney
  6. Kevin Corvais
  7. Taylor Hicks
  8. Will Makar
Last sequence:
  1. Will Makar
  2. Taylor Hicks
  3. Kevin Corvais
  4. Gedeon McKinney
  5. Elliott Yamin
  6. Chris Daughtry
  7. Bucky Covington
  8. Ace Young
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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 x10
  • 1&2&3&4,6&7,5,8 x1
  • 1&2&3&8,6,4&5,7 x1
  • 1&3&7&8,4,5&6,2 x1
  • 1&3&7,2&4&6&8,5 x1
  • 1&3&7,4,8,5&6,2 x1
  • 1,2&3&4&5&6&7&8 x1
  • 1,2,3,5,7,6,4,8 x1
  • 1,3,7,6,8,4,2,5 x1
  • 1,4,6,7,8,3,5,2 x1
  • 1,7,3,2,4,8,6,5 x1
  • 1,7,6,3,4,8,5,2 x1
  • 1,8,7,3,4,6,5,2 x1
  • 2,1&3&4&5&6&7&8 x4
  • 2,1,3,4,8,6,7,5 x1
  • 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,1 x1
  • 2,3,7,4,5,6,8,1 x1
  • 2,7,3,6,4,5,1,8 x1
  • 3&4,1,5,6,7,8,2 x1
  • 3&4,1,5,6,8,7,2 x1
  • 3&6,1&2&4&5&7&8 x2
  • 3&7,1&2&4&5&6&8 x1
  • 3&7,4,1&2&5&6&8 x1
  • 3,1&2&4&5&6&7&8 x2
  • 3,1,2,4&5&6&7&8 x1
  • 3,1,7,2,5,4,6,8 x1
  • 3,1,7,5,4,6,2,8 x1
  • 3,1,7,5,6,4,2,8 x1
  • 3,2,1,4,7,5,6,8 x1
  • 3,2,7,1,4,5,6,8 x1
  • 3,4,1,7,2,6,8,5 x1
  • 3,4,5,7,2,1,8,6 x1
  • 3,4,7,1,2,5,6,8 x1
  • 3,4,7,1,5,6,2,8 x1
  • 3,4,7,2,1,8,6,5 x1
  • 3,4,7,2,5,8,6,1 x1
  • 3,4,7,5,1,2,8,6 x1
  • 3,7,1,4,2,8,6,5 x3
  • 3,7,1,4,8,5,2,6 x1
  • 3,7,1,5,4,2,6,8 x1
  • 3,7,2,1,5,4,6,8 x1
  • 3,7,4,1,2,5,8,6 x1
  • 3,7,4,1,2,8,5,6 x1
  • 3,7,4,1,8,2,6,5 x1
  • 3,7,4,2,1,5,8,6 x1
  • 3,7,5,2,4,1,6,8 x1
  • 3,7,8,5,4,1,2,6 x1
  • 3,8,5,6,1,7,2,4 x1
  • 4,1&2&3&5&6&7&8 x1
  • 4,3,5,2,1,8,7,6 x1
  • [Remaining ballots not listed]

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