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Poll title:

     American Idol, Season 13, Top 8, First week    

Question (number 2) title:

     Who is your favorite, second-favorite, etc. non-contestant?    

The most preferred and most representative choice is:

    Keith Urban

Overall popularity ranking:

     
Popularity Choice VoteFair
ranking
score
Traditional
vote count

(for comparison)
First-most popular Keith Urban  Ranking score is 61 for Keith Urban 52 voters marked Keith Urban as their first choice
Second-most popular Harry Connick, Jr.  Ranking score is 50 for Harry Connick, Jr. 69 voters marked Harry Connick, Jr. as their first choice
Third-most popular Ryan Seacrest  Ranking score is 38 for Ryan Seacrest 40 voters marked Ryan Seacrest as their first choice
Fourth-most popular Jennifer Lopez  Ranking score is 28 for Jennifer Lopez 34 voters marked Jennifer Lopez as their first choice
Fifth-most popular Rickey Minor and the Band  Ranking score is 11 for Rickey Minor and the Band 7 voters marked Rickey Minor and the Band as their first choice
Sixth-most popular Randy Jackson  Ranking score is 0 for Randy Jackson 4 voters marked Randy Jackson as their first choice

VoteFair representation Ranking

  

First-most representative choice is:

Keith Urban

Second-most representative choice is:

Harry Connick, Jr.

Third-most representative choice is:

Ryan Seacrest

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 Keith Urban
Instant runoff Keith Urban
(1 ballot at least partially ignored because it includes an equal preference at a significant step in the runoff process.
(Choice eliminated in the first round : Randy Jackson)
Majority None of the choices has won a majority (more than half) the votes.

(33 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Plurality Harry Connick, Jr.

(33 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Condorcet Keith Urban
Borda count Keith Urban
(42 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice at the same preference level.)

Details of plurality results

  
Choice Vote count Percentage
Harry Connick, Jr. 69 33 69 voters marked Harry Connick, Jr. as their first choice
Keith Urban 52 25 52 voters marked Keith Urban as their first choice
Ryan Seacrest 40 19 40 voters marked Ryan Seacrest as their first choice
Jennifer Lopez 34 17 34 voters marked Jennifer Lopez as their first choice
Rickey Minor and the Band 7 3 7 voters marked Rickey Minor and the Band as their first choice
Randy Jackson 4 2 4 voters marked Randy Jackson as their first choice
(33 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: 239
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 = Keith Urban
Y = Harry Connick, Jr.
105
105 voters prefer Keith Urban over Harry Connick, Jr.
33
33 voters have an equal preference for Keith Urban and Harry Connick, Jr.
101
101 voters prefer Harry Connick, Jr. over Keith Urban
X = Keith Urban
Y = Ryan Seacrest
120
120 voters prefer Keith Urban over Ryan Seacrest
33
33 voters have an equal preference for Keith Urban over Ryan Seacrest
86
86 voters prefer Ryan Seacrest over Keith Urban
X = Keith Urban
Y = Jennifer Lopez
135
135 voters prefer Keith Urban over Jennifer Lopez
31
31 voters have an equal preference for Keith Urban over Jennifer Lopez
73
73 voters prefer Jennifer Lopez over Keith Urban
X = Keith Urban
Y = Rickey Minor and the Band
182
182 voters prefer Keith Urban over Rickey Minor and the Band
30
30 voters have an equal preference for Keith Urban and Rickey Minor and the Band
27
27 voters prefer Rickey Minor and the Band over Keith Urban
X = Keith Urban
Y = Randy Jackson
190
190 voters prefer Keith Urban over Randy Jackson
32
32 voters have an equal preference for Keith Urban and Randy Jackson
17
17 voters prefer Randy Jackson over Keith Urban
X = Harry Connick, Jr.
Y = Ryan Seacrest
121
121 voters prefer Harry Connick, Jr. over Ryan Seacrest
33
33 voters have an equal preference for Harry Connick, Jr. over Ryan Seacrest
85
85 voters prefer Ryan Seacrest over Harry Connick, Jr.
X = Harry Connick, Jr.
Y = Jennifer Lopez
124
124 voters prefer Harry Connick, Jr. over Jennifer Lopez
33
33 voters have an equal preference for Harry Connick, Jr. over Jennifer Lopez
82
82 voters prefer Jennifer Lopez over Harry Connick, Jr.
X = Harry Connick, Jr.
Y = Rickey Minor and the Band
176
176 voters prefer Harry Connick, Jr. over Rickey Minor and the Band
32
32 voters have an equal preference for Harry Connick, Jr. and Rickey Minor and the Band
31
31 voters prefer Rickey Minor and the Band over Harry Connick, Jr.
X = Harry Connick, Jr.
Y = Randy Jackson
179
179 voters prefer Harry Connick, Jr. over Randy Jackson
35
35 voters have an equal preference for Harry Connick, Jr. and Randy Jackson
25
25 voters prefer Randy Jackson over Harry Connick, Jr.
X = Ryan Seacrest
Y = Jennifer Lopez
104
104 voters prefer Ryan Seacrest over Jennifer Lopez
33
33 voters have an equal preference for Ryan Seacrest and Jennifer Lopez
102
102 voters prefer Jennifer Lopez over Ryan Seacrest
X = Ryan Seacrest
Y = Rickey Minor and the Band
168
168 voters prefer Ryan Seacrest over Rickey Minor and the Band
32
32 voters have an equal preference for Ryan Seacrest and Rickey Minor and the Band
39
39 voters prefer Rickey Minor and the Band over Ryan Seacrest
X = Ryan Seacrest
Y = Randy Jackson
180
180 voters prefer Ryan Seacrest over Randy Jackson
35
35 voters have an equal preference for Ryan Seacrest and Randy Jackson
24
24 voters prefer Randy Jackson over Ryan Seacrest
X = Jennifer Lopez
Y = Rickey Minor and the Band
160
160 voters prefer Jennifer Lopez over Rickey Minor and the Band
33
33 voters have an equal preference for Jennifer Lopez and Rickey Minor and the Band
46
46 voters prefer Rickey Minor and the Band over Jennifer Lopez
X = Jennifer Lopez
Y = Randy Jackson
179
179 voters prefer Jennifer Lopez over Randy Jackson
32
32 voters have an equal preference for Jennifer Lopez and Randy Jackson
28
28 voters prefer Randy Jackson over Jennifer Lopez
X = Rickey Minor and the Band
Y = Randy Jackson
134
134 voters prefer Rickey Minor and the Band over Randy Jackson
35
35 voters have an equal preference for Rickey Minor and the Band over Randy Jackson
70
70 voters prefer Randy Jackson over Rickey Minor and the Band
The highest score (which equals the sum of the bold underlined numbers, plus either tally number in any tied pair of choices) is: 2,257
Number of all possible valid sequences (without ties): 720
First sequence:
  1. Ryan Seacrest
  2. Jennifer Lopez
  3. Keith Urban
  4. Harry Connick, Jr.
  5. Randy Jackson
  6. Rickey Minor and the Band
Last sequence:
  1. Rickey Minor and the Band
  2. Randy Jackson
  3. Harry Connick, Jr.
  4. Keith Urban
  5. Jennifer Lopez
  6. Ryan Seacrest
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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 x28
  • 1&2&3&4&5,6 x1
  • 1&2,5,3&4&6 x1
  • 1&3&4&5,2&6 x1
  • 1&3&4&5,2,6 x1
  • 1,2,3,4,5,6 x5
  • 1,2,3,4,6,5 x2
  • 1,2,3,5,4,6 x1
  • 1,2,3,5,6,4 x1
  • 1,2,4,3,5,6 x2
  • 1,2,4,3,6,5 x3
  • 1,3,2&6,4&5 x1
  • 1,3,2,4,5,6 x1
  • 1,3,2,4,6,5 x3
  • 1,3,2,5,4,6 x1
  • 1,3,2,5,6,4 x1
  • 1,3,2,6,5,4 x1
  • 1,3,4,2,5,6 x1
  • 1,3,4,2,6,5 x1
  • 1,4,2,3,6,5 x2
  • 1,4,3,2,5,6 x1
  • 1,4,3,2,6,5 x3
  • 1,4,3,5,2,6 x1
  • 1,4,3,6,2,5 x3
  • 1,4,6,2,3,5 x1
  • 1,4,6,5,3,2 x2
  • 1,6,3,5,4,2 x1
  • 1,6,4,3,2,5 x1
  • 1,6,5,4,3,2 x1
  • 2&3&4,1,5,6 x1
  • 2,1,3,4,5,6 x4
  • 2,1,3,6,5,4 x2
  • 2,1,4,3,6,5 x4
  • 2,1,6,4,3,5 x1
  • 2,1,6,5,3,4 x1
  • 2,3,1,4,6,5 x1
  • 2,3,1,5,6,4 x1
  • 2,3,4,1,5&6 x1
  • 2,3,4,1,5,6 x3
  • 2,3,4,1,6,5 x7
  • 2,3,4,5,6,1 x1
  • 2,3,5,6,1,4 x1
  • 2,3,6,1,4,5 x1
  • 2,4,1,3,6,5 x1
  • 2,4,3,1,6,5 x3
  • 2,4,5,3,1,6 x1
  • 2,5,1,6,3,4 x1
  • 3,1&2&4&5&6 x2
  • 3,1,2,4,5,6 x1
  • 3,1,2,6,4,5 x1
  • [Remaining ballots not listed]

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