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VoteFair Ranking Results calculated at  www.VoteFair.org 2013-May-16  21:10

Poll title:

     American Idol, Season 12, Top 2    

Question (number 1) title:

     Who is your favorite and second-favorite singer?    

The most preferred and most representative choice is:

    Candice Glover

Overall popularity ranking:

     
Popularity Choice VoteFair
ranking
score		 Traditional
vote count
(for comparison)
First-most popular Candice Glover Ranking score is 52 for Candice Glover 345 voters marked Candice Glover as their first choice
Second-most popular Kree Harrison Ranking score is 0 for Kree Harrison 309 voters marked Kree Harrison as their first choice

VoteFair representation Ranking

   Representation results are not relevant because there are only two choices.

Comparison of VoteFair Ranking with other voting methods

  
Voting method Winner
VoteFair Candice Glover
Instant runoff Candice Glover
Majority Candice Glover

(11 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Plurality Candice Glover

(11 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Condorcet Candice Glover
Borda count Candice Glover
(11 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice at the same preference level.)

Details of plurality results

  
Choice Vote count Percentage
Candice Glover 345 53 345 voters marked Candice Glover as their first choice
Kree Harrison 309 47 309 voters marked Kree Harrison as their first choice
(11 ballots ignored in plurality counting because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Data and Calculation Summary
Number of votes: 665
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 = Candice Glover
Y = Kree Harrison		 345
345 voters prefer Candice Glover over Kree Harrison		 11
11 voters have an equal preference for Candice Glover and Kree Harrison		 309
309 voters prefer Kree Harrison over Candice Glover
The highest score (which equals the sum of the bold underlined numbers, plus either tally number in any tied pair of choices) is: 345
Number of all possible valid sequences (without ties): 2
First sequence:
  1. Candice Glover
  2. Kree Harrison
Last sequence:
  1. Kree Harrison
  2. Candice Glover
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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 x11
  • 1,2 x345
  • 2,1 x309

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