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Poll title:

     American Idol, Season 10, Top 11, First Week    

Question (number 1) title:

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

The most preferred and most representative choice is:

    Pia Toscano

Overall popularity ranking:

     
Popularity Choice VoteFair
ranking
score		 Traditional
vote count
(for comparison)
First-most popular Pia Toscano Ranking score is 61 for Pia Toscano 186 voters marked Pia Toscano as their first choice
Second-most popular James Durbin Ranking score is 55 for James Durbin 225 voters marked James Durbin as their first choice
Third-most popular Scotty McCreery Ranking score is 49 for Scotty McCreery 196 voters marked Scotty McCreery as their first choice
Fourth-most popular Casey Abrams Ranking score is 39 for Casey Abrams 113 voters marked Casey Abrams as their first choice
Fifth-most popular Lauren Alaina Ranking score is 34 for Lauren Alaina 61 voters marked Lauren Alaina as their first choice
Sixth-most popular Thia Megia Ranking score is 27 for Thia Megia 278 voters marked Thia Megia as their first choice
Seventh-most popular Stefano Langone Ranking score is 21 for Stefano Langone 53 voters marked Stefano Langone as their first choice
Eighth-most popular Paul McDonald Ranking score is 15 for Paul McDonald 69 voters marked Paul McDonald as their first choice
Ninth-most popular Jacob Lusk Ranking score is 10 for Jacob Lusk 72 voters marked Jacob Lusk as their first choice
Tenth-most popular Haley Reinhart Ranking score is 6 for Haley Reinhart 51 voters marked Haley Reinhart as their first choice
11th-most popular Naima Adedapo Ranking score is 0 for Naima Adedapo 36 voters marked Naima Adedapo as their first choice

VoteFair representation Ranking

  

First-most representative choice is:

Pia Toscano

Second-most representative choice is:

James Durbin

Third-most representative choice is:

Scotty McCreery

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 Pia Toscano
Instant runoff James Durbin
(92 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 : Naima Adedapo)
Majority None of the choices has won a majority (more than half) the votes.

(51 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Plurality Thia Megia

(51 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Condorcet Pia Toscano
Borda count James Durbin
(289 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice at the same preference level.)

Details of plurality results

  
Choice Vote count Percentage
Thia Megia 278 21 278 voters marked Thia Megia as their first choice
James Durbin 225 17 225 voters marked James Durbin as their first choice
Scotty McCreery 196 15 196 voters marked Scotty McCreery as their first choice
Pia Toscano 186 14 186 voters marked Pia Toscano as their first choice
Casey Abrams 113 8 113 voters marked Casey Abrams as their first choice
Jacob Lusk 72 5 72 voters marked Jacob Lusk as their first choice
Paul McDonald 69 5 69 voters marked Paul McDonald as their first choice
Lauren Alaina 61 5 61 voters marked Lauren Alaina as their first choice
Stefano Langone 53 4 53 voters marked Stefano Langone as their first choice
Haley Reinhart 51 4 51 voters marked Haley Reinhart as their first choice
Naima Adedapo 36 3 36 voters marked Naima Adedapo as their first choice
(51 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: 1,391
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 = Pia Toscano
Y = James Durbin		 652
652 voters prefer Pia Toscano over James Durbin		 116
116 voters have an equal preference for Pia Toscano over James Durbin		 623
623 voters prefer James Durbin over Pia Toscano
X = Pia Toscano
Y = Scotty McCreery		 697
697 voters prefer Pia Toscano over Scotty McCreery		 109
109 voters have an equal preference for Pia Toscano and Scotty McCreery		 585
585 voters prefer Scotty McCreery over Pia Toscano
X = Pia Toscano
Y = Casey Abrams		 750
750 voters prefer Pia Toscano over Casey Abrams		 125
125 voters have an equal preference for Pia Toscano over Casey Abrams		 516
516 voters prefer Casey Abrams over Pia Toscano
X = Pia Toscano
Y = Lauren Alaina		 825
825 voters prefer Pia Toscano over Lauren Alaina		 119
119 voters have an equal preference for Pia Toscano over Lauren Alaina		 447
447 voters prefer Lauren Alaina over Pia Toscano
X = Pia Toscano
Y = Thia Megia		 840
840 voters prefer Pia Toscano over Thia Megia		 80
80 voters have an equal preference for Pia Toscano and Thia Megia		 471
471 voters prefer Thia Megia over Pia Toscano
X = Pia Toscano
Y = Stefano Langone		 911
911 voters prefer Pia Toscano over Stefano Langone		 133
133 voters have an equal preference for Pia Toscano and Stefano Langone		 347
347 voters prefer Stefano Langone over Pia Toscano
X = Pia Toscano
Y = Paul McDonald		 870
870 voters prefer Pia Toscano over Paul McDonald		 126
126 voters have an equal preference for Pia Toscano over Paul McDonald		 395
395 voters prefer Paul McDonald over Pia Toscano
X = Pia Toscano
Y = Jacob Lusk		 901
901 voters prefer Pia Toscano over Jacob Lusk		 122
122 voters have an equal preference for Pia Toscano over Jacob Lusk		 368
368 voters prefer Jacob Lusk over Pia Toscano
X = Pia Toscano
Y = Haley Reinhart		 960
960 voters prefer Pia Toscano over Haley Reinhart		 125
125 voters have an equal preference for Pia Toscano over Haley Reinhart		 306
306 voters prefer Haley Reinhart over Pia Toscano
X = Pia Toscano
Y = Naima Adedapo		 1,012
1,012 voter prefer Pia Toscano over Naima Adedapo		 118
118 voters have an equal preference for Pia Toscano over Naima Adedapo		 261
261 voters prefer Naima Adedapo over Pia Toscano
X = James Durbin
Y = Scotty McCreery		 670
670 voters prefer James Durbin over Scotty McCreery		 122
122 voters have an equal preference for James Durbin and Scotty McCreery		 599
599 voters prefer Scotty McCreery over James Durbin
X = James Durbin
Y = Casey Abrams		 768
768 voters prefer James Durbin over Casey Abrams		 150
150 voters have an equal preference for James Durbin over Casey Abrams		 473
473 voters prefer Casey Abrams over James Durbin
X = James Durbin
Y = Lauren Alaina		 790
790 voters prefer James Durbin over Lauren Alaina		 132
132 voters have an equal preference for James Durbin and Lauren Alaina		 469
469 voters prefer Lauren Alaina over James Durbin
X = James Durbin
Y = Thia Megia		 815
815 voters prefer James Durbin over Thia Megia		 82
82 voters have an equal preference for James Durbin and Thia Megia		 494
494 voters prefer Thia Megia over James Durbin
X = James Durbin
Y = Stefano Langone		 853
853 voters prefer James Durbin over Stefano Langone		 137
137 voters have an equal preference for James Durbin and Stefano Langone		 401
401 voters prefer Stefano Langone over James Durbin
X = James Durbin
Y = Paul McDonald		 880
880 voters prefer James Durbin over Paul McDonald		 150
150 voters have an equal preference for James Durbin and Paul McDonald		 361
361 voters prefer Paul McDonald over James Durbin
X = James Durbin
Y = Jacob Lusk		 918
918 voters prefer James Durbin over Jacob Lusk		 136
136 voters have an equal preference for James Durbin over Jacob Lusk		 337
337 voters prefer Jacob Lusk over James Durbin
X = James Durbin
Y = Haley Reinhart		 937
937 voters prefer James Durbin over Haley Reinhart		 133
133 voters have an equal preference for James Durbin over Haley Reinhart		 321
321 voters prefer Haley Reinhart over James Durbin
X = James Durbin
Y = Naima Adedapo		 1,023
1,023 voter prefer James Durbin over Naima Adedapo		 131
131 voters have an equal preference for James Durbin and Naima Adedapo		 237
237 voters prefer Naima Adedapo over James Durbin
X = Scotty McCreery
Y = Casey Abrams		 727
727 voters prefer Scotty McCreery over Casey Abrams		 129
129 voters have an equal preference for Scotty McCreery over Casey Abrams		 535
535 voters prefer Casey Abrams over Scotty McCreery
X = Scotty McCreery
Y = Lauren Alaina		 748
748 voters prefer Scotty McCreery over Lauren Alaina		 132
132 voters have an equal preference for Scotty McCreery over Lauren Alaina		 511
511 voters prefer Lauren Alaina over Scotty McCreery
X = Scotty McCreery
Y = Thia Megia		 803
803 voters prefer Scotty McCreery over Thia Megia		 70
70 voters have an equal preference for Scotty McCreery and Thia Megia		 518
518 voters prefer Thia Megia over Scotty McCreery
X = Scotty McCreery
Y = Stefano Langone		 850
850 voters prefer Scotty McCreery over Stefano Langone		 125
125 voters have an equal preference for Scotty McCreery and Stefano Langone		 416
416 voters prefer Stefano Langone over Scotty McCreery
X = Scotty McCreery
Y = Paul McDonald		 873
873 voters prefer Scotty McCreery over Paul McDonald		 134
134 voters have an equal preference for Scotty McCreery over Paul McDonald		 384
384 voters prefer Paul McDonald over Scotty McCreery
X = Scotty McCreery
Y = Jacob Lusk		 849
849 voters prefer Scotty McCreery over Jacob Lusk		 114
114 voters have an equal preference for Scotty McCreery over Jacob Lusk		 428
428 voters prefer Jacob Lusk over Scotty McCreery
X = Scotty McCreery
Y = Haley Reinhart		 912
912 voters prefer Scotty McCreery over Haley Reinhart		 126
126 voters have an equal preference for Scotty McCreery over Haley Reinhart		 353
353 voters prefer Haley Reinhart over Scotty McCreery
X = Scotty McCreery
Y = Naima Adedapo		 988
988 voters prefer Scotty McCreery over Naima Adedapo		 112
112 voters have an equal preference for Scotty McCreery over Naima Adedapo		 291
291 voters prefer Naima Adedapo over Scotty McCreery
X = Casey Abrams
Y = Lauren Alaina		 645
645 voters prefer Casey Abrams over Lauren Alaina		 144
144 voters have an equal preference for Casey Abrams and Lauren Alaina		 602
602 voters prefer Lauren Alaina over Casey Abrams
X = Casey Abrams
Y = Thia Megia		 699
699 voters prefer Casey Abrams over Thia Megia		 95
95 voters have an equal preference for Casey Abrams and Thia Megia		 597
597 voters prefer Thia Megia over Casey Abrams
X = Casey Abrams
Y = Stefano Langone		 724
724 voters prefer Casey Abrams over Stefano Langone		 154
154 voters have an equal preference for Casey Abrams and Stefano Langone		 513
513 voters prefer Stefano Langone over Casey Abrams
X = Casey Abrams
Y = Paul McDonald		 785
785 voters prefer Casey Abrams over Paul McDonald		 156
156 voters have an equal preference for Casey Abrams and Paul McDonald		 450
450 voters prefer Paul McDonald over Casey Abrams
X = Casey Abrams
Y = Jacob Lusk		 783
783 voters prefer Casey Abrams over Jacob Lusk		 150
150 voters have an equal preference for Casey Abrams and Jacob Lusk		 458
458 voters prefer Jacob Lusk over Casey Abrams
X = Casey Abrams
Y = Haley Reinhart		 815
815 voters prefer Casey Abrams over Haley Reinhart		 144
144 voters have an equal preference for Casey Abrams and Haley Reinhart		 432
432 voters prefer Haley Reinhart over Casey Abrams
X = Casey Abrams
Y = Naima Adedapo		 932
932 voters prefer Casey Abrams over Naima Adedapo		 144
144 voters have an equal preference for Casey Abrams and Naima Adedapo		 315
315 voters prefer Naima Adedapo over Casey Abrams
X = Lauren Alaina
Y = Thia Megia		 707
707 voters prefer Lauren Alaina over Thia Megia		 93
93 voters have an equal preference for Lauren Alaina and Thia Megia		 591
591 voters prefer Thia Megia over Lauren Alaina
X = Lauren Alaina
Y = Stefano Langone		 727
727 voters prefer Lauren Alaina over Stefano Langone		 144
144 voters have an equal preference for Lauren Alaina and Stefano Langone		 520
520 voters prefer Stefano Langone over Lauren Alaina
X = Lauren Alaina
Y = Paul McDonald		 784
784 voters prefer Lauren Alaina over Paul McDonald		 140
140 voters have an equal preference for Lauren Alaina and Paul McDonald		 467
467 voters prefer Paul McDonald over Lauren Alaina
X = Lauren Alaina
Y = Jacob Lusk		 764
764 voters prefer Lauren Alaina over Jacob Lusk		 139
139 voters have an equal preference for Lauren Alaina over Jacob Lusk		 488
488 voters prefer Jacob Lusk over Lauren Alaina
X = Lauren Alaina
Y = Haley Reinhart		 860
860 voters prefer Lauren Alaina over Haley Reinhart		 143
143 voters have an equal preference for Lauren Alaina over Haley Reinhart		 388
388 voters prefer Haley Reinhart over Lauren Alaina
X = Lauren Alaina
Y = Naima Adedapo		 926
926 voters prefer Lauren Alaina over Naima Adedapo		 134
134 voters have an equal preference for Lauren Alaina and Naima Adedapo		 331
331 voters prefer Naima Adedapo over Lauren Alaina
X = Thia Megia
Y = Stefano Langone		 674
674 voters prefer Thia Megia over Stefano Langone		 108
108 voters have an equal preference for Thia Megia over Stefano Langone		 609
609 voters prefer Stefano Langone over Thia Megia
X = Thia Megia
Y = Paul McDonald		 715
715 voters prefer Thia Megia over Paul McDonald		 99
99 voters have an equal preference for Thia Megia over Paul McDonald		 577
577 voters prefer Paul McDonald over Thia Megia
X = Thia Megia
Y = Jacob Lusk		 704
704 voters prefer Thia Megia over Jacob Lusk		 94
94 voters have an equal preference for Thia Megia over Jacob Lusk		 593
593 voters prefer Jacob Lusk over Thia Megia
X = Thia Megia
Y = Haley Reinhart		 758
758 voters prefer Thia Megia over Haley Reinhart		 94
94 voters have an equal preference for Thia Megia over Haley Reinhart		 539
539 voters prefer Haley Reinhart over Thia Megia
X = Thia Megia
Y = Naima Adedapo		 904
904 voters prefer Thia Megia over Naima Adedapo		 98
98 voters have an equal preference for Thia Megia over Naima Adedapo		 389
389 voters prefer Naima Adedapo over Thia Megia
X = Stefano Langone
Y = Paul McDonald		 659
659 voters prefer Stefano Langone over Paul McDonald		 159
159 voters have an equal preference for Stefano Langone over Paul McDonald		 573
573 voters prefer Paul McDonald over Stefano Langone
X = Stefano Langone
Y = Jacob Lusk		 669
669 voters prefer Stefano Langone over Jacob Lusk		 148
148 voters have an equal preference for Stefano Langone over Jacob Lusk		 574
574 voters prefer Jacob Lusk over Stefano Langone
X = Stefano Langone
Y = Haley Reinhart		 709
709 voters prefer Stefano Langone over Haley Reinhart		 154
154 voters have an equal preference for Stefano Langone over Haley Reinhart		 528
528 voters prefer Haley Reinhart over Stefano Langone
X = Stefano Langone
Y = Naima Adedapo		 855
855 voters prefer Stefano Langone over Naima Adedapo		 148
148 voters have an equal preference for Stefano Langone over Naima Adedapo		 388
388 voters prefer Naima Adedapo over Stefano Langone
X = Paul McDonald
Y = Jacob Lusk		 633
633 voters prefer Paul McDonald over Jacob Lusk		 154
154 voters have an equal preference for Paul McDonald over Jacob Lusk		 604
604 voters prefer Jacob Lusk over Paul McDonald
X = Paul McDonald
Y = Haley Reinhart		 660
660 voters prefer Paul McDonald over Haley Reinhart		 153
153 voters have an equal preference for Paul McDonald over Haley Reinhart		 578
578 voters prefer Haley Reinhart over Paul McDonald
X = Paul McDonald
Y = Naima Adedapo		 809
809 voters prefer Paul McDonald over Naima Adedapo		 155
155 voters have an equal preference for Paul McDonald over Naima Adedapo		 427
427 voters prefer Naima Adedapo over Paul McDonald
X = Jacob Lusk
Y = Haley Reinhart		 642
642 voters prefer Jacob Lusk over Haley Reinhart		 142
142 voters have an equal preference for Jacob Lusk over Haley Reinhart		 607
607 voters prefer Haley Reinhart over Jacob Lusk
X = Jacob Lusk
Y = Naima Adedapo		 805
805 voters prefer Jacob Lusk over Naima Adedapo		 164
164 voters have an equal preference for Jacob Lusk and Naima Adedapo		 422
422 voters prefer Naima Adedapo over Jacob Lusk
X = Haley Reinhart
Y = Naima Adedapo		 778
778 voters prefer Haley Reinhart over Naima Adedapo		 146
146 voters have an equal preference for Haley Reinhart and Naima Adedapo		 467
467 voters prefer Naima Adedapo over Haley Reinhart
The highest score (which equals the sum of the bold underlined numbers, plus either tally number in any tied pair of choices) is: 43,947
Number of all possible valid sequences (without ties): 39,916,800
First sequence:
  1. Casey Abrams
  2. Haley Reinhart
  3. Jacob Lusk
  4. James Durbin
  5. Lauren Alaina
  6. Naima Adedapo
  7. Paul McDonald
  8. Pia Toscano
  9. Scotty McCreery
  10. Stefano Langone
  11. Thia Megia
Last sequence:
  1. Thia Megia
  2. Stefano Langone
  3. Scotty McCreery
  4. Pia Toscano
  5. Paul McDonald
  6. Naima Adedapo
  7. Lauren Alaina
  8. James Durbin
  9. Jacob Lusk
  10. Haley Reinhart
  11. Casey Abrams
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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&10&11 x10
  • 1&2&3&4&5&7&8&9&10,6&11 x1
  • 1&2&3&4&5&7&9,6&8&10&11 x1
  • 1&2&3&4,5&7&8&9&10&11,6 x1
  • 1&2&4&5&7&8&9&10&11,3&6 x1
  • 1&2&4&5&7&8&9,3&6&10&11 x1
  • 1&3&4&5&9&10,2&6&7&8&11 x1
  • 1&3&4&6&7&8,2&5&9&10,11 x1
  • 1&4&5&9,2&3&6&7&8&10&11 x1
  • 1&4&7&8&9&10&11,2&3&5,6 x1
  • 1&4&8,9,5,3,2&11,7,10,6 x1
  • 1&8,4,6,11,5,10,2&9,3,7 x1
  • 1&9,2&3&4&5&6&7&8&10&11 x1
  • 1,10,4,3,5,8,9,11,7,6,2 x2
  • 1,10,8,4,9,2,6,7,3,5,11 x1
  • 1,10,8,5,7,11,6,9,2,3,4 x1
  • 1,11,8,4,2,3,7,10,5,6,9 x2
  • 1,11,8,9,2,4,7,6,3,10,5 x1
  • 1,2&3&4&5&6&7&8&9&10&11 x2
  • 1,2,11,10,7,3,5,9,8,4,6 x1
  • 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,10 x1
  • 1,2,4,5,6,7,9,3&8&10&11 x1
  • 1,2,4,8,9,11,3,6,10,7,5 x1
  • 1,2,8,9,10,7,6,5,4,11,3 x1
  • 1,2,9,11,10,7,5,6,3,4,8 x1
  • 1,3,10,11,8,9,7,5,4,2,6 x1
  • 1,3,2,4,7,8,9,10,11,5,6 x1
  • 1,3,4,8,11,5,7,9,10,2,6 x1
  • 1,3,4,8,5,9,10,11,6,2,7 x1
  • 1,3,4,8,6,11,10,9,5,2,7 x1
  • 1,3,4,8,7,11,9,6,2,10,5 x1
  • 1,3,4,8,9,11,2,5,7,10,6 x1
  • 1,3,4,9,7,10,6,5,8,11,2 x1
  • 1,3,5,7,11,8,6,4,2,9,10 x1
  • 1,3,8,5,10,9,7,4,11,6,2 x1
  • 1,3,8,5,4,7,9,2,6,11,10 x1
  • 1,3,8,9,10,7,5,4,2,6,11 x1
  • 1,3,8,9,7,5,4,10,11,2,6 x1
  • 1,4,10,3,5,8,2,9,11,6,7 x1
  • 1,4,10,7,8,5,9,3,2,11,6 x1
  • 1,4,11,8,3,10,7,5,9,2,6 x1
  • 1,4,2,8,5,10,3,9,11,7,6 x1
  • 1,4,3,10,7,8,9,2,5,6,11 x1
  • 1,4,3,11,8,5,10,9,2,7,6 x1
  • 1,4,3,5,10,2,7,11,9,8,6 x1
  • 1,4,3,5,11,8,7,10,2,9,6 x1
  • 1,4,3,5,8,7,10,11,9,2,6 x1
  • 1,4,3,8,6,5,9,7,11,2,10 x1
  • 1,4,5,2,9,8,7,10,3,11,6 x1
  • 1,4,5,8,7,2,3,11,10,9,6 x1
  • [Remaining ballots not listed]

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