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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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