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Poll title:

     American Idol poll, Season 15, Top 10    

Question (number 1) title:

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

The most preferred and most representative choice is:

    LaPorsha Renae

Overall popularity ranking:

     
Popularity Choice VoteFair
ranking
score
Traditional
vote count

(for comparison)
First-most popular LaPorsha Renae  Ranking score is 68 for LaPorsha Renae 38 voters marked LaPorsha Renae as their first choice
Second-most popular Sonika Vaid  Ranking score is 56 for Sonika Vaid 19 voters marked Sonika Vaid as their first choice
Third-most popular Dalton Rapattoni  Ranking score is 54 for Dalton Rapattoni 24 voters marked Dalton Rapattoni as their first choice
Fourth-most popular Olivia Rox  Ranking score is 46 for Olivia Rox 16 voters marked Olivia Rox as their first choice
Fifth-most popular MacKenzie Bourg  Ranking score is 37 for MacKenzie Bourg 8 voters marked MacKenzie Bourg as their first choice
Sixth-most popular Trent Harmon  Ranking score is 30 for Trent Harmon 12 voters marked Trent Harmon as their first choice
Seventh-most popular Avalon Young  Ranking score is 21 for Avalon Young 8 voters marked Avalon Young as their first choice
Eighth-most popular Tristan McIntosh  Ranking score is 12 for Tristan McIntosh 2 voters marked Tristan McIntosh as their first choice
Ninth-most popular Lee Jean  Ranking score is 7 for Lee Jean 3 voters marked Lee Jean as their first choice
Tenth-most popular Gianna Isabella  Ranking score is 0 for Gianna Isabella 2 voters marked Gianna Isabella as their first choice

VoteFair representation Ranking

  

First-most representative choice is:

LaPorsha Renae

At this level the following choices are tied (as most-popular among the voters who did not rank the previous-most representative choice at the first preference level):
    Olivia Rox

    Dalton Rapattoni


Additional representation rankings cannot be identified until this tie has been resolved, such as by introducing a tie-breaking vote.

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 LaPorsha Renae
Instant runoff A winner cannot be identified because, in one of the rounds of voting, there is a tie among the choices with the fewest votes.
(The runoff steps did not involve a single choice being eliminated in the first round.)
Majority None of the choices has won a majority (more than half) the votes.

(4 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Plurality LaPorsha Renae

(4 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Condorcet LaPorsha Renae
Borda count LaPorsha Renae
(24 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice at the same preference level.)

Details of plurality results

  
Choice Vote count Percentage
LaPorsha Renae 38 29 38 voters marked LaPorsha Renae as their first choice
Dalton Rapattoni 24 18 24 voters marked Dalton Rapattoni as their first choice
Sonika Vaid 19 14 19 voters marked Sonika Vaid as their first choice
Olivia Rox 16 12 16 voters marked Olivia Rox as their first choice
Trent Harmon 12 9 12 voters marked Trent Harmon as their first choice
MacKenzie Bourg 8 6 8 voters marked MacKenzie Bourg as their first choice
Avalon Young 8 6 8 voters marked Avalon Young as their first choice
Lee Jean 3 2 3 voters marked Lee Jean as their first choice
Tristan McIntosh 2 2 2 voters marked Tristan McIntosh as their first choice
Gianna Isabella 2 2 2 voters marked Gianna Isabella as their first choice
(4 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: 136
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 = LaPorsha Renae
Y = Sonika Vaid
79
79 voters prefer LaPorsha Renae over Sonika Vaid
9
9 voters have an equal preference for LaPorsha Renae and Sonika Vaid
48
48 voters prefer Sonika Vaid over LaPorsha Renae
X = LaPorsha Renae
Y = Dalton Rapattoni
75
75 voters prefer LaPorsha Renae over Dalton Rapattoni
3
3 voters have an equal preference for LaPorsha Renae and Dalton Rapattoni
58
58 voters prefer Dalton Rapattoni over LaPorsha Renae
X = LaPorsha Renae
Y = Olivia Rox
84
84 voters prefer LaPorsha Renae over Olivia Rox
5
5 voters have an equal preference for LaPorsha Renae and Olivia Rox
47
47 voters prefer Olivia Rox over LaPorsha Renae
X = LaPorsha Renae
Y = MacKenzie Bourg
86
86 voters prefer LaPorsha Renae over MacKenzie Bourg
10
10 voters have an equal preference for LaPorsha Renae and MacKenzie Bourg
40
40 voters prefer MacKenzie Bourg over LaPorsha Renae
X = LaPorsha Renae
Y = Trent Harmon
86
86 voters prefer LaPorsha Renae over Trent Harmon
9
9 voters have an equal preference for LaPorsha Renae and Trent Harmon
41
41 voters prefer Trent Harmon over LaPorsha Renae
X = LaPorsha Renae
Y = Avalon Young
97
97 voters prefer LaPorsha Renae over Avalon Young
8
8 voters have an equal preference for LaPorsha Renae over Avalon Young
31
31 voters prefer Avalon Young over LaPorsha Renae
X = LaPorsha Renae
Y = Tristan McIntosh
107
107 voters prefer LaPorsha Renae over Tristan McIntosh
9
9 voters have an equal preference for LaPorsha Renae and Tristan McIntosh
20
20 voters prefer Tristan McIntosh over LaPorsha Renae
X = LaPorsha Renae
Y = Lee Jean
106
106 voters prefer LaPorsha Renae over Lee Jean
11
11 voters have an equal preference for LaPorsha Renae and Lee Jean
19
19 voters prefer Lee Jean over LaPorsha Renae
X = LaPorsha Renae
Y = Gianna Isabella
111
111 voters prefer LaPorsha Renae over Gianna Isabella
10
10 voters have an equal preference for LaPorsha Renae over Gianna Isabella
15
15 voters prefer Gianna Isabella over LaPorsha Renae
X = Sonika Vaid
Y = Dalton Rapattoni
68
68 voters prefer Sonika Vaid over Dalton Rapattoni
3
3 voters have an equal preference for Sonika Vaid and Dalton Rapattoni
65
65 voters prefer Dalton Rapattoni over Sonika Vaid
X = Sonika Vaid
Y = Olivia Rox
65
65 voters prefer Sonika Vaid over Olivia Rox
6
6 voters have an equal preference for Sonika Vaid over Olivia Rox
65
65 voters prefer Olivia Rox over Sonika Vaid
X = Sonika Vaid
Y = MacKenzie Bourg
79
79 voters prefer Sonika Vaid over MacKenzie Bourg
10
10 voters have an equal preference for Sonika Vaid and MacKenzie Bourg
47
47 voters prefer MacKenzie Bourg over Sonika Vaid
X = Sonika Vaid
Y = Trent Harmon
69
69 voters prefer Sonika Vaid over Trent Harmon
9
9 voters have an equal preference for Sonika Vaid and Trent Harmon
58
58 voters prefer Trent Harmon over Sonika Vaid
X = Sonika Vaid
Y = Avalon Young
95
95 voters prefer Sonika Vaid over Avalon Young
10
10 voters have an equal preference for Sonika Vaid over Avalon Young
31
31 voters prefer Avalon Young over Sonika Vaid
X = Sonika Vaid
Y = Tristan McIntosh
97
97 voters prefer Sonika Vaid over Tristan McIntosh
10
10 voters have an equal preference for Sonika Vaid and Tristan McIntosh
29
29 voters prefer Tristan McIntosh over Sonika Vaid
X = Sonika Vaid
Y = Lee Jean
104
104 voters prefer Sonika Vaid over Lee Jean
11
11 voters have an equal preference for Sonika Vaid and Lee Jean
21
21 voters prefer Lee Jean over Sonika Vaid
X = Sonika Vaid
Y = Gianna Isabella
105
105 voters prefer Sonika Vaid over Gianna Isabella
11
11 voters have an equal preference for Sonika Vaid over Gianna Isabella
20
20 voters prefer Gianna Isabella over Sonika Vaid
X = Dalton Rapattoni
Y = Olivia Rox
68
68 voters prefer Dalton Rapattoni over Olivia Rox
7
7 voters have an equal preference for Dalton Rapattoni over Olivia Rox
61
61 voters prefer Olivia Rox over Dalton Rapattoni
X = Dalton Rapattoni
Y = MacKenzie Bourg
86
86 voters prefer Dalton Rapattoni over MacKenzie Bourg
5
5 voters have an equal preference for Dalton Rapattoni and MacKenzie Bourg
45
45 voters prefer MacKenzie Bourg over Dalton Rapattoni
X = Dalton Rapattoni
Y = Trent Harmon
83
83 voters prefer Dalton Rapattoni over Trent Harmon
4
4 voters have an equal preference for Dalton Rapattoni and Trent Harmon
49
49 voters prefer Trent Harmon over Dalton Rapattoni
X = Dalton Rapattoni
Y = Avalon Young
93
93 voters prefer Dalton Rapattoni over Avalon Young
4
4 voters have an equal preference for Dalton Rapattoni over Avalon Young
39
39 voters prefer Avalon Young over Dalton Rapattoni
X = Dalton Rapattoni
Y = Tristan McIntosh
107
107 voters prefer Dalton Rapattoni over Tristan McIntosh
6
6 voters have an equal preference for Dalton Rapattoni over Tristan McIntosh
23
23 voters prefer Tristan McIntosh over Dalton Rapattoni
X = Dalton Rapattoni
Y = Lee Jean
114
114 voters prefer Dalton Rapattoni over Lee Jean
5
5 voters have an equal preference for Dalton Rapattoni and Lee Jean
17
17 voters prefer Lee Jean over Dalton Rapattoni
X = Dalton Rapattoni
Y = Gianna Isabella
115
115 voters prefer Dalton Rapattoni over Gianna Isabella
4
4 voters have an equal preference for Dalton Rapattoni over Gianna Isabella
17
17 voters prefer Gianna Isabella over Dalton Rapattoni
X = Olivia Rox
Y = MacKenzie Bourg
68
68 voters prefer Olivia Rox over MacKenzie Bourg
7
7 voters have an equal preference for Olivia Rox and MacKenzie Bourg
61
61 voters prefer MacKenzie Bourg over Olivia Rox
X = Olivia Rox
Y = Trent Harmon
69
69 voters prefer Olivia Rox over Trent Harmon
7
7 voters have an equal preference for Olivia Rox and Trent Harmon
60
60 voters prefer Trent Harmon over Olivia Rox
X = Olivia Rox
Y = Avalon Young
96
96 voters prefer Olivia Rox over Avalon Young
6
6 voters have an equal preference for Olivia Rox over Avalon Young
34
34 voters prefer Avalon Young over Olivia Rox
X = Olivia Rox
Y = Tristan McIntosh
106
106 voters prefer Olivia Rox over Tristan McIntosh
7
7 voters have an equal preference for Olivia Rox and Tristan McIntosh
23
23 voters prefer Tristan McIntosh over Olivia Rox
X = Olivia Rox
Y = Lee Jean
107
107 voters prefer Olivia Rox over Lee Jean
7
7 voters have an equal preference for Olivia Rox and Lee Jean
22
22 voters prefer Lee Jean over Olivia Rox
X = Olivia Rox
Y = Gianna Isabella
113
113 voters prefer Olivia Rox over Gianna Isabella
7
7 voters have an equal preference for Olivia Rox over Gianna Isabella
16
16 voters prefer Gianna Isabella over Olivia Rox
X = MacKenzie Bourg
Y = Trent Harmon
69
69 voters prefer MacKenzie Bourg over Trent Harmon
12
12 voters have an equal preference for MacKenzie Bourg and Trent Harmon
55
55 voters prefer Trent Harmon over MacKenzie Bourg
X = MacKenzie Bourg
Y = Avalon Young
79
79 voters prefer MacKenzie Bourg over Avalon Young
14
14 voters have an equal preference for MacKenzie Bourg over Avalon Young
43
43 voters prefer Avalon Young over MacKenzie Bourg
X = MacKenzie Bourg
Y = Tristan McIntosh
95
95 voters prefer MacKenzie Bourg over Tristan McIntosh
13
13 voters have an equal preference for MacKenzie Bourg over Tristan McIntosh
28
28 voters prefer Tristan McIntosh over MacKenzie Bourg
X = MacKenzie Bourg
Y = Lee Jean
101
101 voters prefer MacKenzie Bourg over Lee Jean
14
14 voters have an equal preference for MacKenzie Bourg over Lee Jean
21
21 voters prefer Lee Jean over MacKenzie Bourg
X = MacKenzie Bourg
Y = Gianna Isabella
104
104 voters prefer MacKenzie Bourg over Gianna Isabella
13
13 voters have an equal preference for MacKenzie Bourg over Gianna Isabella
19
19 voters prefer Gianna Isabella over MacKenzie Bourg
X = Trent Harmon
Y = Avalon Young
82
82 voters prefer Trent Harmon over Avalon Young
8
8 voters have an equal preference for Trent Harmon over Avalon Young
46
46 voters prefer Avalon Young over Trent Harmon
X = Trent Harmon
Y = Tristan McIntosh
90
90 voters prefer Trent Harmon over Tristan McIntosh
11
11 voters have an equal preference for Trent Harmon over Tristan McIntosh
35
35 voters prefer Tristan McIntosh over Trent Harmon
X = Trent Harmon
Y = Lee Jean
96
96 voters prefer Trent Harmon over Lee Jean
11
11 voters have an equal preference for Trent Harmon over Lee Jean
29
29 voters prefer Lee Jean over Trent Harmon
X = Trent Harmon
Y = Gianna Isabella
96
96 voters prefer Trent Harmon over Gianna Isabella
10
10 voters have an equal preference for Trent Harmon over Gianna Isabella
30
30 voters prefer Gianna Isabella over Trent Harmon
X = Avalon Young
Y = Tristan McIntosh
80
80 voters prefer Avalon Young over Tristan McIntosh
11
11 voters have an equal preference for Avalon Young and Tristan McIntosh
45
45 voters prefer Tristan McIntosh over Avalon Young
X = Avalon Young
Y = Lee Jean
78
78 voters prefer Avalon Young over Lee Jean
13
13 voters have an equal preference for Avalon Young and Lee Jean
45
45 voters prefer Lee Jean over Avalon Young
X = Avalon Young
Y = Gianna Isabella
99
99 voters prefer Avalon Young over Gianna Isabella
12
12 voters have an equal preference for Avalon Young and Gianna Isabella
25
25 voters prefer Gianna Isabella over Avalon Young
X = Tristan McIntosh
Y = Lee Jean
65
65 voters prefer Tristan McIntosh over Lee Jean
13
13 voters have an equal preference for Tristan McIntosh and Lee Jean
58
58 voters prefer Lee Jean over Tristan McIntosh
X = Tristan McIntosh
Y = Gianna Isabella
87
87 voters prefer Tristan McIntosh over Gianna Isabella
13
13 voters have an equal preference for Tristan McIntosh over Gianna Isabella
36
36 voters prefer Gianna Isabella over Tristan McIntosh
X = Lee Jean
Y = Gianna Isabella
81
81 voters prefer Lee Jean over Gianna Isabella
14
14 voters have an equal preference for Lee Jean over Gianna Isabella
41
41 voters prefer Gianna Isabella over Lee Jean
The highest score (which equals the sum of the bold underlined numbers, plus either tally number in any tied pair of choices) is: 4,040
Number of all possible valid sequences (without ties): 3,628,800
First sequence:
  1. Avalon Young
  2. Gianna Isabella
  3. LaPorsha Renae
  4. Olivia Rox
  5. Sonika Vaid
  6. Tristan McIntosh
  7. Dalton Rapattoni
  8. Lee Jean
  9. MacKenzie Bourg
  10. Trent Harmon
Last sequence:
  1. Trent Harmon
  2. MacKenzie Bourg
  3. Lee Jean
  4. Dalton Rapattoni
  5. Tristan McIntosh
  6. Sonika Vaid
  7. Olivia Rox
  8. LaPorsha Renae
  9. Gianna Isabella
  10. Avalon 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&9&10 x1
  • 1,10,3,5,4,7,9,6,2,8 x1
  • 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 x1
  • 1,3,4,7,5,9,10,2,8,6 x1
  • 1,4,3,10,5,9,7,6,2,8 x1
  • 1,4,7,10,5,3,9,8,6,2 x1
  • 1,5,2,3&4&6&7&8&9&10 x1
  • 1,5,3,6,2,4,7,8&9,10 x1
  • 1,9,2&3&4&5&6&7&8&10 x1
  • 10,3,9,5,7,4,1,8,6,2 x1
  • 10,5,3,4,7,9,1,8,2,6 x1
  • 10,5,4,1,7,9,2,3,6,8 x1
  • 10,5,4,3,1,7,9,8,6,2 x1
  • 10,5,7,4,3,2,9,8,6,1 x1
  • 10,7,4,5,3,9,8,1,6,2 x1
  • 10,7,8,4,5,1,3,6,9,2 x1
  • 10,7,9,4,5,1,3,8,6,2 x1
  • 10,7,9,8,1,4,5,3,6,2 x1
  • 10,9,3,4,5,1,6,2,8,7 x1
  • 10,9,3,5,4,6,7,1,8,2 x1
  • 10,9,7,3,4,6,5,8,1,2 x1
  • 2,3,5,10,7,9,8,6,4,1 x1
  • 2,5,6,8,4,3,1,9,7,10 x1
  • 3,1&2&4&5&6&7&8&9&10 x1
  • 3,10,4,1,9,5,8,7,2,6 x1
  • 3,10,4,5,7,9,1,8,6,2 x1
  • 3,10,4,9,5,6,7,1,8,2 x1
  • 3,10,5,7,9,4,6,8,1,2 x1
  • 3,10,7,5,4,1,9,8,6,2 x1
  • 3,10,7,9,4,5,8,1,6,2 x1
  • 3,10,9,7,1,8,6,5,4,2 x1
  • 3,4,10,1,9,6,7,8,2,5 x1
  • 3,4,5,9,1,7,10,6,8,2 x1
  • 3,4,5,9,10,1,2,8,7,6 x1
  • 3,4,6,1,10,5,9,7,2,8 x1
  • 3,4,7,10,5,9,1,8,6,2 x1
  • 3,4,7,9,5,8,1,2,10,6 x1
  • 3,4,9,5,10,1,7,2,8,6 x1
  • 3,5,1,7,9,4,10,8,2,6 x1
  • 3,5,1,9,7,4,10,8,6,2 x1
  • 3,5,10,4,1&2&6&7&8&9 x1
  • 3,5,10,7,1,9,4,8,2,6 x1
  • 3,5,10,7,9,1,4,8,6,2 x1
  • 3,5,4,10,1,7,8,2&6&9 x1
  • 3,5,4,9,1,6,7,8,2,10 x1
  • 3,5,6,9,10,4,2,8,1,7 x1
  • 3,5,7,10,9,4,6,1,2,8 x1
  • 3,5,7,9,10,4,1,6,8,2 x1
  • 3,5,9,2,6,8,7,1,4,10 x1
  • 3,5,9,7,4,1,10,6,8,2 x1
  • [Remaining ballots not listed]

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