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VoteFair Ranking Results calculated at  www.VoteFair.org 2009-March-27  0:58

Poll title:

     American Idol, Season 8, Top 10    

Question (number 1) title:

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

The most preferred and most representative choice is:

    Adam Lambert

Overall popularity ranking:

     
Popularity Choice VoteFair
ranking
score		 Traditional
vote count
(for comparison)
First-most popular Adam Lambert Ranking score is 69 for Adam Lambert 322 voters marked Adam Lambert as their first choice
Second-most popular Danny Gokey Ranking score is 60 for Danny Gokey 179 voters marked Danny Gokey as their first choice
Third-most popular Allison Iraheta Ranking score is 58 for Allison Iraheta 95 voters marked Allison Iraheta as their first choice
Fourth-most popular Kris Allen Ranking score is 45 for Kris Allen 96 voters marked Kris Allen as their first choice
Fifth-most popular Matt Giraud Ranking score is 40 for Matt Giraud 63 voters marked Matt Giraud as their first choice
Sixth-most popular Anoop Desai Ranking score is 31 for Anoop Desai 44 voters marked Anoop Desai as their first choice
Seventh-most popular Lil Rounds Ranking score is 22 for Lil Rounds 20 voters marked Lil Rounds as their first choice
Eighth-most popular Megan Corkrey Ranking score is 13 for Megan Corkrey 33 voters marked Megan Corkrey as their first choice
Ninth-most popular Scott MacIntyre Ranking score is 6 for Scott MacIntyre 8 voters marked Scott MacIntyre as their first choice
Tenth-most popular Michael Sarver Ranking score is 0 for Michael Sarver 3 voters marked Michael Sarver as their first choice

VoteFair representation Ranking

  

First-most representative choice is:

Adam Lambert

Second-most representative choice is:

Danny Gokey

Third-most representative choice is:

Allison Iraheta

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 Adam Lambert
Instant runoff Adam Lambert
(28 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 : Michael Sarver)
Majority None of the choices has won a majority (more than half) the votes.

(20 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Plurality Adam Lambert

(20 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Condorcet Adam Lambert
Borda count Allison Iraheta
(107 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice at the same preference level.)

Details of plurality results

  
Choice Vote count Percentage
Adam Lambert 322 37 322 voters marked Adam Lambert as their first choice
Danny Gokey 179 21 179 voters marked Danny Gokey as their first choice
Kris Allen 96 11 96 voters marked Kris Allen as their first choice
Allison Iraheta 95 11 95 voters marked Allison Iraheta as their first choice
Matt Giraud 63 7 63 voters marked Matt Giraud as their first choice
Anoop Desai 44 5 44 voters marked Anoop Desai as their first choice
Megan Corkrey 33 4 33 voters marked Megan Corkrey as their first choice
Lil Rounds 20 2 20 voters marked Lil Rounds as their first choice
Scott MacIntyre 8 1 8 voters marked Scott MacIntyre as their first choice
Michael Sarver 3 0 3 voters marked Michael Sarver as their first choice
(20 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: 883
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 = Adam Lambert
Y = Danny Gokey		 496
496 voters prefer Adam Lambert over Danny Gokey		 32
32 voters have an equal preference for Adam Lambert and Danny Gokey		 355
355 voters prefer Danny Gokey over Adam Lambert
X = Adam Lambert
Y = Allison Iraheta		 498
498 voters prefer Adam Lambert over Allison Iraheta		 26
26 voters have an equal preference for Adam Lambert and Allison Iraheta		 359
359 voters prefer Allison Iraheta over Adam Lambert
X = Adam Lambert
Y = Kris Allen		 561
561 voters prefer Adam Lambert over Kris Allen		 30
30 voters have an equal preference for Adam Lambert and Kris Allen		 292
292 voters prefer Kris Allen over Adam Lambert
X = Adam Lambert
Y = Matt Giraud		 556
556 voters prefer Adam Lambert over Matt Giraud		 26
26 voters have an equal preference for Adam Lambert and Matt Giraud		 301
301 voters prefer Matt Giraud over Adam Lambert
X = Adam Lambert
Y = Anoop Desai		 611
611 voters prefer Adam Lambert over Anoop Desai		 25
25 voters have an equal preference for Adam Lambert and Anoop Desai		 247
247 voters prefer Anoop Desai over Adam Lambert
X = Adam Lambert
Y = Lil Rounds		 648
648 voters prefer Adam Lambert over Lil Rounds		 30
30 voters have an equal preference for Adam Lambert and Lil Rounds		 205
205 voters prefer Lil Rounds over Adam Lambert
X = Adam Lambert
Y = Megan Corkrey		 652
652 voters prefer Adam Lambert over Megan Corkrey		 27
27 voters have an equal preference for Adam Lambert and Megan Corkrey		 204
204 voters prefer Megan Corkrey over Adam Lambert
X = Adam Lambert
Y = Scott MacIntyre		 715
715 voters prefer Adam Lambert over Scott MacIntyre		 34
34 voters have an equal preference for Adam Lambert and Scott MacIntyre		 134
134 voters prefer Scott MacIntyre over Adam Lambert
X = Adam Lambert
Y = Michael Sarver		 718
718 voters prefer Adam Lambert over Michael Sarver		 31
31 voters have an equal preference for Adam Lambert and Michael Sarver		 134
134 voters prefer Michael Sarver over Adam Lambert
X = Danny Gokey
Y = Allison Iraheta		 422
422 voters prefer Danny Gokey over Allison Iraheta		 40
40 voters have an equal preference for Danny Gokey over Allison Iraheta		 421
421 voters prefer Allison Iraheta over Danny Gokey
X = Danny Gokey
Y = Kris Allen		 532
532 voters prefer Danny Gokey over Kris Allen		 37
37 voters have an equal preference for Danny Gokey and Kris Allen		 314
314 voters prefer Kris Allen over Danny Gokey
X = Danny Gokey
Y = Matt Giraud		 511
511 voters prefer Danny Gokey over Matt Giraud		 41
41 voters have an equal preference for Danny Gokey and Matt Giraud		 331
331 voters prefer Matt Giraud over Danny Gokey
X = Danny Gokey
Y = Anoop Desai		 584
584 voters prefer Danny Gokey over Anoop Desai		 38
38 voters have an equal preference for Danny Gokey over Anoop Desai		 261
261 voters prefer Anoop Desai over Danny Gokey
X = Danny Gokey
Y = Lil Rounds		 631
631 voters prefer Danny Gokey over Lil Rounds		 46
46 voters have an equal preference for Danny Gokey and Lil Rounds		 206
206 voters prefer Lil Rounds over Danny Gokey
X = Danny Gokey
Y = Megan Corkrey		 652
652 voters prefer Danny Gokey over Megan Corkrey		 42
42 voters have an equal preference for Danny Gokey and Megan Corkrey		 189
189 voters prefer Megan Corkrey over Danny Gokey
X = Danny Gokey
Y = Scott MacIntyre		 720
720 voters prefer Danny Gokey over Scott MacIntyre		 53
53 voters have an equal preference for Danny Gokey and Scott MacIntyre		 110
110 voters prefer Scott MacIntyre over Danny Gokey
X = Danny Gokey
Y = Michael Sarver		 741
741 voters prefer Danny Gokey over Michael Sarver		 47
47 voters have an equal preference for Danny Gokey and Michael Sarver		 95
95 voters prefer Michael Sarver over Danny Gokey
X = Allison Iraheta
Y = Kris Allen		 535
535 voters prefer Allison Iraheta over Kris Allen		 40
40 voters have an equal preference for Allison Iraheta and Kris Allen		 308
308 voters prefer Kris Allen over Allison Iraheta
X = Allison Iraheta
Y = Matt Giraud		 533
533 voters prefer Allison Iraheta over Matt Giraud		 39
39 voters have an equal preference for Allison Iraheta and Matt Giraud		 311
311 voters prefer Matt Giraud over Allison Iraheta
X = Allison Iraheta
Y = Anoop Desai		 628
628 voters prefer Allison Iraheta over Anoop Desai		 34
34 voters have an equal preference for Allison Iraheta and Anoop Desai		 221
221 voters prefer Anoop Desai over Allison Iraheta
X = Allison Iraheta
Y = Lil Rounds		 671
671 voters prefer Allison Iraheta over Lil Rounds		 43
43 voters have an equal preference for Allison Iraheta and Lil Rounds		 169
169 voters prefer Lil Rounds over Allison Iraheta
X = Allison Iraheta
Y = Megan Corkrey		 696
696 voters prefer Allison Iraheta over Megan Corkrey		 42
42 voters have an equal preference for Allison Iraheta and Megan Corkrey		 145
145 voters prefer Megan Corkrey over Allison Iraheta
X = Allison Iraheta
Y = Scott MacIntyre		 746
746 voters prefer Allison Iraheta over Scott MacIntyre		 47
47 voters have an equal preference for Allison Iraheta and Scott MacIntyre		 90
90 voters prefer Scott MacIntyre over Allison Iraheta
X = Allison Iraheta
Y = Michael Sarver		 762
762 voters prefer Allison Iraheta over Michael Sarver		 49
49 voters have an equal preference for Allison Iraheta and Michael Sarver		 72
72 voters prefer Michael Sarver over Allison Iraheta
X = Kris Allen
Y = Matt Giraud		 423
423 voters prefer Kris Allen over Matt Giraud		 53
53 voters have an equal preference for Kris Allen and Matt Giraud		 407
407 voters prefer Matt Giraud over Kris Allen
X = Kris Allen
Y = Anoop Desai		 506
506 voters prefer Kris Allen over Anoop Desai		 47
47 voters have an equal preference for Kris Allen over Anoop Desai		 330
330 voters prefer Anoop Desai over Kris Allen
X = Kris Allen
Y = Lil Rounds		 562
562 voters prefer Kris Allen over Lil Rounds		 51
51 voters have an equal preference for Kris Allen and Lil Rounds		 270
270 voters prefer Lil Rounds over Kris Allen
X = Kris Allen
Y = Megan Corkrey		 621
621 voters prefer Kris Allen over Megan Corkrey		 48
48 voters have an equal preference for Kris Allen and Megan Corkrey		 214
214 voters prefer Megan Corkrey over Kris Allen
X = Kris Allen
Y = Scott MacIntyre		 694
694 voters prefer Kris Allen over Scott MacIntyre		 51
51 voters have an equal preference for Kris Allen and Scott MacIntyre		 138
138 voters prefer Scott MacIntyre over Kris Allen
X = Kris Allen
Y = Michael Sarver		 739
739 voters prefer Kris Allen over Michael Sarver		 53
53 voters have an equal preference for Kris Allen and Michael Sarver		 91
91 voters prefer Michael Sarver over Kris Allen
X = Matt Giraud
Y = Anoop Desai		 516
516 voters prefer Matt Giraud over Anoop Desai		 45
45 voters have an equal preference for Matt Giraud over Anoop Desai		 322
322 voters prefer Anoop Desai over Matt Giraud
X = Matt Giraud
Y = Lil Rounds		 565
565 voters prefer Matt Giraud over Lil Rounds		 51
51 voters have an equal preference for Matt Giraud over Lil Rounds		 267
267 voters prefer Lil Rounds over Matt Giraud
X = Matt Giraud
Y = Megan Corkrey		 609
609 voters prefer Matt Giraud over Megan Corkrey		 51
51 voters have an equal preference for Matt Giraud and Megan Corkrey		 223
223 voters prefer Megan Corkrey over Matt Giraud
X = Matt Giraud
Y = Scott MacIntyre		 711
711 voters prefer Matt Giraud over Scott MacIntyre		 53
53 voters have an equal preference for Matt Giraud and Scott MacIntyre		 119
119 voters prefer Scott MacIntyre over Matt Giraud
X = Matt Giraud
Y = Michael Sarver		 740
740 voters prefer Matt Giraud over Michael Sarver		 55
55 voters have an equal preference for Matt Giraud and Michael Sarver		 88
88 voters prefer Michael Sarver over Matt Giraud
X = Anoop Desai
Y = Lil Rounds		 491
491 voters prefer Anoop Desai over Lil Rounds		 47
47 voters have an equal preference for Anoop Desai and Lil Rounds		 345
345 voters prefer Lil Rounds over Anoop Desai
X = Anoop Desai
Y = Megan Corkrey		 557
557 voters prefer Anoop Desai over Megan Corkrey		 42
42 voters have an equal preference for Anoop Desai and Megan Corkrey		 284
284 voters prefer Megan Corkrey over Anoop Desai
X = Anoop Desai
Y = Scott MacIntyre		 678
678 voters prefer Anoop Desai over Scott MacIntyre		 50
50 voters have an equal preference for Anoop Desai and Scott MacIntyre		 155
155 voters prefer Scott MacIntyre over Anoop Desai
X = Anoop Desai
Y = Michael Sarver		 707
707 voters prefer Anoop Desai over Michael Sarver		 50
50 voters have an equal preference for Anoop Desai and Michael Sarver		 126
126 voters prefer Michael Sarver over Anoop Desai
X = Lil Rounds
Y = Megan Corkrey		 496
496 voters prefer Lil Rounds over Megan Corkrey		 51
51 voters have an equal preference for Lil Rounds and Megan Corkrey		 336
336 voters prefer Megan Corkrey over Lil Rounds
X = Lil Rounds
Y = Scott MacIntyre		 608
608 voters prefer Lil Rounds over Scott MacIntyre		 61
61 voters have an equal preference for Lil Rounds and Scott MacIntyre		 214
214 voters prefer Scott MacIntyre over Lil Rounds
X = Lil Rounds
Y = Michael Sarver		 650
650 voters prefer Lil Rounds over Michael Sarver		 63
63 voters have an equal preference for Lil Rounds and Michael Sarver		 170
170 voters prefer Michael Sarver over Lil Rounds
X = Megan Corkrey
Y = Scott MacIntyre		 509
509 voters prefer Megan Corkrey over Scott MacIntyre		 58
58 voters have an equal preference for Megan Corkrey and Scott MacIntyre		 316
316 voters prefer Scott MacIntyre over Megan Corkrey
X = Megan Corkrey
Y = Michael Sarver		 551
551 voters prefer Megan Corkrey over Michael Sarver		 57
57 voters have an equal preference for Megan Corkrey and Michael Sarver		 275
275 voters prefer Michael Sarver over Megan Corkrey
X = Scott MacIntyre
Y = Michael Sarver		 438
438 voters prefer Scott MacIntyre over Michael Sarver		 73
73 voters have an equal preference for Scott MacIntyre over Michael Sarver		 372
372 voters prefer Michael Sarver over Scott MacIntyre
The highest score (which equals the sum of the bold underlined numbers, plus either tally number in any tied pair of choices) is: 27,190
Number of all possible valid sequences (without ties): 3,628,800
First sequence:
  1. Adam Lambert
  2. Allison Iraheta
  3. Anoop Desai
  4. Danny Gokey
  5. Kris Allen
  6. Lil Rounds
  7. Matt Giraud
  8. Megan Corkrey
  9. Michael Sarver
  10. Scott MacIntyre
Last sequence:
  1. Scott MacIntyre
  2. Michael Sarver
  3. Megan Corkrey
  4. Matt Giraud
  5. Lil Rounds
  6. Kris Allen
  7. Danny Gokey
  8. Anoop Desai
  9. Allison Iraheta
  10. Adam Lambert
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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 x3
  • 1&2&4&5&7,6&8,3&9&10 x1
  • 1&2&4,6,3&5&10,8,7,9 x1
  • 1&2&8&10,6&9,3&5,4,7 x1
  • 1&3,5,2&4&6&7&8&9&10 x1
  • 1&4,2&3&5&6&7&8&9&10 x2
  • 1&5,4,7,3,2,6,9,8,10 x1
  • 1&6,3,10,2&4&5&7&8&9 x1
  • 1,10,7,6,3,4,2,9,5,8 x1
  • 1,10,9,6,5,4,3,7,8,2 x1
  • 1,2&3&4&5&6&7&8&9&10 x12
  • 1,2&4,5,7,3,6,8,10,9 x1
  • 1,2,3,10,5,6,8,7,4,9 x1
  • 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10,9 x1
  • 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 x1
  • 1,2,3,4,5,7,10,9,6,8 x2
  • 1,2,3,4,5,7,6,9,10,8 x1
  • 1,2,3,4,7,10,6,5,8,9 x1
  • 1,2,3,4,7,5,10,6,9,8 x2
  • 1,2,3,4,7,5,10,9,6,8 x1
  • 1,2,3,4,7,8,5,6,9,10 x1
  • 1,2,3,5,4,6,7,8,9,10 x1
  • 1,2,3,5,4,7,6,9,10,8 x1
  • 1,2,3,5,4,7,8,6,9,10 x1
  • 1,2,3,5,7,8,9,6,4,10 x1
  • 1,2,3,5,8,7,10,4,9,6 x1
  • 1,2,3,6,10,8,9,7,5,4 x1
  • 1,2,3,6,5,7,8,9,10,4 x1
  • 1,2,3,6,8,5,7,9,10,4 x1
  • 1,2,3,8,5,7,10,9,4,6 x1
  • 1,2,4,10,5,3,8,9,7,6 x1
  • 1,2,4,10,7,5,9,3,8,6 x1
  • 1,2,4,3&5&6&7&8&9&10 x1
  • 1,2,4,3,10,5,6,7,9,8 x1
  • 1,2,4,3,10,5,7,6,9,8 x1
  • 1,2,4,3,5,6,7,8,9,10 x1
  • 1,2,4,3,5,7,6,10,9,8 x2
  • 1,2,4,3,6,7,5,8,10,9 x1
  • 1,2,4,3,6,7,5,8,9,10 x1
  • 1,2,4,3,7,5,10,6,8,9 x1
  • 1,2,4,3,7,5,6,10,8,9 x1
  • 1,2,4,3,7,6,5,10,9,8 x1
  • 1,2,4,5,3,6,7,8,9,10 x1
  • 1,2,4,5,3,7,6,8,9,10 x1
  • 1,2,4,5,3,7,6,9,10,8 x1
  • 1,2,4,5,3,7,9,10,6,8 x1
  • 1,2,4,5,3,8,6,7,10,9 x1
  • 1,2,4,5,6,7,10,8,9,3 x1
  • 1,2,4,5,6,7,8,10,9,3 x1
  • 1,2,4,5,6,8,7,3,10,9 x1
  • [Remaining ballots not listed]

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