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Poll title:

     American Idol Season 7, Top 20    

Question (number 1) title:

     Who is your favorite, second-favorite, etc., female American Idol singer?    

The most preferred and most representative choice is:

    Ramiele Malubay

Overall popularity ranking:

     
Popularity Choice VoteFair
ranking
score		 Traditional
vote count
(for comparison)
First-most popular Ramiele Malubay Ranking score is 64 for Ramiele Malubay 134 voters marked Ramiele Malubay as their first choice
Second-most popular Brooke White Ranking score is 49 for Brooke White 83 voters marked Brooke White as their first choice
Third-most popular Syesha Mercado Ranking score is 42 for Syesha Mercado 35 voters marked Syesha Mercado as their first choice
Fourth-most popular Asia'h Epperson Ranking score is 36 for Asia'h Epperson 44 voters marked Asia'h Epperson as their first choice
Fifth-most popular Carly Smithson Ranking score is 29 for Carly Smithson 55 voters marked Carly Smithson as their first choice
Sixth-most popular Alaina Whitaker Ranking score is 22 for Alaina Whitaker 28 voters marked Alaina Whitaker as their first choice
Seventh-most popular Kady Malloy Ranking score is 15 for Kady Malloy 23 voters marked Kady Malloy as their first choice
Eighth-most popular Kristy Lee Cook Ranking score is 10 for Kristy Lee Cook 6 voters marked Kristy Lee Cook as their first choice
Ninth-most popular Alexandréa Lushington Ranking score is 5 for Alexandréa Lushington 5 voters marked Alexandréa Lushington as their first choice
Tenth-most popular Amanda Overmyer Ranking score is 0 for Amanda Overmyer 25 voters marked Amanda Overmyer as their first choice

VoteFair representation Ranking

  

First-most representative choice is:

Ramiele Malubay

Second-most representative choice is:

Brooke White

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 Ramiele Malubay
Instant runoff Ramiele Malubay
(8 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 : Alexandréa Lushington)
Majority None of the choices has won a majority (more than half) the votes.

(71 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice. )
Plurality Ramiele Malubay

(71 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice. )
Condorcet Ramiele Malubay
Borda count Ramiele Malubay
(140 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice at the same preference level. )

Details of plurality results

  
Choice Vote count Percentage
Ramiele Malubay 134 31 134 voters marked Ramiele Malubay as their first choice
Brooke White 83 19 83 voters marked Brooke White as their first choice
Carly Smithson 55 13 55 voters marked Carly Smithson as their first choice
Asia'h Epperson 44 10 44 voters marked Asia'h Epperson as their first choice
Syesha Mercado 35 8 35 voters marked Syesha Mercado as their first choice
Alaina Whitaker 28 6 28 voters marked Alaina Whitaker as their first choice
Amanda Overmyer 25 6 25 voters marked Amanda Overmyer as their first choice
Kady Malloy 23 5 23 voters marked Kady Malloy as their first choice
Kristy Lee Cook 6 1 6 voters marked Kristy Lee Cook as their first choice
Alexandréa Lushington 5 1 5 voters marked Alexandréa Lushington as their first choice
(71 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: 509
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 = Ramiele Malubay
Y = Brooke White		 270
270 voters prefer Ramiele Malubay over Brooke White		 76
76 voters have an equal preference for Ramiele Malubay over Brooke White		 163
163 voters prefer Brooke White over Ramiele Malubay
X = Ramiele Malubay
Y = Syesha Mercado		 303
303 voters prefer Ramiele Malubay over Syesha Mercado		 78
78 voters have an equal preference for Ramiele Malubay and Syesha Mercado		 128
128 voters prefer Syesha Mercado over Ramiele Malubay
X = Ramiele Malubay
Y = Asia'h Epperson		 305
305 voters prefer Ramiele Malubay over Asia'h Epperson		 79
79 voters have an equal preference for Ramiele Malubay over Asia'h Epperson		 125
125 voters prefer Asia'h Epperson over Ramiele Malubay
X = Ramiele Malubay
Y = Carly Smithson		 285
285 voters prefer Ramiele Malubay over Carly Smithson		 79
79 voters have an equal preference for Ramiele Malubay over Carly Smithson		 145
145 voters prefer Carly Smithson over Ramiele Malubay
X = Ramiele Malubay
Y = Alaina Whitaker		 333
333 voters prefer Ramiele Malubay over Alaina Whitaker		 81
81 voters have an equal preference for Ramiele Malubay over Alaina Whitaker		 95
95 voters prefer Alaina Whitaker over Ramiele Malubay
X = Ramiele Malubay
Y = Kady Malloy		 338
338 voters prefer Ramiele Malubay over Kady Malloy		 79
79 voters have an equal preference for Ramiele Malubay over Kady Malloy		 92
92 voters prefer Kady Malloy over Ramiele Malubay
X = Ramiele Malubay
Y = Kristy Lee Cook		 356
356 voters prefer Ramiele Malubay over Kristy Lee Cook		 78
78 voters have an equal preference for Ramiele Malubay over Kristy Lee Cook		 75
75 voters prefer Kristy Lee Cook over Ramiele Malubay
X = Ramiele Malubay
Y = Alexandréa Lushington		 375
375 voters prefer Ramiele Malubay over Alexandréa Lushington		 81
81 voters have an equal preference for Ramiele Malubay over Alexandréa Lushington		 53
53 voters prefer Alexandréa Lushington over Ramiele Malubay
X = Ramiele Malubay
Y = Amanda Overmyer		 364
364 voters prefer Ramiele Malubay over Amanda Overmyer		 79
79 voters have an equal preference for Ramiele Malubay over Amanda Overmyer		 66
66 voters prefer Amanda Overmyer over Ramiele Malubay
X = Brooke White
Y = Syesha Mercado		 216
216 voters prefer Brooke White over Syesha Mercado		 91
91 voters have an equal preference for Brooke White and Syesha Mercado		 202
202 voters prefer Syesha Mercado over Brooke White
X = Brooke White
Y = Asia'h Epperson		 236
236 voters prefer Brooke White over Asia'h Epperson		 89
89 voters have an equal preference for Brooke White over Asia'h Epperson		 184
184 voters prefer Asia'h Epperson over Brooke White
X = Brooke White
Y = Carly Smithson		 248
248 voters prefer Brooke White over Carly Smithson		 91
91 voters have an equal preference for Brooke White and Carly Smithson		 170
170 voters prefer Carly Smithson over Brooke White
X = Brooke White
Y = Alaina Whitaker		 284
284 voters prefer Brooke White over Alaina Whitaker		 93
93 voters have an equal preference for Brooke White over Alaina Whitaker		 132
132 voters prefer Alaina Whitaker over Brooke White
X = Brooke White
Y = Kady Malloy		 294
294 voters prefer Brooke White over Kady Malloy		 94
94 voters have an equal preference for Brooke White and Kady Malloy		 121
121 voters prefer Kady Malloy over Brooke White
X = Brooke White
Y = Kristy Lee Cook		 323
323 voters prefer Brooke White over Kristy Lee Cook		 95
95 voters have an equal preference for Brooke White and Kristy Lee Cook		 91
91 voters prefer Kristy Lee Cook over Brooke White
X = Brooke White
Y = Alexandréa Lushington		 325
325 voters prefer Brooke White over Alexandréa Lushington		 94
94 voters have an equal preference for Brooke White over Alexandréa Lushington		 90
90 voters prefer Alexandréa Lushington over Brooke White
X = Brooke White
Y = Amanda Overmyer		 327
327 voters prefer Brooke White over Amanda Overmyer		 89
89 voters have an equal preference for Brooke White over Amanda Overmyer		 93
93 voters prefer Amanda Overmyer over Brooke White
X = Syesha Mercado
Y = Asia'h Epperson		 219
219 voters prefer Syesha Mercado over Asia'h Epperson		 98
98 voters have an equal preference for Syesha Mercado over Asia'h Epperson		 192
192 voters prefer Asia'h Epperson over Syesha Mercado
X = Syesha Mercado
Y = Carly Smithson		 220
220 voters prefer Syesha Mercado over Carly Smithson		 95
95 voters have an equal preference for Syesha Mercado over Carly Smithson		 194
194 voters prefer Carly Smithson over Syesha Mercado
X = Syesha Mercado
Y = Alaina Whitaker		 262
262 voters prefer Syesha Mercado over Alaina Whitaker		 92
92 voters have an equal preference for Syesha Mercado over Alaina Whitaker		 155
155 voters prefer Alaina Whitaker over Syesha Mercado
X = Syesha Mercado
Y = Kady Malloy		 289
289 voters prefer Syesha Mercado over Kady Malloy		 97
97 voters have an equal preference for Syesha Mercado over Kady Malloy		 123
123 voters prefer Kady Malloy over Syesha Mercado
X = Syesha Mercado
Y = Kristy Lee Cook		 294
294 voters prefer Syesha Mercado over Kristy Lee Cook		 99
99 voters have an equal preference for Syesha Mercado over Kristy Lee Cook		 116
116 voters prefer Kristy Lee Cook over Syesha Mercado
X = Syesha Mercado
Y = Alexandréa Lushington		 324
324 voters prefer Syesha Mercado over Alexandréa Lushington		 98
98 voters have an equal preference for Syesha Mercado over Alexandréa Lushington		 87
87 voters prefer Alexandréa Lushington over Syesha Mercado
X = Syesha Mercado
Y = Amanda Overmyer		 308
308 voters prefer Syesha Mercado over Amanda Overmyer		 95
95 voters have an equal preference for Syesha Mercado over Amanda Overmyer		 106
106 voters prefer Amanda Overmyer over Syesha Mercado
X = Asia'h Epperson
Y = Carly Smithson		 218
218 voters prefer Asia'h Epperson over Carly Smithson		 96
96 voters have an equal preference for Asia'h Epperson and Carly Smithson		 195
195 voters prefer Carly Smithson over Asia'h Epperson
X = Asia'h Epperson
Y = Alaina Whitaker		 256
256 voters prefer Asia'h Epperson over Alaina Whitaker		 95
95 voters have an equal preference for Asia'h Epperson over Alaina Whitaker		 158
158 voters prefer Alaina Whitaker over Asia'h Epperson
X = Asia'h Epperson
Y = Kady Malloy		 279
279 voters prefer Asia'h Epperson over Kady Malloy		 98
98 voters have an equal preference for Asia'h Epperson and Kady Malloy		 132
132 voters prefer Kady Malloy over Asia'h Epperson
X = Asia'h Epperson
Y = Kristy Lee Cook		 282
282 voters prefer Asia'h Epperson over Kristy Lee Cook		 99
99 voters have an equal preference for Asia'h Epperson and Kristy Lee Cook		 128
128 voters prefer Kristy Lee Cook over Asia'h Epperson
X = Asia'h Epperson
Y = Alexandréa Lushington		 306
306 voters prefer Asia'h Epperson over Alexandréa Lushington		 103
103 voters have an equal preference for Asia'h Epperson over Alexandréa Lushington		 100
100 voters prefer Alexandréa Lushington over Asia'h Epperson
X = Asia'h Epperson
Y = Amanda Overmyer		 296
296 voters prefer Asia'h Epperson over Amanda Overmyer		 95
95 voters have an equal preference for Asia'h Epperson over Amanda Overmyer		 118
118 voters prefer Amanda Overmyer over Asia'h Epperson
X = Carly Smithson
Y = Alaina Whitaker		 228
228 voters prefer Carly Smithson over Alaina Whitaker		 96
96 voters have an equal preference for Carly Smithson over Alaina Whitaker		 185
185 voters prefer Alaina Whitaker over Carly Smithson
X = Carly Smithson
Y = Kady Malloy		 255
255 voters prefer Carly Smithson over Kady Malloy		 95
95 voters have an equal preference for Carly Smithson and Kady Malloy		 159
159 voters prefer Kady Malloy over Carly Smithson
X = Carly Smithson
Y = Kristy Lee Cook		 278
278 voters prefer Carly Smithson over Kristy Lee Cook		 100
100 voters have an equal preference for Carly Smithson and Kristy Lee Cook		 131
131 voters prefer Kristy Lee Cook over Carly Smithson
X = Carly Smithson
Y = Alexandréa Lushington		 274
274 voters prefer Carly Smithson over Alexandréa Lushington		 101
101 voters have an equal preference for Carly Smithson over Alexandréa Lushington		 134
134 voters prefer Alexandréa Lushington over Carly Smithson
X = Carly Smithson
Y = Amanda Overmyer		 287
287 voters prefer Carly Smithson over Amanda Overmyer		 99
99 voters have an equal preference for Carly Smithson over Amanda Overmyer		 123
123 voters prefer Amanda Overmyer over Carly Smithson
X = Alaina Whitaker
Y = Kady Malloy		 236
236 voters prefer Alaina Whitaker over Kady Malloy		 104
104 voters have an equal preference for Alaina Whitaker and Kady Malloy		 169
169 voters prefer Kady Malloy over Alaina Whitaker
X = Alaina Whitaker
Y = Kristy Lee Cook		 252
252 voters prefer Alaina Whitaker over Kristy Lee Cook		 101
101 voters have an equal preference for Alaina Whitaker and Kristy Lee Cook		 156
156 voters prefer Kristy Lee Cook over Alaina Whitaker
X = Alaina Whitaker
Y = Alexandréa Lushington		 262
262 voters prefer Alaina Whitaker over Alexandréa Lushington		 101
101 voters have an equal preference for Alaina Whitaker and Alexandréa Lushington		 146
146 voters prefer Alexandréa Lushington over Alaina Whitaker
X = Alaina Whitaker
Y = Amanda Overmyer		 264
264 voters prefer Alaina Whitaker over Amanda Overmyer		 97
97 voters have an equal preference for Alaina Whitaker and Amanda Overmyer		 148
148 voters prefer Amanda Overmyer over Alaina Whitaker
X = Kady Malloy
Y = Kristy Lee Cook		 223
223 voters prefer Kady Malloy over Kristy Lee Cook		 104
104 voters have an equal preference for Kady Malloy and Kristy Lee Cook		 182
182 voters prefer Kristy Lee Cook over Kady Malloy
X = Kady Malloy
Y = Alexandréa Lushington		 223
223 voters prefer Kady Malloy over Alexandréa Lushington		 100
100 voters have an equal preference for Kady Malloy over Alexandréa Lushington		 186
186 voters prefer Alexandréa Lushington over Kady Malloy
X = Kady Malloy
Y = Amanda Overmyer		 243
243 voters prefer Kady Malloy over Amanda Overmyer		 97
97 voters have an equal preference for Kady Malloy over Amanda Overmyer		 169
169 voters prefer Amanda Overmyer over Kady Malloy
X = Kristy Lee Cook
Y = Alexandréa Lushington		 220
220 voters prefer Kristy Lee Cook over Alexandréa Lushington		 105
105 voters have an equal preference for Kristy Lee Cook over Alexandréa Lushington		 184
184 voters prefer Alexandréa Lushington over Kristy Lee Cook
X = Kristy Lee Cook
Y = Amanda Overmyer		 230
230 voters prefer Kristy Lee Cook over Amanda Overmyer		 100
100 voters have an equal preference for Kristy Lee Cook over Amanda Overmyer		 179
179 voters prefer Amanda Overmyer over Kristy Lee Cook
X = Alexandréa Lushington
Y = Amanda Overmyer		 220
220 voters prefer Alexandréa Lushington over Amanda Overmyer		 98
98 voters have an equal preference for Alexandréa Lushington and Amanda Overmyer		 191
191 voters prefer Amanda Overmyer over Alexandréa Lushington
The highest score (which equals the sum of the bold underlined numbers, plus either tally number in any tied pair of choices) is: 12,430
Number of all possible valid sequences (without ties): 3,628,800
First sequence:
  1. Alaina Whitaker
  2. Alexandréa Lushington
  3. Amanda Overmyer
  4. Asia'h Epperson
  5. Brooke White
  6. Carly Smithson
  7. Kady Malloy
  8. Kristy Lee Cook
  9. Ramiele Malubay
  10. Syesha Mercado
Last sequence:
  1. Syesha Mercado
  2. Ramiele Malubay
  3. Kristy Lee Cook
  4. Kady Malloy
  5. Carly Smithson
  6. Brooke White
  7. Asia'h Epperson
  8. Amanda Overmyer
  9. Alexandréa Lushington
  10. Alaina Whitaker
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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 x63
  • 1&4&7,2&5,3,8,10,6,9 x1
  • 1&5&7&9,2&4&6&8&10,3 x1
  • 1,10,9,4,3,5,7,2,8,6 x1
  • 1,2&3&4&5&6&7&8&9&10 x1
  • 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 x1
  • 1,2,8,7,10,9,4,6,5,3 x1
  • 1,4,7,9,5,2,8,10,6,3 x1
  • 1,4,7,9,5,2,8,3,10,6 x1
  • 1,4,8,10,9,2,6,7,5,3 x1
  • 1,4,9,10,8,7,5,6,2,3 x1
  • 1,4,9,7,5,2,8,3,10,6 x1
  • 1,5,3,9,2&4&6&7&8&10 x1
  • 1,5,7,4,8,9,2,6,3,10 x1
  • 1,6,10,5,9,7,8,4,2,3 x1
  • 1,6,4,10,2,7,8,9,3,5 x1
  • 1,6,8,7,5,4,10,9,3,2 x1
  • 1,6,8,9,2,4,10,5,7,3 x1
  • 1,7,10,4,9,2&8,5,6,3 x1
  • 1,7,8,9,6,5,4,10,2,3 x1
  • 1,7,9,5,10,4,2,6,8,3 x1
  • 1,7,9,8,5,4,10,6,2,3 x1
  • 1,8,3,9,6,4,5&10,2,7 x1
  • 1,8,4,10,5,2,9,7,3,6 x1
  • 1,8,4,2,5,6,7,9,10,3 x1
  • 1,8,5,7,10,6,9,4,2,3 x1
  • 1,9,10,5,4,8,7,2,6,3 x1
  • 1,9,10,7,2,3,4,5,6,8 x1
  • 1,9,2&3&4&5&6&7&8&10 x1
  • 1,9,4,6,10,5,2,8,7,3 x1
  • 1,9,6,10,7,2,4,5,8,3 x1
  • 10,1,4,7,6,5,9,8,2,3 x1
  • 10,1,9,4,2,3,5,7,8,6 x1
  • 10,2,4,5,7,9,1,8,6,3 x1
  • 10,2,4,5,9,6,3,1&7&8 x1
  • 10,2,4,6,9,1,5,8,7,3 x1
  • 10,4,7,9,5,6,1,8,3,2 x1
  • 10,4,9,5,6,7,3,8,2,1 x1
  • 10,5,6,9,3,4,8,7,1,2 x1
  • 10,5,8,3,9,4,2,7,1,6 x1
  • 10,5,8,7,1,6,9,2,4,3 x1
  • 10,5,9,3,4,2,1,8,6,7 x1
  • 10,6,4,3,9,8,1&2&5&7 x1
  • 10,6,4,5,2,1,8,3,7,9 x1
  • 10,6,9,3,4,5,8,2,1,7 x1
  • 10,6,9,4,3,2,5,1,8,7 x1
  • 10,6,9,5,4,2,1,3,7,8 x1
  • 10,7,4,9,6,1,5,2,3,8 x1
  • 10,8,5,2,7,1,3,9,6,4 x1
  • 10,8,5,9,6,7,1,2,3,4 x1
  • [Remaining ballots not listed]

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