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Poll title:

     American Idol, Season 8, Top 7 -- again    

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 74 for Adam Lambert 670 voters marked Adam Lambert as their first choice
Second-most popular Kris Allen Ranking score is 60 for Kris Allen 303 voters marked Kris Allen as their first choice
Third-most popular Allison Iraheta Ranking score is 52 for Allison Iraheta 161 voters marked Allison Iraheta as their first choice
Fourth-most popular Danny Gokey Ranking score is 36 for Danny Gokey 153 voters marked Danny Gokey as their first choice
Fifth-most popular Matt Giraud Ranking score is 22 for Matt Giraud 54 voters marked Matt Giraud as their first choice
Sixth-most popular Anoop Desai Ranking score is 12 for Anoop Desai 61 voters marked Anoop Desai as their first choice
Seventh-most popular Lil Rounds Ranking score is 0 for Lil Rounds 20 voters marked Lil Rounds as their first choice

VoteFair representation Ranking

  

First-most representative choice is:

Adam Lambert

Second-most representative choice is:

Kris Allen

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
(10 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 : Lil Rounds)
Majority None of the choices has won a majority (more than half) the votes.

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

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

Details of plurality results

  
Choice Vote count Percentage
Adam Lambert 670 47 670 voters marked Adam Lambert as their first choice
Kris Allen 303 21 303 voters marked Kris Allen as their first choice
Allison Iraheta 161 11 161 voters marked Allison Iraheta as their first choice
Danny Gokey 153 11 153 voters marked Danny Gokey as their first choice
Anoop Desai 61 4 61 voters marked Anoop Desai as their first choice
Matt Giraud 54 4 54 voters marked Matt Giraud as their first choice
Lil Rounds 20 1 20 voters marked Lil Rounds as their first choice
(23 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: 1,445
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 = Kris Allen		 899
899 voters prefer Adam Lambert over Kris Allen		 34
34 voters have an equal preference for Adam Lambert and Kris Allen		 512
512 voters prefer Kris Allen over Adam Lambert
X = Adam Lambert
Y = Allison Iraheta		 953
953 voters prefer Adam Lambert over Allison Iraheta		 40
40 voters have an equal preference for Adam Lambert and Allison Iraheta		 452
452 voters prefer Allison Iraheta over Adam Lambert
X = Adam Lambert
Y = Danny Gokey		 1,037
1,037 voter prefer Adam Lambert over Danny Gokey		 38
38 voters have an equal preference for Adam Lambert and Danny Gokey		 370
370 voters prefer Danny Gokey over Adam Lambert
X = Adam Lambert
Y = Matt Giraud		 1,129
1,129 voter prefer Adam Lambert over Matt Giraud		 43
43 voters have an equal preference for Adam Lambert and Matt Giraud		 273
273 voters prefer Matt Giraud over Adam Lambert
X = Adam Lambert
Y = Anoop Desai		 1,145
1,145 voter prefer Adam Lambert over Anoop Desai		 40
40 voters have an equal preference for Adam Lambert and Anoop Desai		 260
260 voters prefer Anoop Desai over Adam Lambert
X = Adam Lambert
Y = Lil Rounds		 1,249
1,249 voter prefer Adam Lambert over Lil Rounds		 42
42 voters have an equal preference for Adam Lambert and Lil Rounds		 154
154 voters prefer Lil Rounds over Adam Lambert
X = Kris Allen
Y = Allison Iraheta		 711
711 voters prefer Kris Allen over Allison Iraheta		 39
39 voters have an equal preference for Kris Allen over Allison Iraheta		 695
695 voters prefer Allison Iraheta over Kris Allen
X = Kris Allen
Y = Danny Gokey		 853
853 voters prefer Kris Allen over Danny Gokey		 36
36 voters have an equal preference for Kris Allen over Danny Gokey		 556
556 voters prefer Danny Gokey over Kris Allen
X = Kris Allen
Y = Matt Giraud		 1,161
1,161 voter prefer Kris Allen over Matt Giraud		 53
53 voters have an equal preference for Kris Allen and Matt Giraud		 231
231 voters prefer Matt Giraud over Kris Allen
X = Kris Allen
Y = Anoop Desai		 1,164
1,164 voter prefer Kris Allen over Anoop Desai		 36
36 voters have an equal preference for Kris Allen over Anoop Desai		 245
245 voters prefer Anoop Desai over Kris Allen
X = Kris Allen
Y = Lil Rounds		 1,289
1,289 voter prefer Kris Allen over Lil Rounds		 41
41 voters have an equal preference for Kris Allen and Lil Rounds		 115
115 voters prefer Lil Rounds over Kris Allen
X = Allison Iraheta
Y = Danny Gokey		 895
895 voters prefer Allison Iraheta over Danny Gokey		 43
43 voters have an equal preference for Allison Iraheta and Danny Gokey		 507
507 voters prefer Danny Gokey over Allison Iraheta
X = Allison Iraheta
Y = Matt Giraud		 1,121
1,121 voter prefer Allison Iraheta over Matt Giraud		 41
41 voters have an equal preference for Allison Iraheta and Matt Giraud		 283
283 voters prefer Matt Giraud over Allison Iraheta
X = Allison Iraheta
Y = Anoop Desai		 1,158
1,158 voter prefer Allison Iraheta over Anoop Desai		 41
41 voters have an equal preference for Allison Iraheta and Anoop Desai		 246
246 voters prefer Anoop Desai over Allison Iraheta
X = Allison Iraheta
Y = Lil Rounds		 1,305
1,305 voter prefer Allison Iraheta over Lil Rounds		 44
44 voters have an equal preference for Allison Iraheta and Lil Rounds		 96
96 voters prefer Lil Rounds over Allison Iraheta
X = Danny Gokey
Y = Matt Giraud		 953
953 voters prefer Danny Gokey over Matt Giraud		 54
54 voters have an equal preference for Danny Gokey and Matt Giraud		 438
438 voters prefer Matt Giraud over Danny Gokey
X = Danny Gokey
Y = Anoop Desai		 993
993 voters prefer Danny Gokey over Anoop Desai		 50
50 voters have an equal preference for Danny Gokey over Anoop Desai		 402
402 voters prefer Anoop Desai over Danny Gokey
X = Danny Gokey
Y = Lil Rounds		 1,208
1,208 voter prefer Danny Gokey over Lil Rounds		 63
63 voters have an equal preference for Danny Gokey and Lil Rounds		 174
174 voters prefer Lil Rounds over Danny Gokey
X = Matt Giraud
Y = Anoop Desai		 769
769 voters prefer Matt Giraud over Anoop Desai		 59
59 voters have an equal preference for Matt Giraud over Anoop Desai		 617
617 voters prefer Anoop Desai over Matt Giraud
X = Matt Giraud
Y = Lil Rounds		 1,105
1,105 voter prefer Matt Giraud over Lil Rounds		 67
67 voters have an equal preference for Matt Giraud over Lil Rounds		 273
273 voters prefer Lil Rounds over Matt Giraud
X = Anoop Desai
Y = Lil Rounds		 1,071
1,071 voter prefer Anoop Desai over Lil Rounds		 70
70 voters have an equal preference for Anoop Desai and Lil Rounds		 304
304 voters prefer Lil Rounds over Anoop Desai
The highest score (which equals the sum of the bold underlined numbers, plus either tally number in any tied pair of choices) is: 22,168
Number of all possible valid sequences (without ties): 5,040
First sequence:
  1. Adam Lambert
  2. Allison Iraheta
  3. Anoop Desai
  4. Danny Gokey
  5. Kris Allen
  6. Lil Rounds
  7. Matt Giraud
Last sequence:
  1. Matt Giraud
  2. Lil Rounds
  3. Kris Allen
  4. Danny Gokey
  5. Anoop Desai
  6. Allison Iraheta
  7. 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 x8
  • 1&2&4&5&7,3&6 x1
  • 1&2&4&7,6,5,3 x1
  • 1&2&4,5&7,3&6 x1
  • 1&2,3,5,4&6&7 x1
  • 1&2,5,7,3,4,6 x1
  • 1&2,5,7,4,6,3 x1
  • 1&3,2&4&5&6&7 x1
  • 1&4&5,2&3&6,7 x1
  • 1&5&7,2&3&4&6 x1
  • 1&5,4,2,6,3,7 x1
  • 1,2&3&4&5&6&7 x7
  • 1,2&4,5&7,3,6 x1
  • 1,2&4,7,5&6,3 x1
  • 1,2&5,4,3&7,6 x1
  • 1,2,3&4&5&6&7 x2
  • 1,2,3&5,4,7,6 x2
  • 1,2,3,4,5&7,6 x1
  • 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 x3
  • 1,2,3,4,5,7,6 x6
  • 1,2,3,4,7,5,6 x1
  • 1,2,3,5,4,6,7 x1
  • 1,2,3,5,4,7,6 x3
  • 1,2,3,5,7,4,6 x1
  • 1,2,3,5,7,6,4 x1
  • 1,2,3,6,5,4,7 x2
  • 1,2,3,7,4,6,5 x1
  • 1,2,3,7,5,6,4 x1
  • 1,2,4,3&5&6&7 x1
  • 1,2,4,3&7,5,6 x1
  • 1,2,4,3,5,7,6 x11
  • 1,2,4,3,7,5,6 x2
  • 1,2,4,3,7,6,5 x3
  • 1,2,4,5,3,6,7 x10
  • 1,2,4,5,3,7,6 x33
  • 1,2,4,5,6,3,7 x1
  • 1,2,4,5,6,7,3 x5
  • 1,2,4,5,7,3,6 x28
  • 1,2,4,5,7,6,3 x13
  • 1,2,4,6,3,7,5 x1
  • 1,2,4,6,5,3,7 x1
  • 1,2,4,7,3,5,6 x2
  • 1,2,4,7,5,3,6 x3
  • 1,2,4,7,5,6,3 x3
  • 1,2,4,7,6,3,5 x1
  • 1,2,5,3&4&6&7 x1
  • 1,2,5,3&4,6&7 x1
  • 1,2,5,3,4&6,7 x1
  • 1,2,5,3,4,6,7 x3
  • 1,2,5,3,4,7,6 x3
  • [Remaining ballots not listed]

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