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Poll title:

     American Idol, Season 12, Top 20    

Question (number 2) title:

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

The most preferred and most representative choice is:

    Devin Velez

Overall popularity ranking:

     
Popularity Choice VoteFair
ranking
score		 Traditional
vote count
(for comparison)
First-most popular Devin Velez Ranking score is 38 for Devin Velez 42 voters marked Devin Velez as their first choice
Second-most popular Lazaro Arbos Ranking score is 35 for Lazaro Arbos 49 voters marked Lazaro Arbos as their first choice
Third-most popular Burnell Taylor Ranking score is 29 for Burnell Taylor 41 voters marked Burnell Taylor as their first choice
Fourth-most popular Curtis Finch, Jr. Ranking score is 23 for Curtis Finch, Jr. 35 voters marked Curtis Finch, Jr. as their first choice
Fifth-most popular Paul Jolley Ranking score is 20 for Paul Jolley 24 voters marked Paul Jolley as their first choice
Sixth-most popular Nick Boddington Ranking score is 16 for Nick Boddington 11 voters marked Nick Boddington as their first choice
Seventh-most popular Vincent Powell Ranking score is 11 for Vincent Powell 15 voters marked Vincent Powell as their first choice
Eighth-most popular Cortez Shaw Ranking score is 8 for Cortez Shaw 4 voters marked Cortez Shaw as their first choice
Ninth-most popular Elijah Liu Ranking score is 4 for Elijah Liu 8 voters marked Elijah Liu as their first choice
Tenth-most popular Charlie Askew Ranking score is 0 for Charlie Askew 29 voters marked Charlie Askew as their first choice

VoteFair representation Ranking

  

First-most representative choice is:

Devin Velez

Second-most representative choice is:

Lazaro Arbos

Third-most representative choice is:

Burnell Taylor

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 Devin Velez
Instant runoff Devin Velez
(19 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 : Cortez Shaw)
Majority None of the choices has won a majority (more than half) the votes.

(129 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Plurality Lazaro Arbos

(129 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Condorcet Devin Velez
Borda count Devin Velez
(187 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice at the same preference level.)

Details of plurality results

  
Choice Vote count Percentage
Lazaro Arbos 49 19 49 voters marked Lazaro Arbos as their first choice
Devin Velez 42 16 42 voters marked Devin Velez as their first choice
Burnell Taylor 41 16 41 voters marked Burnell Taylor as their first choice
Curtis Finch, Jr. 35 14 35 voters marked Curtis Finch, Jr. as their first choice
Charlie Askew 29 11 29 voters marked Charlie Askew as their first choice
Paul Jolley 24 9 24 voters marked Paul Jolley as their first choice
Vincent Powell 15 6 15 voters marked Vincent Powell as their first choice
Nick Boddington 11 4 11 voters marked Nick Boddington as their first choice
Elijah Liu 8 3 8 voters marked Elijah Liu as their first choice
Cortez Shaw 4 2 4 voters marked Cortez Shaw as their first choice
(129 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: 387
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 = Devin Velez
Y = Lazaro Arbos		 128
128 voters prefer Devin Velez over Lazaro Arbos		 139
139 voters have an equal preference for Devin Velez and Lazaro Arbos		 120
120 voters prefer Lazaro Arbos over Devin Velez
X = Devin Velez
Y = Burnell Taylor		 129
129 voters prefer Devin Velez over Burnell Taylor		 152
152 voters have an equal preference for Devin Velez over Burnell Taylor		 106
106 voters prefer Burnell Taylor over Devin Velez
X = Devin Velez
Y = Curtis Finch, Jr.		 141
141 voters prefer Devin Velez over Curtis Finch, Jr.		 144
144 voters have an equal preference for Devin Velez over Curtis Finch, Jr.		 102
102 voters prefer Curtis Finch, Jr. over Devin Velez
X = Devin Velez
Y = Paul Jolley		 145
145 voters prefer Devin Velez over Paul Jolley		 148
148 voters have an equal preference for Devin Velez and Paul Jolley		 94
94 voters prefer Paul Jolley over Devin Velez
X = Devin Velez
Y = Nick Boddington		 152
152 voters prefer Devin Velez over Nick Boddington		 153
153 voters have an equal preference for Devin Velez and Nick Boddington		 82
82 voters prefer Nick Boddington over Devin Velez
X = Devin Velez
Y = Vincent Powell		 156
156 voters prefer Devin Velez over Vincent Powell		 156
156 voters have an equal preference for Devin Velez and Vincent Powell		 75
75 voters prefer Vincent Powell over Devin Velez
X = Devin Velez
Y = Cortez Shaw		 147
147 voters prefer Devin Velez over Cortez Shaw		 154
154 voters have an equal preference for Devin Velez over Cortez Shaw		 86
86 voters prefer Cortez Shaw over Devin Velez
X = Devin Velez
Y = Elijah Liu		 167
167 voters prefer Devin Velez over Elijah Liu		 158
158 voters have an equal preference for Devin Velez and Elijah Liu		 62
62 voters prefer Elijah Liu over Devin Velez
X = Devin Velez
Y = Charlie Askew		 173
173 voters prefer Devin Velez over Charlie Askew		 150
150 voters have an equal preference for Devin Velez over Charlie Askew		 64
64 voters prefer Charlie Askew over Devin Velez
X = Lazaro Arbos
Y = Burnell Taylor		 125
125 voters prefer Lazaro Arbos over Burnell Taylor		 145
145 voters have an equal preference for Lazaro Arbos over Burnell Taylor		 117
117 voters prefer Burnell Taylor over Lazaro Arbos
X = Lazaro Arbos
Y = Curtis Finch, Jr.		 146
146 voters prefer Lazaro Arbos over Curtis Finch, Jr.		 137
137 voters have an equal preference for Lazaro Arbos over Curtis Finch, Jr.		 104
104 voters prefer Curtis Finch, Jr. over Lazaro Arbos
X = Lazaro Arbos
Y = Paul Jolley		 148
148 voters prefer Lazaro Arbos over Paul Jolley		 135
135 voters have an equal preference for Lazaro Arbos and Paul Jolley		 104
104 voters prefer Paul Jolley over Lazaro Arbos
X = Lazaro Arbos
Y = Nick Boddington		 149
149 voters prefer Lazaro Arbos over Nick Boddington		 143
143 voters have an equal preference for Lazaro Arbos and Nick Boddington		 95
95 voters prefer Nick Boddington over Lazaro Arbos
X = Lazaro Arbos
Y = Vincent Powell		 161
161 voters prefer Lazaro Arbos over Vincent Powell		 142
142 voters have an equal preference for Lazaro Arbos and Vincent Powell		 84
84 voters prefer Vincent Powell over Lazaro Arbos
X = Lazaro Arbos
Y = Cortez Shaw		 159
159 voters prefer Lazaro Arbos over Cortez Shaw		 145
145 voters have an equal preference for Lazaro Arbos over Cortez Shaw		 83
83 voters prefer Cortez Shaw over Lazaro Arbos
X = Lazaro Arbos
Y = Elijah Liu		 172
172 voters prefer Lazaro Arbos over Elijah Liu		 140
140 voters have an equal preference for Lazaro Arbos over Elijah Liu		 75
75 voters prefer Elijah Liu over Lazaro Arbos
X = Lazaro Arbos
Y = Charlie Askew		 175
175 voters prefer Lazaro Arbos over Charlie Askew		 140
140 voters have an equal preference for Lazaro Arbos over Charlie Askew		 72
72 voters prefer Charlie Askew over Lazaro Arbos
X = Burnell Taylor
Y = Curtis Finch, Jr.		 136
136 voters prefer Burnell Taylor over Curtis Finch, Jr.		 147
147 voters have an equal preference for Burnell Taylor and Curtis Finch, Jr.		 104
104 voters prefer Curtis Finch, Jr. over Burnell Taylor
X = Burnell Taylor
Y = Paul Jolley		 134
134 voters prefer Burnell Taylor over Paul Jolley		 146
146 voters have an equal preference for Burnell Taylor and Paul Jolley		 107
107 voters prefer Paul Jolley over Burnell Taylor
X = Burnell Taylor
Y = Nick Boddington		 135
135 voters prefer Burnell Taylor over Nick Boddington		 154
154 voters have an equal preference for Burnell Taylor and Nick Boddington		 98
98 voters prefer Nick Boddington over Burnell Taylor
X = Burnell Taylor
Y = Vincent Powell		 145
145 voters prefer Burnell Taylor over Vincent Powell		 158
158 voters have an equal preference for Burnell Taylor and Vincent Powell		 84
84 voters prefer Vincent Powell over Burnell Taylor
X = Burnell Taylor
Y = Cortez Shaw		 148
148 voters prefer Burnell Taylor over Cortez Shaw		 159
159 voters have an equal preference for Burnell Taylor and Cortez Shaw		 80
80 voters prefer Cortez Shaw over Burnell Taylor
X = Burnell Taylor
Y = Elijah Liu		 166
166 voters prefer Burnell Taylor over Elijah Liu		 158
158 voters have an equal preference for Burnell Taylor and Elijah Liu		 63
63 voters prefer Elijah Liu over Burnell Taylor
X = Burnell Taylor
Y = Charlie Askew		 156
156 voters prefer Burnell Taylor over Charlie Askew		 152
152 voters have an equal preference for Burnell Taylor and Charlie Askew		 79
79 voters prefer Charlie Askew over Burnell Taylor
X = Curtis Finch, Jr.
Y = Paul Jolley		 125
125 voters prefer Curtis Finch, Jr. over Paul Jolley		 144
144 voters have an equal preference for Curtis Finch, Jr. and Paul Jolley		 118
118 voters prefer Paul Jolley over Curtis Finch, Jr.
X = Curtis Finch, Jr.
Y = Nick Boddington		 128
128 voters prefer Curtis Finch, Jr. over Nick Boddington		 147
147 voters have an equal preference for Curtis Finch, Jr. and Nick Boddington		 112
112 voters prefer Nick Boddington over Curtis Finch, Jr.
X = Curtis Finch, Jr.
Y = Vincent Powell		 131
131 voters prefer Curtis Finch, Jr. over Vincent Powell		 151
151 voters have an equal preference for Curtis Finch, Jr. and Vincent Powell		 105
105 voters prefer Vincent Powell over Curtis Finch, Jr.
X = Curtis Finch, Jr.
Y = Cortez Shaw		 124
124 voters prefer Curtis Finch, Jr. over Cortez Shaw		 148
148 voters have an equal preference for Curtis Finch, Jr. over Cortez Shaw		 115
115 voters prefer Cortez Shaw over Curtis Finch, Jr.
X = Curtis Finch, Jr.
Y = Elijah Liu		 156
156 voters prefer Curtis Finch, Jr. over Elijah Liu		 150
150 voters have an equal preference for Curtis Finch, Jr. and Elijah Liu		 81
81 voters prefer Elijah Liu over Curtis Finch, Jr.
X = Curtis Finch, Jr.
Y = Charlie Askew		 148
148 voters prefer Curtis Finch, Jr. over Charlie Askew		 145
145 voters have an equal preference for Curtis Finch, Jr. over Charlie Askew		 94
94 voters prefer Charlie Askew over Curtis Finch, Jr.
X = Paul Jolley
Y = Nick Boddington		 120
120 voters prefer Paul Jolley over Nick Boddington		 149
149 voters have an equal preference for Paul Jolley over Nick Boddington		 118
118 voters prefer Nick Boddington over Paul Jolley
X = Paul Jolley
Y = Vincent Powell		 142
142 voters prefer Paul Jolley over Vincent Powell		 152
152 voters have an equal preference for Paul Jolley and Vincent Powell		 93
93 voters prefer Vincent Powell over Paul Jolley
X = Paul Jolley
Y = Cortez Shaw		 131
131 voters prefer Paul Jolley over Cortez Shaw		 151
151 voters have an equal preference for Paul Jolley over Cortez Shaw		 105
105 voters prefer Cortez Shaw over Paul Jolley
X = Paul Jolley
Y = Elijah Liu		 145
145 voters prefer Paul Jolley over Elijah Liu		 154
154 voters have an equal preference for Paul Jolley over Elijah Liu		 88
88 voters prefer Elijah Liu over Paul Jolley
X = Paul Jolley
Y = Charlie Askew		 156
156 voters prefer Paul Jolley over Charlie Askew		 146
146 voters have an equal preference for Paul Jolley over Charlie Askew		 85
85 voters prefer Charlie Askew over Paul Jolley
X = Nick Boddington
Y = Vincent Powell		 141
141 voters prefer Nick Boddington over Vincent Powell		 161
161 voters have an equal preference for Nick Boddington and Vincent Powell		 85
85 voters prefer Vincent Powell over Nick Boddington
X = Nick Boddington
Y = Cortez Shaw		 130
130 voters prefer Nick Boddington over Cortez Shaw		 156
156 voters have an equal preference for Nick Boddington over Cortez Shaw		 101
101 voters prefer Cortez Shaw over Nick Boddington
X = Nick Boddington
Y = Elijah Liu		 148
148 voters prefer Nick Boddington over Elijah Liu		 158
158 voters have an equal preference for Nick Boddington over Elijah Liu		 81
81 voters prefer Elijah Liu over Nick Boddington
X = Nick Boddington
Y = Charlie Askew		 148
148 voters prefer Nick Boddington over Charlie Askew		 154
154 voters have an equal preference for Nick Boddington over Charlie Askew		 85
85 voters prefer Charlie Askew over Nick Boddington
X = Vincent Powell
Y = Cortez Shaw		 117
117 voters prefer Vincent Powell over Cortez Shaw		 161
161 voters have an equal preference for Vincent Powell over Cortez Shaw		 109
109 voters prefer Cortez Shaw over Vincent Powell
X = Vincent Powell
Y = Elijah Liu		 128
128 voters prefer Vincent Powell over Elijah Liu		 162
162 voters have an equal preference for Vincent Powell over Elijah Liu		 97
97 voters prefer Elijah Liu over Vincent Powell
X = Vincent Powell
Y = Charlie Askew		 140
140 voters prefer Vincent Powell over Charlie Askew		 154
154 voters have an equal preference for Vincent Powell over Charlie Askew		 93
93 voters prefer Charlie Askew over Vincent Powell
X = Cortez Shaw
Y = Elijah Liu		 139
139 voters prefer Cortez Shaw over Elijah Liu		 164
164 voters have an equal preference for Cortez Shaw and Elijah Liu		 84
84 voters prefer Elijah Liu over Cortez Shaw
X = Cortez Shaw
Y = Charlie Askew		 148
148 voters prefer Cortez Shaw over Charlie Askew		 153
153 voters have an equal preference for Cortez Shaw over Charlie Askew		 86
86 voters prefer Charlie Askew over Cortez Shaw
X = Elijah Liu
Y = Charlie Askew		 129
129 voters prefer Elijah Liu over Charlie Askew		 157
157 voters have an equal preference for Elijah Liu over Charlie Askew		 101
101 voters prefer Charlie Askew over Elijah Liu
The highest score (which equals the sum of the bold underlined numbers, plus either tally number in any tied pair of choices) is: 6,467
Number of all possible valid sequences (without ties): 3,628,800
First sequence:
  1. Burnell Taylor
  2. Charlie Askew
  3. Cortez Shaw
  4. Curtis Finch, Jr.
  5. Devin Velez
  6. Elijah Liu
  7. Lazaro Arbos
  8. Nick Boddington
  9. Paul Jolley
  10. Vincent Powell
Last sequence:
  1. Vincent Powell
  2. Paul Jolley
  3. Nick Boddington
  4. Lazaro Arbos
  5. Elijah Liu
  6. Devin Velez
  7. Curtis Finch, Jr.
  8. Cortez Shaw
  9. Charlie Askew
  10. Burnell Taylor
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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 x119
  • 1&2&3&5&6,4&7,8,10,9 x1
  • 1&2&4&7&8&10,3&6,9,5 x1
  • 1&3&10,5&6,4&7,9,2,8 x1
  • 1&3&7,4&9,6&10,2&5,8 x1
  • 1&4,5,3&7,2,6&8&9&10 x1
  • 1&7,2&3&4&5&6&8&9&10 x1
  • 1,10,3,4,5,2,7,8,6,9 x1
  • 1,10,5,4,8,3,9,7,6,2 x1
  • 1,10,9,5,8,2,3,7,6,4 x1
  • 1,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2 x1
  • 1,2&3&4&5&6&7&8&9&10 x2
  • 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10,9 x1
  • 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 x8
  • 1,2,6,9,7,3,4,5,8,10 x1
  • 1,2,9,8,10,7,6,5,4,3 x1
  • 1,3,8,7,9,10,2&4&5&6 x1
  • 1,4&9,6,5&8&10,2&3&7 x1
  • 1,4,5,10,7,3,9,6,8,2 x1
  • 1,4,5,10,7,3,9,8,6,2 x1
  • 1,4,6,9,10,7,8,5,3,2 x1
  • 1,4,7,3,6,5,8,9,10,2 x1
  • 1,5,10,7,9,8,3,2,4,6 x1
  • 1,5,7,9,4,6,3,8,10,2 x1
  • 1,5,8,2,3,4,10,9,7,6 x1
  • 1,5,8,3,6,7,2,9,10,4 x1
  • 1,5,9,3,8,10,7,6,2,4 x1
  • 1,5,9,8,10,7,4,3,2,6 x1
  • 1,6,5,4,7,8,2,3,10,9 x1
  • 1,6,8,3,7,5,9,10,4,2 x1
  • 1,7,4,2,3&5&6&8&9&10 x1
  • 1,7,9,4,10,5,3,8,6,2 x1
  • 1,7,9,5,4,10,3,6,8,2 x1
  • 1,8,10,3,4,5,6,9,7,2 x1
  • 1,8,10,9,7,6,3,4,2,5 x1
  • 1,8,7,5,4,10,6,3,9,2 x1
  • 1,9,3,8,5,10,7,6,2,4 x1
  • 1,9,3,8,6,10,5,4,7,2 x1
  • 1,9,7,5,6,3,8,10,4,2 x1
  • 1,9,8,6,7,10,3,5,4,2 x1
  • 10,1,5,4,3,7,8,6,9,2 x1
  • 10,1,5,4,9,8,3,7,6,2 x1
  • 10,1,9,8,4,7,5,6,2,3 x1
  • 10,2,5,9,1&3&4&6&7&8 x1
  • 10,3,4,1,7,9,5,8,2,6 x1
  • 10,4,5,9,3,1,8,6,7,2 x1
  • 10,5,3,1,9,8,2,6,4,7 x1
  • 10,5,4,9,2,8,1,3,7,6 x1
  • 10,5,8,9,6,3,1,7,2,4 x1
  • 10,7,1,3,5,4,9,8,6,2 x1
  • [Remaining ballots not listed]

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