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Poll title:

     American Idol Season 6 Poll, Top 10 Females    

Question (number 1) title:

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

The most preferred and most representative choice is:

    Lakisha Jones

Overall popularity ranking:

     
Popularity Choice VoteFair
ranking
score
Traditional
vote count

(for comparison)
First-most popular Lakisha Jones Ranking score is

78

for

Lakisha Jones
Second-most popular Melinda Doolittle Ranking score is

69

for

Melinda Doolittle
Third-most popular Jordin Sparks Ranking score is

51

for

Jordin Sparks
Fourth-most popular Stephanie Edwards Ranking score is

41

for

Stephanie Edwards
Fifth-most popular Sabrina Sloan Ranking score is

37

for

Sabrina Sloan
Sixth-most popular Gina Glocksen Ranking score is

31

for

Gina Glocksen
Seventh-most popular Haley Scarnato Ranking score is

20

for

Haley Scarnato
Eighth-most popular Leslie Hunt Ranking score is

12

for

Leslie Hunt
Ninth-most popular Alaina Alexander Ranking score is

5

for

Alaina Alexander
Tenth-most popular Antonella Barba Ranking score is

0

for

Antonella Barba

VoteFair representation Ranking

  
First-most representative choice is: Lakisha Jones
Second-most representative choice is: Melinda Doolittle

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 Lakisha Jones
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.

(1 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Plurality Lakisha Jones

(1 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Condorcet Lakisha Jones
Borda count Lakisha Jones

(13 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice at the same preference level.)

Details of plurality results

  
Choice Vote count Percentage
Lakisha Jones 22 35
Melinda Doolittle 17 27
Jordin Sparks 6 10
Antonella Barba 6 10
Sabrina Sloan 3 5
Haley Scarnato 3 5
Gina Glocksen 3 5
Leslie Hunt 2 3
Stephanie Edwards 0 0
Alaina Alexander 0 0
(1 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: 63
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 = Lakisha Jones
Y = Melinda Doolittle
31
31 voter prefers

Lakisha Jones

over

Melinda Doolittle
2
2 voters have an equal preference for

Lakisha Jones

and

Melinda Doolittle
30
30 voters prefer

Melinda Doolittle

over

Lakisha Jones
X = Lakisha Jones
Y = Jordin Sparks
49
49 voters prefer

Lakisha Jones

over

Jordin Sparks
3
3 voters have an equal preference for

Lakisha Jones

and

Jordin Sparks
11
11 voter prefers

Jordin Sparks

over

Lakisha Jones
X = Lakisha Jones
Y = Stephanie Edwards
52
52 voters prefer

Lakisha Jones

over

Stephanie Edwards
3
3 voters have an equal preference for

Lakisha Jones

and

Stephanie Edwards
8
8 voters prefer

Stephanie Edwards

over

Lakisha Jones
X = Lakisha Jones
Y = Sabrina Sloan
48
48 voters prefer

Lakisha Jones

over

Sabrina Sloan
4
4 voters have an equal preference for

Lakisha Jones

and

Sabrina Sloan
11
11 voter prefers

Sabrina Sloan

over

Lakisha Jones
X = Lakisha Jones
Y = Gina Glocksen
48
48 voters prefer

Lakisha Jones

over

Gina Glocksen
2
2 voters have an equal preference for

Lakisha Jones

and

Gina Glocksen
13
13 voters prefer

Gina Glocksen

over

Lakisha Jones
X = Lakisha Jones
Y = Haley Scarnato
55
55 voters prefer

Lakisha Jones

over

Haley Scarnato
3
3 voters have an equal preference for

Lakisha Jones

and

Haley Scarnato
5
5 voters prefer

Haley Scarnato

over

Lakisha Jones
X = Lakisha Jones
Y = Leslie Hunt
52
52 voters prefer

Lakisha Jones

over

Leslie Hunt
4
4 voters have an equal preference for

Lakisha Jones

and

Leslie Hunt
7
7 voters prefer

Leslie Hunt

over

Lakisha Jones
X = Lakisha Jones
Y = Alaina Alexander
56
56 voters prefer

Lakisha Jones

over

Alaina Alexander
4
4 voters have an equal preference for

Lakisha Jones

and

Alaina Alexander
3
3 voters prefer

Alaina Alexander

over

Lakisha Jones
X = Lakisha Jones
Y = Antonella Barba
53
53 voters prefer

Lakisha Jones

over

Antonella Barba
2
2 voters have an equal preference for

Lakisha Jones

and

Antonella Barba
8
8 voters prefer

Antonella Barba

over

Lakisha Jones
X = Melinda Doolittle
Y = Jordin Sparks
42
42 voters prefer

Melinda Doolittle

over

Jordin Sparks
6
6 voters have an equal preference for

Melinda Doolittle

and

Jordin Sparks
15
15 voters prefer

Jordin Sparks

over

Melinda Doolittle
X = Melinda Doolittle
Y = Stephanie Edwards
49
49 voters prefer

Melinda Doolittle

over

Stephanie Edwards
5
5 voters have an equal preference for

Melinda Doolittle

and

Stephanie Edwards
9
9 voters prefer

Stephanie Edwards

over

Melinda Doolittle
X = Melinda Doolittle
Y = Sabrina Sloan
46
46 voters prefer

Melinda Doolittle

over

Sabrina Sloan
5
5 voters have an equal preference for

Melinda Doolittle

and

Sabrina Sloan
12
12 voters prefer

Sabrina Sloan

over

Melinda Doolittle
X = Melinda Doolittle
Y = Gina Glocksen
47
47 voters prefer

Melinda Doolittle

over

Gina Glocksen
3
3 voters have an equal preference for

Melinda Doolittle

and

Gina Glocksen
13
13 voters prefer

Gina Glocksen

over

Melinda Doolittle
X = Melinda Doolittle
Y = Haley Scarnato
53
53 voters prefer

Melinda Doolittle

over

Haley Scarnato
4
4 voters have an equal preference for

Melinda Doolittle

and

Haley Scarnato
6
6 voters prefer

Haley Scarnato

over

Melinda Doolittle
X = Melinda Doolittle
Y = Leslie Hunt
53
53 voters prefer

Melinda Doolittle

over

Leslie Hunt
5
5 voters have an equal preference for

Melinda Doolittle

and

Leslie Hunt
5
5 voters prefer

Leslie Hunt

over

Melinda Doolittle
X = Melinda Doolittle
Y = Alaina Alexander
53
53 voters prefer

Melinda Doolittle

over

Alaina Alexander
5
5 voters have an equal preference for

Melinda Doolittle

and

Alaina Alexander
5
5 voters prefer

Alaina Alexander

over

Melinda Doolittle
X = Melinda Doolittle
Y = Antonella Barba
51
51 voter prefers

Melinda Doolittle

over

Antonella Barba
3
3 voters have an equal preference for

Melinda Doolittle

and

Antonella Barba
9
9 voters prefer

Antonella Barba

over

Melinda Doolittle
X = Jordin Sparks
Y = Stephanie Edwards
32
32 voters prefer

Jordin Sparks

over

Stephanie Edwards
9
9 voters have an equal preference for

Jordin Sparks

and

Stephanie Edwards
22
22 voters prefer

Stephanie Edwards

over

Jordin Sparks
X = Jordin Sparks
Y = Sabrina Sloan
34
34 voters prefer

Jordin Sparks

over

Sabrina Sloan
8
8 voters have an equal preference for

Jordin Sparks

and

Sabrina Sloan
21
21 voter prefers

Sabrina Sloan

over

Jordin Sparks
X = Jordin Sparks
Y = Gina Glocksen
38
38 voters prefer

Jordin Sparks

over

Gina Glocksen
6
6 voters have an equal preference for

Jordin Sparks

and

Gina Glocksen
19
19 voters prefer

Gina Glocksen

over

Jordin Sparks
X = Jordin Sparks
Y = Haley Scarnato
47
47 voters prefer

Jordin Sparks

over

Haley Scarnato
7
7 voters have an equal preference for

Jordin Sparks

and

Haley Scarnato
9
9 voters prefer

Haley Scarnato

over

Jordin Sparks
X = Jordin Sparks
Y = Leslie Hunt
44
44 voters prefer

Jordin Sparks

over

Leslie Hunt
9
9 voters have an equal preference for

Jordin Sparks

and

Leslie Hunt
10
10 voters prefer

Leslie Hunt

over

Jordin Sparks
X = Jordin Sparks
Y = Alaina Alexander
50
50 voters prefer

Jordin Sparks

over

Alaina Alexander
8
8 voters have an equal preference for

Jordin Sparks

and

Alaina Alexander
5
5 voters prefer

Alaina Alexander

over

Jordin Sparks
X = Jordin Sparks
Y = Antonella Barba
45
45 voters prefer

Jordin Sparks

over

Antonella Barba
6
6 voters have an equal preference for

Jordin Sparks

and

Antonella Barba
12
12 voters prefer

Antonella Barba

over

Jordin Sparks
X = Stephanie Edwards
Y = Sabrina Sloan
32
32 voters prefer

Stephanie Edwards

over

Sabrina Sloan
8
8 voters have an equal preference for

Stephanie Edwards

and

Sabrina Sloan
23
23 voters prefer

Sabrina Sloan

over

Stephanie Edwards
X = Stephanie Edwards
Y = Gina Glocksen
31
31 voter prefers

Stephanie Edwards

over

Gina Glocksen
7
7 voters have an equal preference for

Stephanie Edwards

and

Gina Glocksen
25
25 voters prefer

Gina Glocksen

over

Stephanie Edwards
X = Stephanie Edwards
Y = Haley Scarnato
40
40 voters prefer

Stephanie Edwards

over

Haley Scarnato
8
8 voters have an equal preference for

Stephanie Edwards

and

Haley Scarnato
15
15 voters prefer

Haley Scarnato

over

Stephanie Edwards
X = Stephanie Edwards
Y = Leslie Hunt
42
42 voters prefer

Stephanie Edwards

over

Leslie Hunt
10
10 voters have an equal preference for

Stephanie Edwards

and

Leslie Hunt
11
11 voter prefers

Leslie Hunt

over

Stephanie Edwards
X = Stephanie Edwards
Y = Alaina Alexander
46
46 voters prefer

Stephanie Edwards

over

Alaina Alexander
9
9 voters have an equal preference for

Stephanie Edwards

and

Alaina Alexander
8
8 voters prefer

Alaina Alexander

over

Stephanie Edwards
X = Stephanie Edwards
Y = Antonella Barba
44
44 voters prefer

Stephanie Edwards

over

Antonella Barba
6
6 voters have an equal preference for

Stephanie Edwards

and

Antonella Barba
13
13 voters prefer

Antonella Barba

over

Stephanie Edwards
X = Sabrina Sloan
Y = Gina Glocksen
34
34 voters prefer

Sabrina Sloan

over

Gina Glocksen
7
7 voters have an equal preference for

Sabrina Sloan

and

Gina Glocksen
22
22 voters prefer

Gina Glocksen

over

Sabrina Sloan
X = Sabrina Sloan
Y = Haley Scarnato
43
43 voters prefer

Sabrina Sloan

over

Haley Scarnato
8
8 voters have an equal preference for

Sabrina Sloan

and

Haley Scarnato
12
12 voters prefer

Haley Scarnato

over

Sabrina Sloan
X = Sabrina Sloan
Y = Leslie Hunt
42
42 voters prefer

Sabrina Sloan

over

Leslie Hunt
10
10 voters have an equal preference for

Sabrina Sloan

and

Leslie Hunt
11
11 voter prefers

Leslie Hunt

over

Sabrina Sloan
X = Sabrina Sloan
Y = Alaina Alexander
49
49 voters prefer

Sabrina Sloan

over

Alaina Alexander
9
9 voters have an equal preference for

Sabrina Sloan

and

Alaina Alexander
5
5 voters prefer

Alaina Alexander

over

Sabrina Sloan
X = Sabrina Sloan
Y = Antonella Barba
42
42 voters prefer

Sabrina Sloan

over

Antonella Barba
7
7 voters have an equal preference for

Sabrina Sloan

and

Antonella Barba
14
14 voters prefer

Antonella Barba

over

Sabrina Sloan
X = Gina Glocksen
Y = Haley Scarnato
39
39 voters prefer

Gina Glocksen

over

Haley Scarnato
6
6 voters have an equal preference for

Gina Glocksen

and

Haley Scarnato
18
18 voters prefer

Haley Scarnato

over

Gina Glocksen
X = Gina Glocksen
Y = Leslie Hunt
42
42 voters prefer

Gina Glocksen

over

Leslie Hunt
7
7 voters have an equal preference for

Gina Glocksen

and

Leslie Hunt
14
14 voters prefer

Leslie Hunt

over

Gina Glocksen
X = Gina Glocksen
Y = Alaina Alexander
51
51 voter prefers

Gina Glocksen

over

Alaina Alexander
6
6 voters have an equal preference for

Gina Glocksen

and

Alaina Alexander
6
6 voters prefer

Alaina Alexander

over

Gina Glocksen
X = Gina Glocksen
Y = Antonella Barba
45
45 voters prefer

Gina Glocksen

over

Antonella Barba
5
5 voters have an equal preference for

Gina Glocksen

and

Antonella Barba
13
13 voters prefer

Antonella Barba

over

Gina Glocksen
X = Haley Scarnato
Y = Leslie Hunt
30
30 voters prefer

Haley Scarnato

over

Leslie Hunt
11
11 voter has an equal preference for

Haley Scarnato

and

Leslie Hunt
22
22 voters prefer

Leslie Hunt

over

Haley Scarnato
X = Haley Scarnato
Y = Alaina Alexander
42
42 voters prefer

Haley Scarnato

over

Alaina Alexander
10
10 voters have an equal preference for

Haley Scarnato

and

Alaina Alexander
11
11 voter prefers

Alaina Alexander

over

Haley Scarnato
X = Haley Scarnato
Y = Antonella Barba
41
41 voter prefers

Haley Scarnato

over

Antonella Barba
8
8 voters have an equal preference for

Haley Scarnato

and

Antonella Barba
14
14 voters prefer

Antonella Barba

over

Haley Scarnato
X = Leslie Hunt
Y = Alaina Alexander
35
35 voters prefer

Leslie Hunt

over

Alaina Alexander
12
12 voters have an equal preference for

Leslie Hunt

and

Alaina Alexander
16
16 voters prefer

Alaina Alexander

over

Leslie Hunt
X = Leslie Hunt
Y = Antonella Barba
33
33 voters prefer

Leslie Hunt

over

Antonella Barba
9
9 voters have an equal preference for

Leslie Hunt

and

Antonella Barba
21
21 voter prefers

Antonella Barba

over

Leslie Hunt
X = Alaina Alexander
Y = Antonella Barba
28
28 voters prefer

Alaina Alexander

over

Antonella Barba
10
10 voters have an equal preference for

Alaina Alexander

and

Antonella Barba
25
25 voters prefer

Antonella Barba

over

Alaina Alexander
The highest score (which equals the sum of the bold underlined numbers, plus either tally number in any tied pair of choices) is: 1,959
Number of all possible valid sequences (without ties): 3,628,800
First sequence:
  1. Alaina Alexander
  2. Antonella Barba
  3. Gina Glocksen
  4. Haley Scarnato
  5. Jordin Sparks
  6. Lakisha Jones
  7. Leslie Hunt
  8. Melinda Doolittle
  9. Sabrina Sloan
  10. Stephanie Edwards
Last sequence:
  1. Stephanie Edwards
  2. Sabrina Sloan
  3. Melinda Doolittle
  4. Leslie Hunt
  5. Lakisha Jones
  6. Jordin Sparks
  7. Haley Scarnato
  8. Gina Glocksen
  9. Antonella Barba
  10. Alaina Alexander
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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.)

  • 2,1&3&4&5&6&7&8&9&10 x1
  • 2,1,3,4,7,8,6,9,10,5 x1
  • 2,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,1 x1
  • 2,6,5,4,3,1,8,9,10,7 x1
  • 2,6,5,8,9,3,1,4,10,7 x1
  • 2,6,5,9,8,10,4,3,7,1 x1
  • 3,6,10,8,2,9,7,5,4,1 x1
  • 3,8,5,6,9,10,4,7,1,2 x1
  • 3,8,6,9,5,10,7,4,2,1 x1
  • 4,1,7,3,5,8,9,10,6,2 x1
  • 4,2,1,3,5,10,9,8,7,6 x1
  • 4,2,3,1&5&6&7&8&9&10 x1
  • 5&8,3&10,1&2&4&6&7&9 x1
  • 5,6,10,9,8,3,1,4,7,2 x1
  • 5,6,7,10,9,3,4,1,2,8 x1
  • 5,6,8,10,9,4,3,1,2,7 x1
  • 5,8,6,9,10,7,4,3,1,2 x1
  • 5,9,6,8,10,7,4,3,1,2 x1
  • 5,9,8,3,7,6,4,2,1,10 x1
  • 6,1&2&3&4&5&7&8&9&10 x2
  • 6,10,8,9,5,3,4,2,7,1 x1
  • 6,3,1&2&4&5&7&8&9&10 x1
  • 6,3,10,5,8,9,4,7,1,2 x1
  • 6,3,8,2,7,5,10,9,4,1 x1
  • 6,5,8,2,9,3,1,4,10,7 x1
  • 6,8,10,3,9,5,4,1,2,7 x1
  • 6,8,10,5,3,4,9,1,2,7 x1
  • 6,8,10,5,7,9,3,4,1,2 x1
  • 6,8,10,5,9,3,4,7,1,2 x1
  • 6,8,10,9,5,3,4,7,1,2 x1
  • 6,8,10,9,5,4,7,3,1,2 x1
  • 6,8,10,9,7,5,3,4,1,2 x1
  • 6,8,3&4&5&7&9&10,1&2 x1
  • 6,8,4,1&2&3&5&7&9&10 x1
  • 6,8,5,10,9,1,7,4,2,3 x1
  • 6,8,5,10,9,3,7,1,4,2 x1
  • 6,8,9,10,5,3,4,2,1,7 x1
  • 6,8,9,5,10,3,1&2&4&7 x1
  • 6,8,9,5,3,10,4,1,7,2 x1
  • 6,9,10,5,8,2,7,4,1,3 x1
  • 7,5,9,10,8,6,3,4,1,2 x1
  • 7,8,10,9,6,5,4,3,2,1 x1
  • 8,1&2&3&4&5&6&7&9&10 x1
  • 8,3,10,4,6,2,9,7,5,1 x1
  • 8,3,10,6,5,7,9,4,2,1 x1
  • 8,3,6,4,7,5,10,9,1,2 x1
  • 8,6,10,5,9,3,7,1,4,2 x1
  • 8,6,2,1,4,9,10,3,5,7 x1
  • 8,6,3,5,4,10,9,2,7,1 x1
  • 8,6,5,10,1&2&3&4&7&9 x1
  • [Remaining ballots not listed]

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