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Poll title:

     American Idol poll, Season 14, Top 3    

Question (number 1) title:

     Who is your favorite and second-favorite singer?    

The most preferred and most representative choice is:

    Jax Cole

Overall popularity ranking:

     
Popularity Choice VoteFair
ranking
score		 Traditional
vote count
(for comparison)
First-most popular Jax Cole Ranking score is 54 for Jax Cole 97 voters marked Jax Cole as their first choice
Second-most popular Clark Beckham Ranking score is 26 for Clark Beckham 105 voters marked Clark Beckham as their first choice
Third-most popular Nick Fradiani Ranking score is 0 for Nick Fradiani 60 voters marked Nick Fradiani as their first choice

VoteFair representation Ranking

  

First-most representative choice is:

Jax Cole

Second-most representative choice is:

Clark Beckham

Third-most representative choice is:

Nick Fradiani

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 Jax Cole
Instant runoff Jax Cole
(2 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 : Nick Fradiani)
Majority None of the choices has won a majority (more than half) the votes.

(8 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Plurality Clark Beckham

(8 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Condorcet Jax Cole
Borda count Jax Cole
(19 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice at the same preference level.)

Details of plurality results

  
Choice Vote count Percentage
Clark Beckham 105 40 105 voters marked Clark Beckham as their first choice
Jax Cole 97 37 97 voters marked Jax Cole as their first choice
Nick Fradiani 60 23 60 voters marked Nick Fradiani as their first choice
(8 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: 270
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 = Jax Cole
Y = Clark Beckham		 133
133 voters prefer Jax Cole over Clark Beckham		 10
10 voters have an equal preference for Jax Cole over Clark Beckham		 127
127 voters prefer Clark Beckham over Jax Cole
X = Jax Cole
Y = Nick Fradiani		 159
159 voters prefer Jax Cole over Nick Fradiani		 7
7 voters have an equal preference for Jax Cole over Nick Fradiani		 104
104 voters prefer Nick Fradiani over Jax Cole
X = Clark Beckham
Y = Nick Fradiani		 141
141 voters prefer Clark Beckham over Nick Fradiani		 6
6 voters have an equal preference for Clark Beckham and Nick Fradiani		 123
123 voters prefer Nick Fradiani over Clark Beckham
The highest score (which equals the sum of the bold underlined numbers, plus either tally number in any tied pair of choices) is: 433
Number of all possible valid sequences (without ties): 6
First sequence:
  1. Clark Beckham
  2. Nick Fradiani
  3. Jax Cole
Last sequence:
  1. Jax Cole
  2. Nick Fradiani
  3. Clark Beckham
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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 x2
  • 1&3,2 x6
  • 1,2&3 x5
  • 1,2,3 x44
  • 1,3,2 x56
  • 2,1&3 x2
  • 2,1,3 x22
  • 2,3,1 x36
  • 3,1&2 x4
  • 3,1,2 x30
  • 3,2,1 x63

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