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Poll title:

     American Idol, Season 12, Top 7    

Question (number 1) title:

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

The most preferred and most representative choice is:

    Kree Harrison

Overall popularity ranking:

     
Popularity Choice VoteFair
ranking
score		 Traditional
vote count
(for comparison)
First-most popular Kree Harrison Ranking score is 69 for Kree Harrison 87 voters marked Kree Harrison as their first choice
Second-most popular Candice Glover Ranking score is 59 for Candice Glover 70 voters marked Candice Glover as their first choice
Third-most popular Angie Miller Ranking score is 49 for Angie Miller 108 voters marked Angie Miller as their first choice
Fourth-most popular Amber Holcomb Ranking score is 37 for Amber Holcomb 48 voters marked Amber Holcomb as their first choice
Fifth-most popular Janelle Arthur Ranking score is 28 for Janelle Arthur 40 voters marked Janelle Arthur as their first choice
Sixth-most popular Burnell Taylor Ranking score is 12 for Burnell Taylor 2 voters marked Burnell Taylor as their first choice
Seventh-most popular Lazaro Arbos Ranking score is 0 for Lazaro Arbos 11 voters marked Lazaro Arbos as their first choice

VoteFair representation Ranking

  

First-most representative choice is:

Kree Harrison

Second-most representative choice is:

Angie Miller

Third-most representative choice is:

Candice Glover

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 Kree Harrison
Instant runoff Kree Harrison
(7 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 : Burnell Taylor)
Majority None of the choices has won a majority (more than half) the votes.

(6 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Plurality Angie Miller

(6 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Condorcet Kree Harrison
Borda count Kree Harrison
(30 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice at the same preference level.)

Details of plurality results

  
Choice Vote count Percentage
Angie Miller 108 30 108 voters marked Angie Miller as their first choice
Kree Harrison 87 24 87 voters marked Kree Harrison as their first choice
Candice Glover 70 19 70 voters marked Candice Glover as their first choice
Amber Holcomb 48 13 48 voters marked Amber Holcomb as their first choice
Janelle Arthur 40 11 40 voters marked Janelle Arthur as their first choice
Lazaro Arbos 11 3 11 voters marked Lazaro Arbos as their first choice
Burnell Taylor 2 1 2 voters marked Burnell Taylor as their first choice
(6 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: 372
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 = Kree Harrison
Y = Candice Glover		 207
207 voters prefer Kree Harrison over Candice Glover		 16
16 voters have an equal preference for Kree Harrison over Candice Glover		 149
149 voters prefer Candice Glover over Kree Harrison
X = Kree Harrison
Y = Angie Miller		 193
193 voters prefer Kree Harrison over Angie Miller		 12
12 voters have an equal preference for Kree Harrison over Angie Miller		 167
167 voters prefer Angie Miller over Kree Harrison
X = Kree Harrison
Y = Amber Holcomb		 239
239 voters prefer Kree Harrison over Amber Holcomb		 14
14 voters have an equal preference for Kree Harrison over Amber Holcomb		 119
119 voters prefer Amber Holcomb over Kree Harrison
X = Kree Harrison
Y = Janelle Arthur		 246
246 voters prefer Kree Harrison over Janelle Arthur		 15
15 voters have an equal preference for Kree Harrison over Janelle Arthur		 111
111 voters prefer Janelle Arthur over Kree Harrison
X = Kree Harrison
Y = Burnell Taylor		 325
325 voters prefer Kree Harrison over Burnell Taylor		 15
15 voters have an equal preference for Kree Harrison over Burnell Taylor		 32
32 voters prefer Burnell Taylor over Kree Harrison
X = Kree Harrison
Y = Lazaro Arbos		 335
335 voters prefer Kree Harrison over Lazaro Arbos		 14
14 voters have an equal preference for Kree Harrison and Lazaro Arbos		 23
23 voters prefer Lazaro Arbos over Kree Harrison
X = Candice Glover
Y = Angie Miller		 193
193 voters prefer Candice Glover over Angie Miller		 9
9 voters have an equal preference for Candice Glover over Angie Miller		 170
170 voters prefer Angie Miller over Candice Glover
X = Candice Glover
Y = Amber Holcomb		 223
223 voters prefer Candice Glover over Amber Holcomb		 16
16 voters have an equal preference for Candice Glover over Amber Holcomb		 133
133 voters prefer Amber Holcomb over Candice Glover
X = Candice Glover
Y = Janelle Arthur		 237
237 voters prefer Candice Glover over Janelle Arthur		 14
14 voters have an equal preference for Candice Glover and Janelle Arthur		 121
121 voters prefer Janelle Arthur over Candice Glover
X = Candice Glover
Y = Burnell Taylor		 325
325 voters prefer Candice Glover over Burnell Taylor		 16
16 voters have an equal preference for Candice Glover over Burnell Taylor		 31
31 voters prefer Burnell Taylor over Candice Glover
X = Candice Glover
Y = Lazaro Arbos		 330
330 voters prefer Candice Glover over Lazaro Arbos		 13
13 voters have an equal preference for Candice Glover and Lazaro Arbos		 29
29 voters prefer Lazaro Arbos over Candice Glover
X = Angie Miller
Y = Amber Holcomb		 210
210 voters prefer Angie Miller over Amber Holcomb		 9
9 voters have an equal preference for Angie Miller over Amber Holcomb		 153
153 voters prefer Amber Holcomb over Angie Miller
X = Angie Miller
Y = Janelle Arthur		 224
224 voters prefer Angie Miller over Janelle Arthur		 10
10 voters have an equal preference for Angie Miller and Janelle Arthur		 138
138 voters prefer Janelle Arthur over Angie Miller
X = Angie Miller
Y = Burnell Taylor		 315
315 voters prefer Angie Miller over Burnell Taylor		 11
11 voters have an equal preference for Angie Miller and Burnell Taylor		 46
46 voters prefer Burnell Taylor over Angie Miller
X = Angie Miller
Y = Lazaro Arbos		 335
335 voters prefer Angie Miller over Lazaro Arbos		 12
12 voters have an equal preference for Angie Miller and Lazaro Arbos		 25
25 voters prefer Lazaro Arbos over Angie Miller
X = Amber Holcomb
Y = Janelle Arthur		 187
187 voters prefer Amber Holcomb over Janelle Arthur		 14
14 voters have an equal preference for Amber Holcomb and Janelle Arthur		 171
171 voters prefer Janelle Arthur over Amber Holcomb
X = Amber Holcomb
Y = Burnell Taylor		 311
311 voters prefer Amber Holcomb over Burnell Taylor		 17
17 voters have an equal preference for Amber Holcomb and Burnell Taylor		 44
44 voters prefer Burnell Taylor over Amber Holcomb
X = Amber Holcomb
Y = Lazaro Arbos		 324
324 voters prefer Amber Holcomb over Lazaro Arbos		 14
14 voters have an equal preference for Amber Holcomb and Lazaro Arbos		 34
34 voters prefer Lazaro Arbos over Amber Holcomb
X = Janelle Arthur
Y = Burnell Taylor		 292
292 voters prefer Janelle Arthur over Burnell Taylor		 16
16 voters have an equal preference for Janelle Arthur over Burnell Taylor		 64
64 voters prefer Burnell Taylor over Janelle Arthur
X = Janelle Arthur
Y = Lazaro Arbos		 326
326 voters prefer Janelle Arthur over Lazaro Arbos		 17
17 voters have an equal preference for Janelle Arthur and Lazaro Arbos		 29
29 voters prefer Lazaro Arbos over Janelle Arthur
X = Burnell Taylor
Y = Lazaro Arbos		 270
270 voters prefer Burnell Taylor over Lazaro Arbos		 21
21 voters have an equal preference for Burnell Taylor and Lazaro Arbos		 81
81 voters prefer Lazaro Arbos over Burnell Taylor
The highest score (which equals the sum of the bold underlined numbers, plus either tally number in any tied pair of choices) is: 5,647
Number of all possible valid sequences (without ties): 5,040
First sequence:
  1. Amber Holcomb
  2. Angie Miller
  3. Burnell Taylor
  4. Candice Glover
  5. Janelle Arthur
  6. Kree Harrison
  7. Lazaro Arbos
Last sequence:
  1. Lazaro Arbos
  2. Kree Harrison
  3. Janelle Arthur
  4. Candice Glover
  5. Burnell Taylor
  6. Angie Miller
  7. Amber Holcomb
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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 x4
  • 1,2&3&4&5&6&7 x1
  • 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 x2
  • 1,2,4,5,6,7,3 x1
  • 1,2,4,6,5,3,7 x2
  • 1,2,4,6,5,7,3 x1
  • 1,2,5,6,4,3,7 x1
  • 1,2,6,7,5,4,3 x1
  • 1,2,7,4&5&6,3 x1
  • 1,3,4,6,2,5,7 x1
  • 1,3,6,4,5,2,7 x1
  • 1,3,6,5,2,4,7 x1
  • 1,4,2,3,6,5,7 x1
  • 1,4,2,5,6,3,7 x1
  • 1,4,2,5,6,7,3 x1
  • 1,4,2,6,5,7,3 x1
  • 1,4,2,6,7,5,3 x1
  • 1,4,2,7,6,3,5 x1
  • 1,4,3,6,2,5,7 x1
  • 1,4,5,2,6,3,7 x1
  • 1,4,5,2,6,7,3 x1
  • 1,4,5,6,2,3,7 x1
  • 1,4,5,6,3,7,2 x1
  • 1,4,6,2,3,5,7 x2
  • 1,4,6,2,5,7,3 x1
  • 1,4,6,5,2,3,7 x3
  • 1,5,4,2,6,3,7 x1
  • 1,5,4,3,2,6,7 x1
  • 1,5,4,6,2,3,7 x1
  • 1,5,4,6,3,2,7 x1
  • 1,5,6,2,4,7,3 x1
  • 1,5,6,4,3,2,7 x2
  • 1,5,6,4,3,7,2 x1
  • 1,6,2,4,5,3,7 x2
  • 1,6,4,2,3,5,7 x1
  • 1,6,4,2,5,3,7 x3
  • 1,6,4,2,5,7,3 x1
  • 1,6,4,5,2,3,7 x1
  • 1,6,4,5,7,2,3 x1
  • 1,6,5,7,2,4,3 x1
  • 2&3&7,6,1&4&5 x1
  • 2&4&6,1,5,3,7 x1
  • 2,1&3&4&5&6&7 x6
  • 2,1,3,5,6,4,7 x1
  • 2,1,4,5,7,3,6 x2
  • 2,1,4,6,5,3,7 x4
  • 2,1,4,6,5,7,3 x1
  • 2,1,5,4,6,3,7 x1
  • 2,1,5,4,6,7,3 x1
  • 2,1,5,6,4,3,7 x2
  • [Remaining ballots not listed]

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