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Poll title:

     American Idol, Season 10, Top 3    

Question (number 1) title:

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

The most preferred and most representative choice is:

    Haley Reinhart

Overall popularity ranking:

     
Popularity Choice VoteFair
ranking
score		 Traditional
vote count
(for comparison)
First-most popular Haley Reinhart Ranking score is 54 for Haley Reinhart 1431 voters marked Haley Reinhart as their first choice
Second-most popular Scotty McCreery Ranking score is 30 for Scotty McCreery 1178 voters marked Scotty McCreery as their first choice
Third-most popular Lauren Alaina Ranking score is 0 for Lauren Alaina 441 voters marked Lauren Alaina as their first choice

VoteFair representation Ranking

  

First-most representative choice is:

Haley Reinhart

Second-most representative choice is:

Scotty McCreery

Third-most representative choice is:

Lauren Alaina

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 Haley Reinhart
Instant runoff Haley Reinhart
(12 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 : Lauren Alaina)
Majority None of the choices has won a majority (more than half) the votes.

(29 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Plurality Haley Reinhart

(29 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Condorcet Haley Reinhart
Borda count Haley Reinhart
(145 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice at the same preference level.)

Details of plurality results

  
Choice Vote count Percentage
Haley Reinhart 1,431 47 1431 voters marked Haley Reinhart as their first choice
Scotty McCreery 1,178 39 1178 voters marked Scotty McCreery as their first choice
Lauren Alaina 441 14 441 voters marked Lauren Alaina as their first choice
(29 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: 3,079
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 = Haley Reinhart
Y = Scotty McCreery		 1,567
1,567 voter prefer Haley Reinhart over Scotty McCreery		 29
29 voters have an equal preference for Haley Reinhart and Scotty McCreery		 1,483
1,483 voter prefer Scotty McCreery over Haley Reinhart
X = Haley Reinhart
Y = Lauren Alaina		 1,766
1,766 voter prefer Haley Reinhart over Lauren Alaina		 76
76 voters have an equal preference for Haley Reinhart and Lauren Alaina		 1,237
1,237 voter prefer Lauren Alaina over Haley Reinhart
X = Scotty McCreery
Y = Lauren Alaina		 1,845
1,845 voter prefer Scotty McCreery over Lauren Alaina		 68
68 voters have an equal preference for Scotty McCreery over Lauren Alaina		 1,166
1,166 voter prefer Lauren Alaina over Scotty McCreery
The highest score (which equals the sum of the bold underlined numbers, plus either tally number in any tied pair of choices) is: 5,178
Number of all possible valid sequences (without ties): 6
First sequence:
  1. Haley Reinhart
  2. Lauren Alaina
  3. Scotty McCreery
Last sequence:
  1. Scotty McCreery
  2. Lauren Alaina
  3. Haley Reinhart
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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 x14
  • 1&2,3 x3
  • 1&3,2 x3
  • 1,2&3 x45
  • 1,2,3 x722
  • 1,3,2 x664
  • 2&3,1 x9
  • 2,1&3 x12
  • 2,1,3 x133
  • 2,3,1 x296
  • 3,1&2 x59
  • 3,1,2 x332
  • 3,2,1 x787

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