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Poll title:

     American Idol, Season 10, Top 6    

Question (number 1) title:

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

The most preferred and most representative choice is:

    James Durbin

Overall popularity ranking:

     
Popularity Choice VoteFair
ranking
score		 Traditional
vote count
(for comparison)
First-most popular James Durbin Ranking score is 70 for James Durbin 559 voters marked James Durbin as their first choice
Second-most popular Scotty McCreery Ranking score is 50 for Scotty McCreery 348 voters marked Scotty McCreery as their first choice
Third-most popular Lauren Alaina Ranking score is 38 for Lauren Alaina 159 voters marked Lauren Alaina as their first choice
Fourth-most popular Haley Reinhart Ranking score is 28 for Haley Reinhart 268 voters marked Haley Reinhart as their first choice
Fifth-most popular Casey Abrams Ranking score is 15 for Casey Abrams 133 voters marked Casey Abrams as their first choice
Sixth-most popular Jacob Lusk Ranking score is 0 for Jacob Lusk 34 voters marked Jacob Lusk as their first choice

VoteFair representation Ranking

  

First-most representative choice is:

James Durbin

Second-most representative choice is:

Scotty McCreery

Third-most representative choice is:

Lauren Alaina

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 James Durbin
Instant runoff James Durbin
(26 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 : Jacob Lusk)
Majority None of the choices has won a majority (more than half) the votes.

(20 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Plurality James Durbin

(20 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Condorcet James Durbin
Borda count James Durbin
(111 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice at the same preference level.)

Details of plurality results

  
Choice Vote count Percentage
James Durbin 559 37 559 voters marked James Durbin as their first choice
Scotty McCreery 348 23 348 voters marked Scotty McCreery as their first choice
Haley Reinhart 268 18 268 voters marked Haley Reinhart as their first choice
Lauren Alaina 159 11 159 voters marked Lauren Alaina as their first choice
Casey Abrams 133 9 133 voters marked Casey Abrams as their first choice
Jacob Lusk 34 2 34 voters marked Jacob Lusk as their first choice
(20 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: 1,521
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 = James Durbin
Y = Scotty McCreery		 915
915 voters prefer James Durbin over Scotty McCreery		 36
36 voters have an equal preference for James Durbin and Scotty McCreery		 570
570 voters prefer Scotty McCreery over James Durbin
X = James Durbin
Y = Lauren Alaina		 980
980 voters prefer James Durbin over Lauren Alaina		 40
40 voters have an equal preference for James Durbin and Lauren Alaina		 501
501 voters prefer Lauren Alaina over James Durbin
X = James Durbin
Y = Haley Reinhart		 993
993 voters prefer James Durbin over Haley Reinhart		 33
33 voters have an equal preference for James Durbin over Haley Reinhart		 495
495 voters prefer Haley Reinhart over James Durbin
X = James Durbin
Y = Casey Abrams		 1,092
1,092 voter prefer James Durbin over Casey Abrams		 43
43 voters have an equal preference for James Durbin over Casey Abrams		 386
386 voters prefer Casey Abrams over James Durbin
X = James Durbin
Y = Jacob Lusk		 1,322
1,322 voter prefer James Durbin over Jacob Lusk		 40
40 voters have an equal preference for James Durbin over Jacob Lusk		 159
159 voters prefer Jacob Lusk over James Durbin
X = Scotty McCreery
Y = Lauren Alaina		 828
828 voters prefer Scotty McCreery over Lauren Alaina		 41
41 voters have an equal preference for Scotty McCreery over Lauren Alaina		 652
652 voters prefer Lauren Alaina over Scotty McCreery
X = Scotty McCreery
Y = Haley Reinhart		 816
816 voters prefer Scotty McCreery over Haley Reinhart		 24
24 voters have an equal preference for Scotty McCreery over Haley Reinhart		 681
681 voters prefer Haley Reinhart over Scotty McCreery
X = Scotty McCreery
Y = Casey Abrams		 914
914 voters prefer Scotty McCreery over Casey Abrams		 34
34 voters have an equal preference for Scotty McCreery over Casey Abrams		 573
573 voters prefer Casey Abrams over Scotty McCreery
X = Scotty McCreery
Y = Jacob Lusk		 1,247
1,247 voter prefer Scotty McCreery over Jacob Lusk		 37
37 voters have an equal preference for Scotty McCreery over Jacob Lusk		 237
237 voters prefer Jacob Lusk over Scotty McCreery
X = Lauren Alaina
Y = Haley Reinhart		 751
751 voters prefer Lauren Alaina over Haley Reinhart		 43
43 voters have an equal preference for Lauren Alaina over Haley Reinhart		 727
727 voters prefer Haley Reinhart over Lauren Alaina
X = Lauren Alaina
Y = Casey Abrams		 852
852 voters prefer Lauren Alaina over Casey Abrams		 48
48 voters have an equal preference for Lauren Alaina over Casey Abrams		 621
621 voters prefer Casey Abrams over Lauren Alaina
X = Lauren Alaina
Y = Jacob Lusk		 1,251
1,251 voter prefer Lauren Alaina over Jacob Lusk		 49
49 voters have an equal preference for Lauren Alaina over Jacob Lusk		 221
221 voters prefer Jacob Lusk over Lauren Alaina
X = Haley Reinhart
Y = Casey Abrams		 860
860 voters prefer Haley Reinhart over Casey Abrams		 56
56 voters have an equal preference for Haley Reinhart over Casey Abrams		 605
605 voters prefer Casey Abrams over Haley Reinhart
X = Haley Reinhart
Y = Jacob Lusk		 1,237
1,237 voter prefer Haley Reinhart over Jacob Lusk		 50
50 voters have an equal preference for Haley Reinhart and Jacob Lusk		 234
234 voters prefer Jacob Lusk over Haley Reinhart
X = Casey Abrams
Y = Jacob Lusk		 1,165
1,165 voter prefer Casey Abrams over Jacob Lusk		 61
61 voters have an equal preference for Casey Abrams and Jacob Lusk		 295
295 voters prefer Jacob Lusk over Casey Abrams
The highest score (which equals the sum of the bold underlined numbers, plus either tally number in any tied pair of choices) is: 15,223
Number of all possible valid sequences (without ties): 720
First sequence:
  1. Casey Abrams
  2. Haley Reinhart
  3. Jacob Lusk
  4. James Durbin
  5. Lauren Alaina
  6. Scotty McCreery
Last sequence:
  1. Scotty McCreery
  2. Lauren Alaina
  3. James Durbin
  4. Jacob Lusk
  5. Haley Reinhart
  6. Casey Abrams
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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 x4
  • 1&2&4&5&6,3 x1
  • 1&2,4&5&6,3 x1
  • 1&2,4,5,6,3 x1
  • 1&2,6,4,5,3 x1
  • 1&4,2,6,5,3 x1
  • 1,2,3,4,6,5 x2
  • 1,2,3,5,4,6 x1
  • 1,2,3,6,5,4 x1
  • 1,2,4,3,5,6 x3
  • 1,2,4,3,6,5 x2
  • 1,2,4,5,3,6 x1
  • 1,2,4,5,6,3 x10
  • 1,2,4,6,3,5 x1
  • 1,2,4,6,5,3 x11
  • 1,2,5,3,4,6 x1
  • 1,2,5,4,3,6 x2
  • 1,2,5,4,6,3 x3
  • 1,2,5,6,3,4 x2
  • 1,2,5,6,4,3 x1
  • 1,2,6,3,4,5 x1
  • 1,2,6,3,5,4 x1
  • 1,2,6,4,3,5 x2
  • 1,2,6,4,5,3 x2
  • 1,2,6,5,3,4 x1
  • 1,2,6,5,4,3 x3
  • 1,3,4,2,6,5 x1
  • 1,4,2&3&5&6 x1
  • 1,4,2,3,5,6 x4
  • 1,4,2,3,6,5 x5
  • 1,4,2,5,3,6 x5
  • 1,4,2,5,6,3 x3
  • 1,4,2,6,3,5 x6
  • 1,4,2,6,5,3 x8
  • 1,4,3,6,2,5 x1
  • 1,4,3,6,5,2 x1
  • 1,4,5,2&3,6 x1
  • 1,4,5,2,3&6 x1
  • 1,4,5,2,3,6 x1
  • 1,4,5,6,2,3 x3
  • 1,4,5,6,3,2 x1
  • 1,4,6,2,3,5 x2
  • 1,4,6,2,5,3 x4
  • 1,4,6,3,5,2 x1
  • 1,4,6,5,2,3 x11
  • 1,4,6,5,3,2 x1
  • 1,5,2,4,3,6 x2
  • 1,5,2,4,6,3 x1
  • 1,5,2,6,4,3 x2
  • 1,5,3,4,6,2 x1
  • [Remaining ballots not listed]

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