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Poll title:

     American Idol, Season 9, Top 7    

Question (number 1) title:

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

The most preferred and most representative choice is:

    Crystal Bowersox

Overall popularity ranking:

     
Popularity Choice VoteFair
ranking
score		 Traditional
vote count
(for comparison)
First-most popular Crystal Bowersox Ranking score is 76 for Crystal Bowersox 459 voters marked Crystal Bowersox as their first choice
Second-most popular Lee DeWyze Ranking score is 61 for Lee DeWyze 186 voters marked Lee DeWyze as their first choice
Third-most popular Siobhan Magnus Ranking score is 50 for Siobhan Magnus 375 voters marked Siobhan Magnus as their first choice
Fourth-most popular Casey James Ranking score is 36 for Casey James 85 voters marked Casey James as their first choice
Fifth-most popular Michael Lynche Ranking score is 17 for Michael Lynche 8 voters marked Michael Lynche as their first choice
Sixth-most popular Aaron Kelly Ranking score is 8 for Aaron Kelly 31 voters marked Aaron Kelly as their first choice
Seventh-most popular Tim Urban Ranking score is 0 for Tim Urban 86 voters marked Tim Urban as their first choice

VoteFair representation Ranking

  

First-most representative choice is:

Crystal Bowersox

Second-most representative choice is:

Siobhan Magnus

Third-most representative choice is:

Lee DeWyze

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 Crystal Bowersox
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.
(Choice eliminated in the first round : Michael Lynche)
Majority None of the choices has won a majority (more than half) the votes.

(10 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Plurality Crystal Bowersox

(10 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Condorcet Crystal Bowersox
Borda count Crystal Bowersox
(81 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice at the same preference level.)

Details of plurality results

  
Choice Vote count Percentage
Crystal Bowersox 459 37 459 voters marked Crystal Bowersox as their first choice
Siobhan Magnus 375 30 375 voters marked Siobhan Magnus as their first choice
Lee DeWyze 186 15 186 voters marked Lee DeWyze as their first choice
Tim Urban 86 7 86 voters marked Tim Urban as their first choice
Casey James 85 7 85 voters marked Casey James as their first choice
Aaron Kelly 31 3 31 voters marked Aaron Kelly as their first choice
Michael Lynche 8 1 8 voters marked Michael Lynche as their first choice
(10 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: 1,240
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 = Crystal Bowersox
Y = Lee DeWyze		 793
793 voters prefer Crystal Bowersox over Lee DeWyze		 24
24 voters have an equal preference for Crystal Bowersox and Lee DeWyze		 423
423 voters prefer Lee DeWyze over Crystal Bowersox
X = Crystal Bowersox
Y = Siobhan Magnus		 711
711 voters prefer Crystal Bowersox over Siobhan Magnus		 14
14 voters have an equal preference for Crystal Bowersox and Siobhan Magnus		 515
515 voters prefer Siobhan Magnus over Crystal Bowersox
X = Crystal Bowersox
Y = Casey James		 964
964 voters prefer Crystal Bowersox over Casey James		 28
28 voters have an equal preference for Crystal Bowersox and Casey James		 248
248 voters prefer Casey James over Crystal Bowersox
X = Crystal Bowersox
Y = Michael Lynche		 1,092
1,092 voter prefer Crystal Bowersox over Michael Lynche		 28
28 voters have an equal preference for Crystal Bowersox and Michael Lynche		 120
120 voters prefer Michael Lynche over Crystal Bowersox
X = Crystal Bowersox
Y = Aaron Kelly		 1,055
1,055 voter prefer Crystal Bowersox over Aaron Kelly		 27
27 voters have an equal preference for Crystal Bowersox and Aaron Kelly		 158
158 voters prefer Aaron Kelly over Crystal Bowersox
X = Crystal Bowersox
Y = Tim Urban		 1,004
1,004 voter prefer Crystal Bowersox over Tim Urban		 22
22 voters have an equal preference for Crystal Bowersox and Tim Urban		 214
214 voters prefer Tim Urban over Crystal Bowersox
X = Lee DeWyze
Y = Siobhan Magnus		 618
618 voters prefer Lee DeWyze over Siobhan Magnus		 9
9 voters have an equal preference for Lee DeWyze over Siobhan Magnus		 613
613 voters prefer Siobhan Magnus over Lee DeWyze
X = Lee DeWyze
Y = Casey James		 886
886 voters prefer Lee DeWyze over Casey James		 35
35 voters have an equal preference for Lee DeWyze and Casey James		 319
319 voters prefer Casey James over Lee DeWyze
X = Lee DeWyze
Y = Michael Lynche		 1,038
1,038 voter prefer Lee DeWyze over Michael Lynche		 29
29 voters have an equal preference for Lee DeWyze and Michael Lynche		 173
173 voters prefer Michael Lynche over Lee DeWyze
X = Lee DeWyze
Y = Aaron Kelly		 1,035
1,035 voter prefer Lee DeWyze over Aaron Kelly		 29
29 voters have an equal preference for Lee DeWyze and Aaron Kelly		 176
176 voters prefer Aaron Kelly over Lee DeWyze
X = Lee DeWyze
Y = Tim Urban		 991
991 voters prefer Lee DeWyze over Tim Urban		 27
27 voters have an equal preference for Lee DeWyze and Tim Urban		 222
222 voters prefer Tim Urban over Lee DeWyze
X = Siobhan Magnus
Y = Casey James		 779
779 voters prefer Siobhan Magnus over Casey James		 24
24 voters have an equal preference for Siobhan Magnus and Casey James		 437
437 voters prefer Casey James over Siobhan Magnus
X = Siobhan Magnus
Y = Michael Lynche		 976
976 voters prefer Siobhan Magnus over Michael Lynche		 25
25 voters have an equal preference for Siobhan Magnus and Michael Lynche		 239
239 voters prefer Michael Lynche over Siobhan Magnus
X = Siobhan Magnus
Y = Aaron Kelly		 990
990 voters prefer Siobhan Magnus over Aaron Kelly		 23
23 voters have an equal preference for Siobhan Magnus and Aaron Kelly		 227
227 voters prefer Aaron Kelly over Siobhan Magnus
X = Siobhan Magnus
Y = Tim Urban		 951
951 voters prefer Siobhan Magnus over Tim Urban		 19
19 voters have an equal preference for Siobhan Magnus and Tim Urban		 270
270 voters prefer Tim Urban over Siobhan Magnus
X = Casey James
Y = Michael Lynche		 877
877 voters prefer Casey James over Michael Lynche		 48
48 voters have an equal preference for Casey James and Michael Lynche		 315
315 voters prefer Michael Lynche over Casey James
X = Casey James
Y = Aaron Kelly		 912
912 voters prefer Casey James over Aaron Kelly		 45
45 voters have an equal preference for Casey James and Aaron Kelly		 283
283 voters prefer Aaron Kelly over Casey James
X = Casey James
Y = Tim Urban		 878
878 voters prefer Casey James over Tim Urban		 42
42 voters have an equal preference for Casey James and Tim Urban		 320
320 voters prefer Tim Urban over Casey James
X = Michael Lynche
Y = Aaron Kelly		 602
602 voters prefer Michael Lynche over Aaron Kelly		 52
52 voters have an equal preference for Michael Lynche over Aaron Kelly		 586
586 voters prefer Aaron Kelly over Michael Lynche
X = Michael Lynche
Y = Tim Urban		 634
634 voters prefer Michael Lynche over Tim Urban		 47
47 voters have an equal preference for Michael Lynche and Tim Urban		 559
559 voters prefer Tim Urban over Michael Lynche
X = Aaron Kelly
Y = Tim Urban		 616
616 voters prefer Aaron Kelly over Tim Urban		 49
49 voters have an equal preference for Aaron Kelly and Tim Urban		 575
575 voters prefer Tim Urban over Aaron Kelly
The highest score (which equals the sum of the bold underlined numbers, plus either tally number in any tied pair of choices) is: 18,402
Number of all possible valid sequences (without ties): 5,040
First sequence:
  1. Crystal Bowersox
  2. Siobhan Magnus
  3. Lee DeWyze
  4. Casey James
  5. Aaron Kelly
  6. Michael Lynche
  7. Tim Urban
Last sequence:
  1. Tim Urban
  2. Michael Lynche
  3. Aaron Kelly
  4. Casey James
  5. Lee DeWyze
  6. Siobhan Magnus
  7. Crystal Bowersox
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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 x2
  • 1&2,3,6,5,4,7 x1
  • 1&2,6,5,3&4,7 x1
  • 1&2,6,5,4,3&7 x1
  • 1&3,2&4&5&6&7 x1
  • 1&3,2,4&5&6&7 x1
  • 1&4,3,5,2,6,7 x1
  • 1,2&3&4&5&6&7 x2
  • 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 x13
  • 1,2,3,4,5,7,6 x4
  • 1,2,3,4,6,5,7 x9
  • 1,2,3,4,6,7,5 x2
  • 1,2,3,4,7,5,6 x4
  • 1,2,3,4,7,6,5 x2
  • 1,2,3,5,4,6,7 x3
  • 1,2,3,5,4,7,6 x1
  • 1,2,3,5,7,4,6 x1
  • 1,2,3,5,7,6,4 x2
  • 1,2,3,6,4,5,7 x3
  • 1,2,3,6,4,7,5 x3
  • 1,2,3,6,5,4,7 x4
  • 1,2,3,6,7,5,4 x2
  • 1,2,3,7,4,5&6 x2
  • 1,2,3,7,4,5,6 x1
  • 1,2,3,7,4,6,5 x2
  • 1,2,3,7,5,4,6 x1
  • 1,2,3,7,6,4,5 x1
  • 1,2,3,7,6,5,4 x2
  • 1,2,4,3,5,6,7 x3
  • 1,2,4,3,5,7,6 x1
  • 1,2,4,3,6,7,5 x1
  • 1,2,4,3,7,5,6 x1
  • 1,2,4,5,3,6,7 x1
  • 1,2,4,5,6,3,7 x1
  • 1,2,4,5,6,7,3 x1
  • 1,2,4,6,3,5,7 x2
  • 1,2,4,7,3,5,6 x4
  • 1,2,4,7,6,5,3 x1
  • 1,2,5,3,4,6,7 x6
  • 1,2,5,4,3,6,7 x1
  • 1,2,5,4,3,7,6 x1
  • 1,2,5,4,6,3,7 x1
  • 1,2,5,4,6,7,3 x1
  • 1,2,5,6,4,3,7 x1
  • 1,2,6,3,4,7,5 x3
  • 1,2,6,3,5,4,7 x1
  • 1,2,6,4,3,5,7 x3
  • 1,2,6,4,7,3,5 x1
  • 1,2,6,5,4,7,3 x1
  • 1,2,6,5,7,4,3 x1
  • [Remaining ballots not listed]

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