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Poll title:

     American Idol, Season 10, Top 2    

Question (number 1) title:

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

The most preferred and most representative choice is:

    Scotty McCreery

Overall popularity ranking:

     
Popularity Choice VoteFair
ranking
score		 Traditional
vote count
(for comparison)
First-most popular Scotty McCreery Ranking score is 67 for Scotty McCreery 1641 voters marked Scotty McCreery as their first choice
Second-most popular Lauren Alaina Ranking score is 0 for Lauren Alaina 805 voters marked Lauren Alaina as their first choice

VoteFair representation Ranking

   Representation results are not relevant because there are only two choices.

Comparison of VoteFair Ranking with other voting methods

  
Voting method Winner
VoteFair Scotty McCreery
Instant runoff Scotty McCreery
Majority Scotty McCreery

(16 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Plurality Scotty McCreery

(16 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Condorcet Scotty McCreery
Borda count Scotty McCreery
(16 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice at the same preference level.)

Details of plurality results

  
Choice Vote count Percentage
Scotty McCreery 1,641 67 1641 voters marked Scotty McCreery as their first choice
Lauren Alaina 805 33 805 voters marked Lauren Alaina as their first choice
(16 ballots ignored in plurality counting because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Data and Calculation Summary
Number of votes: 2,462
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 = Scotty McCreery
Y = Lauren Alaina		 1,641
1,641 voter prefer Scotty McCreery over Lauren Alaina		 16
16 voters have an equal preference for Scotty McCreery over Lauren Alaina		 805
805 voters 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: 1,641
Number of all possible valid sequences (without ties): 2
First sequence:
  1. Lauren Alaina
  2. Scotty McCreery
Last sequence:
  1. Scotty McCreery
  2. Lauren Alaina
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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 x16
  • 1,2 x805
  • 2,1 x1641

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