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Poll title:

     American Idol Season 6 Poll, Top 11    

Question (number 1) title:

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

The most preferred and most representative choice is:

    Melinda Doolittle

Overall popularity ranking:

     
Popularity Choice VoteFair
ranking
score		 Traditional
vote count
(for comparison)
First-most popular Melinda Doolittle Ranking score is 75 for Melinda Doolittle
Second-most popular Jordin Sparks Ranking score is 64 for Jordin Sparks
Third-most popular Blake Lewis Ranking score is 60 for Blake Lewis
Fourth-most popular Lakisha Jones Ranking score is 51 for Lakisha Jones
Fifth-most popular Chris Richardson Ranking score is 34 for Chris Richardson
Sixth-most popular Chris Sligh Ranking score is 31 for Chris Sligh
Seventh-most popular Gina Glocksen Ranking score is 24 for Gina Glocksen
Eighth-most popular Stephanie Edwards Ranking score is 18 for Stephanie Edwards
Ninth-most popular Haley Scarnato Ranking score is 13 for Haley Scarnato
Tenth-most popular Phil Stacey Ranking score is 7 for Phil Stacey
Eleventh-most popular Sanjaya Malakar Ranking score is 0 for Sanjaya Malakar

VoteFair representation Ranking

  
First-most representative choice is: Melinda Doolittle
Second-most representative choice is: Jordin Sparks

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 Melinda Doolittle
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: Stephanie Edwards)
Majority None of the choices has won a majority ( more than half ) the votes.

(8 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Plurality Melinda Doolittle

(8 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Condorcet Melinda Doolittle
Borda count Melinda Doolittle

(68 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice at the same preference level.)

Details of plurality results

  
Choice Vote count Percentage
Melinda Doolittle 125 40
Blake Lewis 56 18
Jordin Sparks 49 16
Lakisha Jones 24 8
Sanjaya Malakar 15 5
Chris Richardson 13 4
Chris Sligh 10 3
Haley Scarnato 8 3
Gina Glocksen 7 2
Phil Stacey 4 1
Stephanie Edwards 3 1
(8 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: 322
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 = Melinda Doolittle
Y = Jordin Sparks		 197
197 voters prefer Melinda Doolittle over Jordin Sparks		 25
25 voters have an equal preference for Melinda Doolittle and Jordin Sparks		 100
100 voters prefer Jordin Sparks over Melinda Doolittle
X = Melinda Doolittle
Y = Blake Lewis		 204
204 voters prefer Melinda Doolittle over Blake Lewis		 18
18 voters have an equal preference for Melinda Doolittle and Blake Lewis		 100
100 voters prefer Blake Lewis over Melinda Doolittle
X = Melinda Doolittle
Y = Lakisha Jones		 220
220 voters prefer Melinda Doolittle over Lakisha Jones		 29
29 voters have an equal preference for Melinda Doolittle and Lakisha Jones		 73
73 voters prefer Lakisha Jones over Melinda Doolittle
X = Melinda Doolittle
Y = Chris Richardson		 238
238 voters prefer Melinda Doolittle over Chris Richardson		 27
27 voters have an equal preference for Melinda Doolittle and Chris Richardson		 57
57 voters prefer Chris Richardson over Melinda Doolittle
X = Melinda Doolittle
Y = Chris Sligh		 248
248 voters prefer Melinda Doolittle over Chris Sligh		 25
25 voters have an equal preference for Melinda Doolittle and Chris Sligh		 49
49 voters prefer Chris Sligh over Melinda Doolittle
X = Melinda Doolittle
Y = Gina Glocksen		 245
245 voters prefer Melinda Doolittle over Gina Glocksen		 22
22 voters have an equal preference for Melinda Doolittle and Gina Glocksen		 55
55 voters prefer Gina Glocksen over Melinda Doolittle
X = Melinda Doolittle
Y = Stephanie Edwards		 264
264 voters prefer Melinda Doolittle over Stephanie Edwards		 27
27 voters have an equal preference for Melinda Doolittle and Stephanie Edwards		 31
31 voter prefers Stephanie Edwards over Melinda Doolittle
X = Melinda Doolittle
Y = Haley Scarnato		 250
250 voters prefer Melinda Doolittle over Haley Scarnato		 24
24 voters have an equal preference for Melinda Doolittle and Haley Scarnato		 48
48 voters prefer Haley Scarnato over Melinda Doolittle
X = Melinda Doolittle
Y = Phil Stacey		 261
261 voter prefers Melinda Doolittle over Phil Stacey		 25
25 voters have an equal preference for Melinda Doolittle and Phil Stacey		 36
36 voters prefer Phil Stacey over Melinda Doolittle
X = Melinda Doolittle
Y = Sanjaya Malakar		 274
274 voters prefer Melinda Doolittle over Sanjaya Malakar		 17
17 voters have an equal preference for Melinda Doolittle and Sanjaya Malakar		 31
31 voter prefers Sanjaya Malakar over Melinda Doolittle
X = Jordin Sparks
Y = Blake Lewis		 160
160 voters prefer Jordin Sparks over Blake Lewis		 17
17 voters have an equal preference for Jordin Sparks and Blake Lewis		 145
145 voters prefer Blake Lewis over Jordin Sparks
X = Jordin Sparks
Y = Lakisha Jones		 147
147 voters prefer Jordin Sparks over Lakisha Jones		 29
29 voters have an equal preference for Jordin Sparks and Lakisha Jones		 146
146 voters prefer Lakisha Jones over Jordin Sparks
X = Jordin Sparks
Y = Chris Richardson		 226
226 voters prefer Jordin Sparks over Chris Richardson		 25
25 voters have an equal preference for Jordin Sparks and Chris Richardson		 71
71 voter prefers Chris Richardson over Jordin Sparks
X = Jordin Sparks
Y = Chris Sligh		 232
232 voters prefer Jordin Sparks over Chris Sligh		 25
25 voters have an equal preference for Jordin Sparks and Chris Sligh		 65
65 voters prefer Chris Sligh over Jordin Sparks
X = Jordin Sparks
Y = Gina Glocksen		 243
243 voters prefer Jordin Sparks over Gina Glocksen		 27
27 voters have an equal preference for Jordin Sparks and Gina Glocksen		 52
52 voters prefer Gina Glocksen over Jordin Sparks
X = Jordin Sparks
Y = Stephanie Edwards		 253
253 voters prefer Jordin Sparks over Stephanie Edwards		 28
28 voters have an equal preference for Jordin Sparks and Stephanie Edwards		 41
41 voter prefers Stephanie Edwards over Jordin Sparks
X = Jordin Sparks
Y = Haley Scarnato		 256
256 voters prefer Jordin Sparks over Haley Scarnato		 28
28 voters have an equal preference for Jordin Sparks and Haley Scarnato		 38
38 voters prefer Haley Scarnato over Jordin Sparks
X = Jordin Sparks
Y = Phil Stacey		 257
257 voters prefer Jordin Sparks over Phil Stacey		 26
26 voters have an equal preference for Jordin Sparks and Phil Stacey		 39
39 voters prefer Phil Stacey over Jordin Sparks
X = Jordin Sparks
Y = Sanjaya Malakar		 274
274 voters prefer Jordin Sparks over Sanjaya Malakar		 18
18 voters have an equal preference for Jordin Sparks and Sanjaya Malakar		 30
30 voters prefer Sanjaya Malakar over Jordin Sparks
X = Blake Lewis
Y = Lakisha Jones		 163
163 voters prefer Blake Lewis over Lakisha Jones		 18
18 voters have an equal preference for Blake Lewis and Lakisha Jones		 141
141 voter prefers Lakisha Jones over Blake Lewis
X = Blake Lewis
Y = Chris Richardson		 245
245 voters prefer Blake Lewis over Chris Richardson		 23
23 voters have an equal preference for Blake Lewis and Chris Richardson		 54
54 voters prefer Chris Richardson over Blake Lewis
X = Blake Lewis
Y = Chris Sligh		 240
240 voters prefer Blake Lewis over Chris Sligh		 19
19 voters have an equal preference for Blake Lewis and Chris Sligh		 63
63 voters prefer Chris Sligh over Blake Lewis
X = Blake Lewis
Y = Gina Glocksen		 233
233 voters prefer Blake Lewis over Gina Glocksen		 22
22 voters have an equal preference for Blake Lewis and Gina Glocksen		 67
67 voters prefer Gina Glocksen over Blake Lewis
X = Blake Lewis
Y = Stephanie Edwards		 239
239 voters prefer Blake Lewis over Stephanie Edwards		 25
25 voters have an equal preference for Blake Lewis and Stephanie Edwards		 58
58 voters prefer Stephanie Edwards over Blake Lewis
X = Blake Lewis
Y = Haley Scarnato		 255
255 voters prefer Blake Lewis over Haley Scarnato		 22
22 voters have an equal preference for Blake Lewis and Haley Scarnato		 45
45 voters prefer Haley Scarnato over Blake Lewis
X = Blake Lewis
Y = Phil Stacey		 262
262 voters prefer Blake Lewis over Phil Stacey		 23
23 voters have an equal preference for Blake Lewis and Phil Stacey		 37
37 voters prefer Phil Stacey over Blake Lewis
X = Blake Lewis
Y = Sanjaya Malakar		 282
282 voters prefer Blake Lewis over Sanjaya Malakar		 15
15 voters have an equal preference for Blake Lewis and Sanjaya Malakar		 25
25 voters prefer Sanjaya Malakar over Blake Lewis
X = Lakisha Jones
Y = Chris Richardson		 213
213 voters prefer Lakisha Jones over Chris Richardson		 27
27 voters have an equal preference for Lakisha Jones and Chris Richardson		 82
82 voters prefer Chris Richardson over Lakisha Jones
X = Lakisha Jones
Y = Chris Sligh		 219
219 voters prefer Lakisha Jones over Chris Sligh		 25
25 voters have an equal preference for Lakisha Jones and Chris Sligh		 78
78 voters prefer Chris Sligh over Lakisha Jones
X = Lakisha Jones
Y = Gina Glocksen		 222
222 voters prefer Lakisha Jones over Gina Glocksen		 26
26 voters have an equal preference for Lakisha Jones and Gina Glocksen		 74
74 voters prefer Gina Glocksen over Lakisha Jones
X = Lakisha Jones
Y = Stephanie Edwards		 249
249 voters prefer Lakisha Jones over Stephanie Edwards		 31
31 voter has an equal preference for Lakisha Jones and Stephanie Edwards		 42
42 voters prefer Stephanie Edwards over Lakisha Jones
X = Lakisha Jones
Y = Haley Scarnato		 233
233 voters prefer Lakisha Jones over Haley Scarnato		 26
26 voters have an equal preference for Lakisha Jones and Haley Scarnato		 63
63 voters prefer Haley Scarnato over Lakisha Jones
X = Lakisha Jones
Y = Phil Stacey		 250
250 voters prefer Lakisha Jones over Phil Stacey		 28
28 voters have an equal preference for Lakisha Jones and Phil Stacey		 44
44 voters prefer Phil Stacey over Lakisha Jones
X = Lakisha Jones
Y = Sanjaya Malakar		 265
265 voters prefer Lakisha Jones over Sanjaya Malakar		 22
22 voters have an equal preference for Lakisha Jones and Sanjaya Malakar		 35
35 voters prefer Sanjaya Malakar over Lakisha Jones
X = Chris Richardson
Y = Chris Sligh		 146
146 voters prefer Chris Richardson over Chris Sligh		 32
32 voters have an equal preference for Chris Richardson and Chris Sligh		 144
144 voters prefer Chris Sligh over Chris Richardson
X = Chris Richardson
Y = Gina Glocksen		 147
147 voters prefer Chris Richardson over Gina Glocksen		 37
37 voters have an equal preference for Chris Richardson and Gina Glocksen		 138
138 voters prefer Gina Glocksen over Chris Richardson
X = Chris Richardson
Y = Stephanie Edwards		 163
163 voters prefer Chris Richardson over Stephanie Edwards		 40
40 voters have an equal preference for Chris Richardson and Stephanie Edwards		 119
119 voters prefer Stephanie Edwards over Chris Richardson
X = Chris Richardson
Y = Haley Scarnato		 179
179 voters prefer Chris Richardson over Haley Scarnato		 37
37 voters have an equal preference for Chris Richardson and Haley Scarnato		 106
106 voters prefer Haley Scarnato over Chris Richardson
X = Chris Richardson
Y = Phil Stacey		 210
210 voters prefer Chris Richardson over Phil Stacey		 40
40 voters have an equal preference for Chris Richardson and Phil Stacey		 72
72 voters prefer Phil Stacey over Chris Richardson
X = Chris Richardson
Y = Sanjaya Malakar		 248
248 voters prefer Chris Richardson over Sanjaya Malakar		 30
30 voters have an equal preference for Chris Richardson and Sanjaya Malakar		 44
44 voters prefer Sanjaya Malakar over Chris Richardson
X = Chris Sligh
Y = Gina Glocksen		 154
154 voters prefer Chris Sligh over Gina Glocksen		 31
31 voter has an equal preference for Chris Sligh and Gina Glocksen		 137
137 voters prefer Gina Glocksen over Chris Sligh
X = Chris Sligh
Y = Stephanie Edwards		 172
172 voters prefer Chris Sligh over Stephanie Edwards		 33
33 voters have an equal preference for Chris Sligh and Stephanie Edwards		 117
117 voters prefer Stephanie Edwards over Chris Sligh
X = Chris Sligh
Y = Haley Scarnato		 187
187 voters prefer Chris Sligh over Haley Scarnato		 33
33 voters have an equal preference for Chris Sligh and Haley Scarnato		 102
102 voters prefer Haley Scarnato over Chris Sligh
X = Chris Sligh
Y = Phil Stacey		 220
220 voters prefer Chris Sligh over Phil Stacey		 32
32 voters have an equal preference for Chris Sligh and Phil Stacey		 70
70 voters prefer Phil Stacey over Chris Sligh
X = Chris Sligh
Y = Sanjaya Malakar		 260
260 voters prefer Chris Sligh over Sanjaya Malakar		 24
24 voters have an equal preference for Chris Sligh and Sanjaya Malakar		 38
38 voters prefer Sanjaya Malakar over Chris Sligh
X = Gina Glocksen
Y = Stephanie Edwards		 163
163 voters prefer Gina Glocksen over Stephanie Edwards		 41
41 voter has an equal preference for Gina Glocksen and Stephanie Edwards		 118
118 voters prefer Stephanie Edwards over Gina Glocksen
X = Gina Glocksen
Y = Haley Scarnato		 176
176 voters prefer Gina Glocksen over Haley Scarnato		 35
35 voters have an equal preference for Gina Glocksen and Haley Scarnato		 111
111 voter prefers Haley Scarnato over Gina Glocksen
X = Gina Glocksen
Y = Phil Stacey		 196
196 voters prefer Gina Glocksen over Phil Stacey		 37
37 voters have an equal preference for Gina Glocksen and Phil Stacey		 89
89 voters prefer Phil Stacey over Gina Glocksen
X = Gina Glocksen
Y = Sanjaya Malakar		 253
253 voters prefer Gina Glocksen over Sanjaya Malakar		 28
28 voters have an equal preference for Gina Glocksen and Sanjaya Malakar		 41
41 voter prefers Sanjaya Malakar over Gina Glocksen
X = Stephanie Edwards
Y = Haley Scarnato		 157
157 voters prefer Stephanie Edwards over Haley Scarnato		 37
37 voters have an equal preference for Stephanie Edwards and Haley Scarnato		 128
128 voters prefer Haley Scarnato over Stephanie Edwards
X = Stephanie Edwards
Y = Phil Stacey		 184
184 voters prefer Stephanie Edwards over Phil Stacey		 39
39 voters have an equal preference for Stephanie Edwards and Phil Stacey		 99
99 voters prefer Phil Stacey over Stephanie Edwards
X = Stephanie Edwards
Y = Sanjaya Malakar		 238
238 voters prefer Stephanie Edwards over Sanjaya Malakar		 32
32 voters have an equal preference for Stephanie Edwards and Sanjaya Malakar		 52
52 voters prefer Sanjaya Malakar over Stephanie Edwards
X = Haley Scarnato
Y = Phil Stacey		 164
164 voters prefer Haley Scarnato over Phil Stacey		 37
37 voters have an equal preference for Haley Scarnato and Phil Stacey		 121
121 voter prefers Phil Stacey over Haley Scarnato
X = Haley Scarnato
Y = Sanjaya Malakar		 240
240 voters prefer Haley Scarnato over Sanjaya Malakar		 28
28 voters have an equal preference for Haley Scarnato and Sanjaya Malakar		 54
54 voters prefer Sanjaya Malakar over Haley Scarnato
X = Phil Stacey
Y = Sanjaya Malakar		 236
236 voters prefer Phil Stacey over Sanjaya Malakar		 33
33 voters have an equal preference for Phil Stacey and Sanjaya Malakar		 53
53 voters prefer Sanjaya Malakar over Phil Stacey
The highest score (which equals the sum of the bold underlined numbers, plus either tally number in any tied pair of choices) is: 12,112
Number of all possible valid sequences (without ties): 39,916,800
First sequence:
  1. Gina Glocksen
  2. Haley Scarnato
  3. Jordin Sparks
  4. Lakisha Jones
  5. Melinda Doolittle
  6. Stephanie Edwards
  7. Blake Lewis
  8. Chris Richardson
  9. Chris Sligh
  10. Phil Stacey
  11. Sanjaya Malakar
Last sequence:
  1. Sanjaya Malakar
  2. Phil Stacey
  3. Chris Sligh
  4. Chris Richardson
  5. Blake Lewis
  6. Stephanie Edwards
  7. Melinda Doolittle
  8. Lakisha Jones
  9. Jordin Sparks
  10. Haley Scarnato
  11. Gina Glocksen
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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&8&9&10&11 x3
  • 1,2&3&4&5&6&7&8&9&10&11 x1
  • 1,2,7,9,5,4,3,8,6,10,11 x1
  • 1,3,6,2&7,8,9,10,11,4&5 x1
  • 1,4,3,8,7,2,10,9,11,5,6 x1
  • 1,5,4,7,3,10,2,9,6,8,11 x1
  • 1,5,4,7,6,10,3,9,2,11,8 x1
  • 1,5,7,3,10,6,4,2,9,8,11 x1
  • 10,1,3,7,2,6,8,4,9,5,11 x1
  • 10,3,5,9,2,6,4,1,7,11,8 x1
  • 10,4,5,9,6,3,7,1,2,8,11 x1
  • 10,5,4,7,3,8,9,1,6,2,11 x1
  • 11,1&2&3&4&5&6&7&8&9&10 x5
  • 11,10,1&2&3&4&5&6&7&8&9 x1
  • 11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 x3
  • 11,2,4,3,5,7,8,9,10,6,1 x1
  • 11,3,7,5,2,8,6,4,10,1,9 x1
  • 11,4,1,7,2&3&5&6&8&9&10 x1
  • 11,4,3,6,7,9,10,5,8,1,2 x1
  • 11,5,7,3,9,8,4,1,2,6,10 x1
  • 11,8,10,1,2,3,9,4,6,7,5 x1
  • 2,1&3&4&5&6&7&8&9&10&11 x1
  • 2,1,5,3,10,9,7,8,4,6,11 x1
  • 2,1,8,7,5,3,9,10,11,6,4 x1
  • 2,3,4,5,1,7,10,6,11,9,8 x1
  • 2,3,4,5,7,10,9,8,1&6,11 x1
  • 2,3,4,7,8,5,1,9,10,11,6 x1
  • 2,5,3,7,6,4,1,9,8,10,11 x1
  • 2,8,1&3&4&5&6&7&9&10&11 x1
  • 3&4&5&6&7,2&8&10,1,9,11 x1
  • 3&4&5,6&7,8,1&2,9&10,11 x1
  • 3,1,2&4&5&6&7&8&9&10&11 x1
  • 3,1,5,7,8,9,10,6,4,2,11 x1
  • 3,10,1,8,7,4,5,6,9,2,11 x1
  • 3,2,7,9,8,5,6,11,1,4,10 x1
  • 3,4,5,10,7,8,9,1,6,2,11 x1
  • 3,4,5,6,1,8,7,9,2,10,11 x1
  • 3,4,7,5,9,6,1,8,2,10,11 x1
  • 3,4,8,1&2&5&6&7&9,11,10 x1
  • 3,5&9,1&7&8,6,4,2,10,11 x1
  • 3,5,1,2,8,7,6,10,4,9,11 x1
  • 3,5,1,7,9,4,6,8,2,10,11 x1
  • 3,5,1,9,7,4,2,6,8,10,11 x1
  • 3,5,2,7,8,6,1,4,9,11,10 x1
  • 3,5,4,1,2,6,9,7,11,8,10 x1
  • 3,5,4,10,7,9,6,1,2,8,11 x1
  • 3,5,4,2,9,10,6,7,1,8,11 x1
  • 3,5,4,6,2,9,1&7&8&10&11 x1
  • 3,5,4,6,7,1,8,9,10,2,11 x1
  • 3,5,4,7,1,9,10,2,6,8,11 x1
  • [Remaining ballots not listed]

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