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Poll title:

     American Idol, Season 9, Top 20    

Question (number 1) title:

     Who is your favorite, second-favorite, etc., female 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 63 for Crystal Bowersox 152 voters marked Crystal Bowersox as their first choice
Second-most popular Siobhan Magnus Ranking score is 53 for Siobhan Magnus 81 voters marked Siobhan Magnus as their first choice
Third-most popular Lilly Scott Ranking score is 46 for Lilly Scott 37 voters marked Lilly Scott as their first choice
Fourth-most popular Didi Benami Ranking score is 38 for Didi Benami 58 voters marked Didi Benami as their first choice
Fifth-most popular Katelyn Epperly Ranking score is 33 for Katelyn Epperly 27 voters marked Katelyn Epperly as their first choice
Sixth-most popular Katie Stevens Ranking score is 25 for Katie Stevens 51 voters marked Katie Stevens as their first choice
Seventh-most popular Michelle Delamor Ranking score is 19 for Michelle Delamor 8 voters marked Michelle Delamor as their first choice
Eighth-most popular Paige Miles Ranking score is 12 for Paige Miles 8 voters marked Paige Miles as their first choice
Ninth-most popular Lacey Brown Ranking score is 7 for Lacey Brown 7 voters marked Lacey Brown as their first choice
Tenth-most popular Haeley Vaughn Ranking score is 0 for Haeley Vaughn 12 voters marked Haeley Vaughn 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:

Lilly Scott

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.
(1 ballot at least partially ignored because it includes an equal preference at a significant step in the runoff process.
(Choice eliminated in the first round : Lacey Brown)
Majority None of the choices has won a majority (more than half) the votes.

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

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

Details of plurality results

  
Choice Vote count Percentage
Crystal Bowersox 152 34 152 voters marked Crystal Bowersox as their first choice
Siobhan Magnus 81 18 81 voters marked Siobhan Magnus as their first choice
Didi Benami 58 13 58 voters marked Didi Benami as their first choice
Katie Stevens 51 12 51 voters marked Katie Stevens as their first choice
Lilly Scott 37 8 37 voters marked Lilly Scott as their first choice
Katelyn Epperly 27 6 27 voters marked Katelyn Epperly as their first choice
Haeley Vaughn 12 3 12 voters marked Haeley Vaughn as their first choice
Paige Miles 8 2 8 voters marked Paige Miles as their first choice
Michelle Delamor 8 2 8 voters marked Michelle Delamor as their first choice
Lacey Brown 7 2 7 voters marked Lacey Brown as their first choice
(62 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: 503
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 = Siobhan Magnus		 261
261 voters prefer Crystal Bowersox over Siobhan Magnus		 67
67 voters have an equal preference for Crystal Bowersox and Siobhan Magnus		 175
175 voters prefer Siobhan Magnus over Crystal Bowersox
X = Crystal Bowersox
Y = Lilly Scott		 283
283 voters prefer Crystal Bowersox over Lilly Scott		 74
74 voters have an equal preference for Crystal Bowersox and Lilly Scott		 146
146 voters prefer Lilly Scott over Crystal Bowersox
X = Crystal Bowersox
Y = Didi Benami		 280
280 voters prefer Crystal Bowersox over Didi Benami		 72
72 voters have an equal preference for Crystal Bowersox over Didi Benami		 151
151 voters prefer Didi Benami over Crystal Bowersox
X = Crystal Bowersox
Y = Katelyn Epperly		 297
297 voters prefer Crystal Bowersox over Katelyn Epperly		 75
75 voters have an equal preference for Crystal Bowersox and Katelyn Epperly		 131
131 voters prefer Katelyn Epperly over Crystal Bowersox
X = Crystal Bowersox
Y = Katie Stevens		 312
312 voters prefer Crystal Bowersox over Katie Stevens		 73
73 voters have an equal preference for Crystal Bowersox and Katie Stevens		 118
118 voters prefer Katie Stevens over Crystal Bowersox
X = Crystal Bowersox
Y = Michelle Delamor		 329
329 voters prefer Crystal Bowersox over Michelle Delamor		 72
72 voters have an equal preference for Crystal Bowersox and Michelle Delamor		 102
102 voters prefer Michelle Delamor over Crystal Bowersox
X = Crystal Bowersox
Y = Paige Miles		 376
376 voters prefer Crystal Bowersox over Paige Miles		 74
74 voters have an equal preference for Crystal Bowersox and Paige Miles		 53
53 voters prefer Paige Miles over Crystal Bowersox
X = Crystal Bowersox
Y = Lacey Brown		 344
344 voters prefer Crystal Bowersox over Lacey Brown		 73
73 voters have an equal preference for Crystal Bowersox and Lacey Brown		 86
86 voters prefer Lacey Brown over Crystal Bowersox
X = Crystal Bowersox
Y = Haeley Vaughn		 390
390 voters prefer Crystal Bowersox over Haeley Vaughn		 74
74 voters have an equal preference for Crystal Bowersox and Haeley Vaughn		 39
39 voters prefer Haeley Vaughn over Crystal Bowersox
X = Siobhan Magnus
Y = Lilly Scott		 245
245 voters prefer Siobhan Magnus over Lilly Scott		 77
77 voters have an equal preference for Siobhan Magnus and Lilly Scott		 181
181 voters prefer Lilly Scott over Siobhan Magnus
X = Siobhan Magnus
Y = Didi Benami		 245
245 voters prefer Siobhan Magnus over Didi Benami		 74
74 voters have an equal preference for Siobhan Magnus over Didi Benami		 184
184 voters prefer Didi Benami over Siobhan Magnus
X = Siobhan Magnus
Y = Katelyn Epperly		 255
255 voters prefer Siobhan Magnus over Katelyn Epperly		 81
81 voters have an equal preference for Siobhan Magnus over Katelyn Epperly		 167
167 voters prefer Katelyn Epperly over Siobhan Magnus
X = Siobhan Magnus
Y = Katie Stevens		 276
276 voters prefer Siobhan Magnus over Katie Stevens		 79
79 voters have an equal preference for Siobhan Magnus and Katie Stevens		 148
148 voters prefer Katie Stevens over Siobhan Magnus
X = Siobhan Magnus
Y = Michelle Delamor		 317
317 voters prefer Siobhan Magnus over Michelle Delamor		 82
82 voters have an equal preference for Siobhan Magnus over Michelle Delamor		 104
104 voters prefer Michelle Delamor over Siobhan Magnus
X = Siobhan Magnus
Y = Paige Miles		 344
344 voters prefer Siobhan Magnus over Paige Miles		 80
80 voters have an equal preference for Siobhan Magnus and Paige Miles		 79
79 voters prefer Paige Miles over Siobhan Magnus
X = Siobhan Magnus
Y = Lacey Brown		 345
345 voters prefer Siobhan Magnus over Lacey Brown		 82
82 voters have an equal preference for Siobhan Magnus over Lacey Brown		 76
76 voters prefer Lacey Brown over Siobhan Magnus
X = Siobhan Magnus
Y = Haeley Vaughn		 373
373 voters prefer Siobhan Magnus over Haeley Vaughn		 80
80 voters have an equal preference for Siobhan Magnus and Haeley Vaughn		 50
50 voters prefer Haeley Vaughn over Siobhan Magnus
X = Lilly Scott
Y = Didi Benami		 231
231 voters prefer Lilly Scott over Didi Benami		 85
85 voters have an equal preference for Lilly Scott over Didi Benami		 187
187 voters prefer Didi Benami over Lilly Scott
X = Lilly Scott
Y = Katelyn Epperly		 243
243 voters prefer Lilly Scott over Katelyn Epperly		 84
84 voters have an equal preference for Lilly Scott over Katelyn Epperly		 176
176 voters prefer Katelyn Epperly over Lilly Scott
X = Lilly Scott
Y = Katie Stevens		 267
267 voters prefer Lilly Scott over Katie Stevens		 84
84 voters have an equal preference for Lilly Scott and Katie Stevens		 152
152 voters prefer Katie Stevens over Lilly Scott
X = Lilly Scott
Y = Michelle Delamor		 304
304 voters prefer Lilly Scott over Michelle Delamor		 84
84 voters have an equal preference for Lilly Scott over Michelle Delamor		 115
115 voters prefer Michelle Delamor over Lilly Scott
X = Lilly Scott
Y = Paige Miles		 331
331 voters prefer Lilly Scott over Paige Miles		 85
85 voters have an equal preference for Lilly Scott over Paige Miles		 87
87 voters prefer Paige Miles over Lilly Scott
X = Lilly Scott
Y = Lacey Brown		 346
346 voters prefer Lilly Scott over Lacey Brown		 86
86 voters have an equal preference for Lilly Scott over Lacey Brown		 71
71 voters prefer Lacey Brown over Lilly Scott
X = Lilly Scott
Y = Haeley Vaughn		 370
370 voters prefer Lilly Scott over Haeley Vaughn		 86
86 voters have an equal preference for Lilly Scott and Haeley Vaughn		 47
47 voters prefer Haeley Vaughn over Lilly Scott
X = Didi Benami
Y = Katelyn Epperly		 235
235 voters prefer Didi Benami over Katelyn Epperly		 85
85 voters have an equal preference for Didi Benami and Katelyn Epperly		 183
183 voters prefer Katelyn Epperly over Didi Benami
X = Didi Benami
Y = Katie Stevens		 235
235 voters prefer Didi Benami over Katie Stevens		 86
86 voters have an equal preference for Didi Benami and Katie Stevens		 182
182 voters prefer Katie Stevens over Didi Benami
X = Didi Benami
Y = Michelle Delamor		 276
276 voters prefer Didi Benami over Michelle Delamor		 87
87 voters have an equal preference for Didi Benami and Michelle Delamor		 140
140 voters prefer Michelle Delamor over Didi Benami
X = Didi Benami
Y = Paige Miles		 316
316 voters prefer Didi Benami over Paige Miles		 87
87 voters have an equal preference for Didi Benami and Paige Miles		 100
100 voters prefer Paige Miles over Didi Benami
X = Didi Benami
Y = Lacey Brown		 309
309 voters prefer Didi Benami over Lacey Brown		 87
87 voters have an equal preference for Didi Benami and Lacey Brown		 107
107 voters prefer Lacey Brown over Didi Benami
X = Didi Benami
Y = Haeley Vaughn		 357
357 voters prefer Didi Benami over Haeley Vaughn		 88
88 voters have an equal preference for Didi Benami and Haeley Vaughn		 58
58 voters prefer Haeley Vaughn over Didi Benami
X = Katelyn Epperly
Y = Katie Stevens		 230
230 voters prefer Katelyn Epperly over Katie Stevens		 86
86 voters have an equal preference for Katelyn Epperly and Katie Stevens		 187
187 voters prefer Katie Stevens over Katelyn Epperly
X = Katelyn Epperly
Y = Michelle Delamor		 286
286 voters prefer Katelyn Epperly over Michelle Delamor		 92
92 voters have an equal preference for Katelyn Epperly over Michelle Delamor		 125
125 voters prefer Michelle Delamor over Katelyn Epperly
X = Katelyn Epperly
Y = Paige Miles		 318
318 voters prefer Katelyn Epperly over Paige Miles		 90
90 voters have an equal preference for Katelyn Epperly and Paige Miles		 95
95 voters prefer Paige Miles over Katelyn Epperly
X = Katelyn Epperly
Y = Lacey Brown		 306
306 voters prefer Katelyn Epperly over Lacey Brown		 90
90 voters have an equal preference for Katelyn Epperly over Lacey Brown		 107
107 voters prefer Lacey Brown over Katelyn Epperly
X = Katelyn Epperly
Y = Haeley Vaughn		 362
362 voters prefer Katelyn Epperly over Haeley Vaughn		 90
90 voters have an equal preference for Katelyn Epperly and Haeley Vaughn		 51
51 voters prefer Haeley Vaughn over Katelyn Epperly
X = Katie Stevens
Y = Michelle Delamor		 244
244 voters prefer Katie Stevens over Michelle Delamor		 91
91 voters have an equal preference for Katie Stevens over Michelle Delamor		 168
168 voters prefer Michelle Delamor over Katie Stevens
X = Katie Stevens
Y = Paige Miles		 256
256 voters prefer Katie Stevens over Paige Miles		 92
92 voters have an equal preference for Katie Stevens over Paige Miles		 155
155 voters prefer Paige Miles over Katie Stevens
X = Katie Stevens
Y = Lacey Brown		 283
283 voters prefer Katie Stevens over Lacey Brown		 90
90 voters have an equal preference for Katie Stevens over Lacey Brown		 130
130 voters prefer Lacey Brown over Katie Stevens
X = Katie Stevens
Y = Haeley Vaughn		 349
349 voters prefer Katie Stevens over Haeley Vaughn		 90
90 voters have an equal preference for Katie Stevens and Haeley Vaughn		 64
64 voters prefer Haeley Vaughn over Katie Stevens
X = Michelle Delamor
Y = Paige Miles		 257
257 voters prefer Michelle Delamor over Paige Miles		 96
96 voters have an equal preference for Michelle Delamor and Paige Miles		 150
150 voters prefer Paige Miles over Michelle Delamor
X = Michelle Delamor
Y = Lacey Brown		 258
258 voters prefer Michelle Delamor over Lacey Brown		 94
94 voters have an equal preference for Michelle Delamor over Lacey Brown		 151
151 voters prefer Lacey Brown over Michelle Delamor
X = Michelle Delamor
Y = Haeley Vaughn		 331
331 voters prefer Michelle Delamor over Haeley Vaughn		 94
94 voters have an equal preference for Michelle Delamor and Haeley Vaughn		 78
78 voters prefer Haeley Vaughn over Michelle Delamor
X = Paige Miles
Y = Lacey Brown		 214
214 voters prefer Paige Miles over Lacey Brown		 94
94 voters have an equal preference for Paige Miles over Lacey Brown		 195
195 voters prefer Lacey Brown over Paige Miles
X = Paige Miles
Y = Haeley Vaughn		 309
309 voters prefer Paige Miles over Haeley Vaughn		 99
99 voters have an equal preference for Paige Miles and Haeley Vaughn		 95
95 voters prefer Haeley Vaughn over Paige Miles
X = Lacey Brown
Y = Haeley Vaughn		 304
304 voters prefer Lacey Brown over Haeley Vaughn		 94
94 voters have an equal preference for Lacey Brown and Haeley Vaughn		 105
105 voters prefer Haeley Vaughn over Lacey Brown
The highest score (which equals the sum of the bold underlined numbers, plus either tally number in any tied pair of choices) is: 13,399
Number of all possible valid sequences (without ties): 3,628,800
First sequence:
  1. Didi Benami
  2. Crystal Bowersox
  3. Lacey Brown
  4. Michelle Delamor
  5. Katelyn Epperly
  6. Siobhan Magnus
  7. Paige Miles
  8. Lilly Scott
  9. Katie Stevens
  10. Haeley Vaughn
Last sequence:
  1. Haeley Vaughn
  2. Katie Stevens
  3. Lilly Scott
  4. Paige Miles
  5. Siobhan Magnus
  6. Katelyn Epperly
  7. Michelle Delamor
  8. Lacey Brown
  9. Crystal Bowersox
  10. Didi Benami
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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&10,9 x1
  • 1&2&3&4&5&6&7&8&9&10 x58
  • 1&8,4&7,3,9,5,2,10,6 x1
  • 1,2&3&4&5&6&7&8&9&10 x1
  • 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 x1
  • 1,2,3,6,4,8,5,7,9,10 x1
  • 1,2,3,9,8,10,6,5,4,7 x1
  • 1,2,4,6,9,3,7,8,5,10 x1
  • 1,2,5,4,7,9,6,3,8,10 x1
  • 1,2,6&9,8,5,4,7,3,10 x1
  • 1,2,6,8,3,5,4,9,7,10 x1
  • 1,2,6,8,5,9,3,4,7,10 x1
  • 1,2,6,9,8,5,4,3,7,10 x1
  • 1,2,7,4,6,3,9,10,5,8 x1
  • 1,2,7,6,5,9,4,8,3,10 x2
  • 1,2,7,9,5,4,8,6,10,3 x1
  • 1,2,8,3&4&5&6&7&9&10 x1
  • 1,2,8,5,9,6,3,7,4,10 x1
  • 1,2,8,5,9,7,6,4,3,10 x1
  • 1,2,8,6,3,9,5,4,7,10 x1
  • 1,2,8,6,5,4,3,7,9,10 x1
  • 1,2,8,6,5,4,3,9,7,10 x1
  • 1,2,8,6,9,3,7,10,4,5 x1
  • 1,2,8,9,3,6,5,4,10,7 x1
  • 1,2,8,9,5,4,7,10,6,3 x1
  • 1,2,9,10,8,6,7,5,4,3 x1
  • 1,2,9,3,8,10,6,5,4,7 x1
  • 1,2,9,6,5,4,8,7,3,10 x1
  • 1,2,9,8,3&4&5&6&7&10 x1
  • 1,3,6,5,8,9,2,10,4,7 x1
  • 1,3,8,9,10,6,5,7,4,2 x1
  • 1,4&5,2&7,9,10,6&8,3 x1
  • 1,4,9,2&3&5&6&7&8&10 x1
  • 1,5,2,6,8,3,9,10,4,7 x1
  • 1,5,4,3,7,10,9,8,2,6 x1
  • 1,5,6,2,7,9,10,8,4,3 x1
  • 1,5,8,2,6,9,10,7,4,3 x1
  • 1,5,8,3,2,6,4&7&9&10 x1
  • 1,5,8,7,2,4,3,10,9,6 x1
  • 1,5,9,10,2,8,7,4,3,6 x1
  • 1,5,9,6,10,8,2,7,4,3 x1
  • 1,6,2&5,8,9,3&4&7&10 x1
  • 1,6,2,8,3,7,5,9,10,4 x1
  • 1,6,2,8,9,5,7,3,4,10 x1
  • 1,6,3,7,2,4,5,8,9,10 x1
  • 1,7,2,9,8,5,4,6,10,3 x1
  • 1,8,2,4,9,6,7,5,3,10 x1
  • 1,8,5,9,2,4,7,10,3,6 x1
  • 1,8,6,2,5,3,7,4,10,9 x1
  • 1,8,6,2,5,4,9,7,3,10 x1
  • [Remaining ballots not listed]

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