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Survey title:

     American Idol Season 5 Poll, Top 9    

Question (number 1) title:

     Who is your favorite American Idol singer?    



The most preferred and most representative choice is:

    Taylor Hicks

Overall popularity ranking:

     
Popularity Choice Graphic summary of tally information
(details in mouse-over ALT text)
First-most popular Taylor Hicks 254 voters prefer Taylor Hicks over Elliott Yamin10 voters have an equal preference for Taylor Hicks and Elliott Yamin65 voters prefer Elliott Yamin over Taylor Hicks 231 voter prefers Taylor Hicks over Chris Daughtry11 voter has an equal preference for Taylor Hicks and Chris Daughtry87 voters prefer Chris Daughtry over Taylor Hicks 261 voter prefers Taylor Hicks over Mandisa15 voters have an equal preference for Taylor Hicks and Mandisa53 voters prefer Mandisa over Taylor Hicks 230 voters prefer Taylor Hicks over Katharine McPhee12 voters have an equal preference for Taylor Hicks and Katharine McPhee87 voters prefer Katharine McPhee over Taylor Hicks 269 voters prefer Taylor Hicks over Paris Bennett14 voters have an equal preference for Taylor Hicks and Paris Bennett46 voters prefer Paris Bennett over Taylor Hicks 273 voters prefer Taylor Hicks over Kellie Pickler12 voters have an equal preference for Taylor Hicks and Kellie Pickler44 voters prefer Kellie Pickler over Taylor Hicks 291 voter prefers Taylor Hicks over Bucky Covington14 voters have an equal preference for Taylor Hicks and Bucky Covington24 voters prefer Bucky Covington over Taylor Hicks 258 voters prefer Taylor Hicks over Ace Young7 voters have an equal preference for Taylor Hicks and Ace Young64 voters prefer Ace Young over Taylor Hicks
Second-most popular Elliott Yamin The percent bars above indicate comparisons with the choice to the left 150 voters prefer Elliott Yamin over Chris Daughtry30 voters have an equal preference for Elliott Yamin and Chris Daughtry149 voters prefer Chris Daughtry over Elliott Yamin 169 voters prefer Elliott Yamin over Mandisa31 voter has an equal preference for Elliott Yamin and Mandisa129 voters prefer Mandisa over Elliott Yamin 154 voters prefer Elliott Yamin over Katharine McPhee31 voter has an equal preference for Elliott Yamin and Katharine McPhee144 voters prefer Katharine McPhee over Elliott Yamin 223 voters prefer Elliott Yamin over Paris Bennett35 voters have an equal preference for Elliott Yamin and Paris Bennett71 voter prefers Paris Bennett over Elliott Yamin 220 voters prefer Elliott Yamin over Kellie Pickler30 voters have an equal preference for Elliott Yamin and Kellie Pickler79 voters prefer Kellie Pickler over Elliott Yamin 233 voters prefer Elliott Yamin over Bucky Covington33 voters have an equal preference for Elliott Yamin and Bucky Covington63 voters prefer Bucky Covington over Elliott Yamin 217 voters prefer Elliott Yamin over Ace Young29 voters have an equal preference for Elliott Yamin and Ace Young83 voters prefer Ace Young over Elliott Yamin
Third-most popular Chris Daughtry The percent bars above indicate comparisons with the choice to the left 173 voters prefer Chris Daughtry over Mandisa32 voters have an equal preference for Chris Daughtry and Mandisa124 voters prefer Mandisa over Chris Daughtry 150 voters prefer Chris Daughtry over Katharine McPhee33 voters have an equal preference for Chris Daughtry and Katharine McPhee146 voters prefer Katharine McPhee over Chris Daughtry 204 voters prefer Chris Daughtry over Paris Bennett35 voters have an equal preference for Chris Daughtry and Paris Bennett90 voters prefer Paris Bennett over Chris Daughtry 209 voters prefer Chris Daughtry over Kellie Pickler36 voters have an equal preference for Chris Daughtry and Kellie Pickler84 voters prefer Kellie Pickler over Chris Daughtry 215 voters prefer Chris Daughtry over Bucky Covington36 voters have an equal preference for Chris Daughtry and Bucky Covington78 voters prefer Bucky Covington over Chris Daughtry 194 voters prefer Chris Daughtry over Ace Young34 voters have an equal preference for Chris Daughtry and Ace Young101 voter prefers Ace Young over Chris Daughtry
Fourth-most popular Mandisa The percent bars above indicate comparisons with the choice to the left 151 voter prefers Mandisa over Katharine McPhee32 voters have an equal preference for Mandisa and Katharine McPhee146 voters prefer Katharine McPhee over Mandisa 215 voters prefer Mandisa over Paris Bennett37 voters have an equal preference for Mandisa and Paris Bennett77 voters prefer Paris Bennett over Mandisa 213 voters prefer Mandisa over Kellie Pickler33 voters have an equal preference for Mandisa and Kellie Pickler83 voters prefer Kellie Pickler over Mandisa 218 voters prefer Mandisa over Bucky Covington33 voters have an equal preference for Mandisa and Bucky Covington78 voters prefer Bucky Covington over Mandisa 218 voters prefer Mandisa over Ace Young29 voters have an equal preference for Mandisa and Ace Young82 voters prefer Ace Young over Mandisa
Fifth-most popular Katharine McPhee The percent bars above indicate comparisons with the choice to the left 194 voters prefer Katharine McPhee over Paris Bennett34 voters have an equal preference for Katharine McPhee and Paris Bennett101 voter prefers Paris Bennett over Katharine McPhee 226 voters prefer Katharine McPhee over Kellie Pickler33 voters have an equal preference for Katharine McPhee and Kellie Pickler70 voters prefer Kellie Pickler over Katharine McPhee 212 voters prefer Katharine McPhee over Bucky Covington33 voters have an equal preference for Katharine McPhee and Bucky Covington84 voters prefer Bucky Covington over Katharine McPhee 212 voters prefer Katharine McPhee over Ace Young30 voters have an equal preference for Katharine McPhee and Ace Young87 voters prefer Ace Young over Katharine McPhee
Sixth-most popular Paris Bennett The percent bars above indicate comparisons with the choice to the left 171 voter prefers Paris Bennett over Kellie Pickler38 voters have an equal preference for Paris Bennett and Kellie Pickler120 voters prefer Kellie Pickler over Paris Bennett 178 voters prefer Paris Bennett over Bucky Covington38 voters have an equal preference for Paris Bennett and Bucky Covington113 voters prefer Bucky Covington over Paris Bennett 178 voters prefer Paris Bennett over Ace Young36 voters have an equal preference for Paris Bennett and Ace Young115 voters prefer Ace Young over Paris Bennett
Seventh-most popular Kellie Pickler The percent bars above indicate comparisons with the choice to the left 148 voters prefer Kellie Pickler over Bucky Covington39 voters have an equal preference for Kellie Pickler and Bucky Covington142 voters prefer Bucky Covington over Kellie Pickler 159 voters prefer Kellie Pickler over Ace Young34 voters have an equal preference for Kellie Pickler and Ace Young136 voters prefer Ace Young over Kellie Pickler
Eighth-most popular Bucky Covington The percent bars above indicate comparisons with the choice to the left 158 voters prefer Bucky Covington over Ace Young34 voters have an equal preference for Bucky Covington and Ace Young137 voters prefer Ace Young over Bucky Covington
Ninth-most popular Ace Young The percent bars above indicate comparisons with the choice to the left



VoteFair representation Ranking

  
First-most representative choice is: Taylor Hicks
Second-most representative choice is: Katharine McPhee
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 on a board of directors, or when an organization pursues a second activity in addition to the most popular activity.


Comparison of VoteFair Ranking with other voting methods

  
Voting method Winner
VoteFair Taylor Hicks
Instant runoff Taylor Hicks
Majority Taylor Hicks

(3 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Plurality Taylor Hicks

(3 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Condorcet Taylor Hicks
Borda count Taylor Hicks

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

Details of plurality results
  
Choice Vote count Percentage Percentage bar
Taylor Hicks 187 57 187 voters marked Taylor Hicks as their first choice
Ace Young 42 13 42 voters marked Ace Young as their first choice
Katharine McPhee 37 11 37 voters marked Katharine McPhee as their first choice
Chris Daughtry 22 7 22 voters marked Chris Daughtry as their first choice
Elliott Yamin 15 5 15 voters marked Elliott Yamin as their first choice
Kellie Pickler 11 3 11 voter marked Kellie Pickler as their first choice
Paris Bennett 5 2 5 voters marked Paris Bennett as their first choice
Mandisa 5 2 5 voters marked Mandisa as their first choice
Bucky Covington 2 1 2 voters marked Bucky Covington as their first choice
(3 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: 329
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 = Taylor Hicks
Y = Elliott Yamin		 254
254 voters prefer Taylor Hicks over Elliott Yamin		 10
10 voters have an equal preference for Taylor Hicks and Elliott Yamin		 65
65 voters prefer Elliott Yamin over Taylor Hicks
X = Taylor Hicks
Y = Chris Daughtry		 231
231 voter prefers Taylor Hicks over Chris Daughtry		 11
11 voter has an equal preference for Taylor Hicks and Chris Daughtry		 87
87 voters prefer Chris Daughtry over Taylor Hicks
X = Taylor Hicks
Y = Mandisa		 261
261 voter prefers Taylor Hicks over Mandisa		 15
15 voters have an equal preference for Taylor Hicks and Mandisa		 53
53 voters prefer Mandisa over Taylor Hicks
X = Taylor Hicks
Y = Katharine McPhee		 230
230 voters prefer Taylor Hicks over Katharine McPhee		 12
12 voters have an equal preference for Taylor Hicks and Katharine McPhee		 87
87 voters prefer Katharine McPhee over Taylor Hicks
X = Taylor Hicks
Y = Paris Bennett		 269
269 voters prefer Taylor Hicks over Paris Bennett		 14
14 voters have an equal preference for Taylor Hicks and Paris Bennett		 46
46 voters prefer Paris Bennett over Taylor Hicks
X = Taylor Hicks
Y = Kellie Pickler		 273
273 voters prefer Taylor Hicks over Kellie Pickler		 12
12 voters have an equal preference for Taylor Hicks and Kellie Pickler		 44
44 voters prefer Kellie Pickler over Taylor Hicks
X = Taylor Hicks
Y = Bucky Covington		 291
291 voter prefers Taylor Hicks over Bucky Covington		 14
14 voters have an equal preference for Taylor Hicks and Bucky Covington		 24
24 voters prefer Bucky Covington over Taylor Hicks
X = Taylor Hicks
Y = Ace Young		 258
258 voters prefer Taylor Hicks over Ace Young		 7
7 voters have an equal preference for Taylor Hicks and Ace Young		 64
64 voters prefer Ace Young over Taylor Hicks
X = Elliott Yamin
Y = Chris Daughtry		 150
150 voters prefer Elliott Yamin over Chris Daughtry		 30
30 voters have an equal preference for Elliott Yamin and Chris Daughtry		 149
149 voters prefer Chris Daughtry over Elliott Yamin
X = Elliott Yamin
Y = Mandisa		 169
169 voters prefer Elliott Yamin over Mandisa		 31
31 voter has an equal preference for Elliott Yamin and Mandisa		 129
129 voters prefer Mandisa over Elliott Yamin
X = Elliott Yamin
Y = Katharine McPhee		 154
154 voters prefer Elliott Yamin over Katharine McPhee		 31
31 voter has an equal preference for Elliott Yamin and Katharine McPhee		 144
144 voters prefer Katharine McPhee over Elliott Yamin
X = Elliott Yamin
Y = Paris Bennett		 223
223 voters prefer Elliott Yamin over Paris Bennett		 35
35 voters have an equal preference for Elliott Yamin and Paris Bennett		 71
71 voter prefers Paris Bennett over Elliott Yamin
X = Elliott Yamin
Y = Kellie Pickler		 220
220 voters prefer Elliott Yamin over Kellie Pickler		 30
30 voters have an equal preference for Elliott Yamin and Kellie Pickler		 79
79 voters prefer Kellie Pickler over Elliott Yamin
X = Elliott Yamin
Y = Bucky Covington		 233
233 voters prefer Elliott Yamin over Bucky Covington		 33
33 voters have an equal preference for Elliott Yamin and Bucky Covington		 63
63 voters prefer Bucky Covington over Elliott Yamin
X = Elliott Yamin
Y = Ace Young		 217
217 voters prefer Elliott Yamin over Ace Young		 29
29 voters have an equal preference for Elliott Yamin and Ace Young		 83
83 voters prefer Ace Young over Elliott Yamin
X = Chris Daughtry
Y = Mandisa		 173
173 voters prefer Chris Daughtry over Mandisa		 32
32 voters have an equal preference for Chris Daughtry and Mandisa		 124
124 voters prefer Mandisa over Chris Daughtry
X = Chris Daughtry
Y = Katharine McPhee		 150
150 voters prefer Chris Daughtry over Katharine McPhee		 33
33 voters have an equal preference for Chris Daughtry and Katharine McPhee		 146
146 voters prefer Katharine McPhee over Chris Daughtry
X = Chris Daughtry
Y = Paris Bennett		 204
204 voters prefer Chris Daughtry over Paris Bennett		 35
35 voters have an equal preference for Chris Daughtry and Paris Bennett		 90
90 voters prefer Paris Bennett over Chris Daughtry
X = Chris Daughtry
Y = Kellie Pickler		 209
209 voters prefer Chris Daughtry over Kellie Pickler		 36
36 voters have an equal preference for Chris Daughtry and Kellie Pickler		 84
84 voters prefer Kellie Pickler over Chris Daughtry
X = Chris Daughtry
Y = Bucky Covington		 215
215 voters prefer Chris Daughtry over Bucky Covington		 36
36 voters have an equal preference for Chris Daughtry and Bucky Covington		 78
78 voters prefer Bucky Covington over Chris Daughtry
X = Chris Daughtry
Y = Ace Young		 194
194 voters prefer Chris Daughtry over Ace Young		 34
34 voters have an equal preference for Chris Daughtry and Ace Young		 101
101 voter prefers Ace Young over Chris Daughtry
X = Mandisa
Y = Katharine McPhee		 151
151 voter prefers Mandisa over Katharine McPhee		 32
32 voters have an equal preference for Mandisa and Katharine McPhee		 146
146 voters prefer Katharine McPhee over Mandisa
X = Mandisa
Y = Paris Bennett		 215
215 voters prefer Mandisa over Paris Bennett		 37
37 voters have an equal preference for Mandisa and Paris Bennett		 77
77 voters prefer Paris Bennett over Mandisa
X = Mandisa
Y = Kellie Pickler		 213
213 voters prefer Mandisa over Kellie Pickler		 33
33 voters have an equal preference for Mandisa and Kellie Pickler		 83
83 voters prefer Kellie Pickler over Mandisa
X = Mandisa
Y = Bucky Covington		 218
218 voters prefer Mandisa over Bucky Covington		 33
33 voters have an equal preference for Mandisa and Bucky Covington		 78
78 voters prefer Bucky Covington over Mandisa
X = Mandisa
Y = Ace Young		 218
218 voters prefer Mandisa over Ace Young		 29
29 voters have an equal preference for Mandisa and Ace Young		 82
82 voters prefer Ace Young over Mandisa
X = Katharine McPhee
Y = Paris Bennett		 194
194 voters prefer Katharine McPhee over Paris Bennett		 34
34 voters have an equal preference for Katharine McPhee and Paris Bennett		 101
101 voter prefers Paris Bennett over Katharine McPhee
X = Katharine McPhee
Y = Kellie Pickler		 226
226 voters prefer Katharine McPhee over Kellie Pickler		 33
33 voters have an equal preference for Katharine McPhee and Kellie Pickler		 70
70 voters prefer Kellie Pickler over Katharine McPhee
X = Katharine McPhee
Y = Bucky Covington		 212
212 voters prefer Katharine McPhee over Bucky Covington		 33
33 voters have an equal preference for Katharine McPhee and Bucky Covington		 84
84 voters prefer Bucky Covington over Katharine McPhee
X = Katharine McPhee
Y = Ace Young		 212
212 voters prefer Katharine McPhee over Ace Young		 30
30 voters have an equal preference for Katharine McPhee and Ace Young		 87
87 voters prefer Ace Young over Katharine McPhee
X = Paris Bennett
Y = Kellie Pickler		 171
171 voter prefers Paris Bennett over Kellie Pickler		 38
38 voters have an equal preference for Paris Bennett and Kellie Pickler		 120
120 voters prefer Kellie Pickler over Paris Bennett
X = Paris Bennett
Y = Bucky Covington		 178
178 voters prefer Paris Bennett over Bucky Covington		 38
38 voters have an equal preference for Paris Bennett and Bucky Covington		 113
113 voters prefer Bucky Covington over Paris Bennett
X = Paris Bennett
Y = Ace Young		 178
178 voters prefer Paris Bennett over Ace Young		 36
36 voters have an equal preference for Paris Bennett and Ace Young		 115
115 voters prefer Ace Young over Paris Bennett
X = Kellie Pickler
Y = Bucky Covington		 148
148 voters prefer Kellie Pickler over Bucky Covington		 39
39 voters have an equal preference for Kellie Pickler and Bucky Covington		 142
142 voters prefer Bucky Covington over Kellie Pickler
X = Kellie Pickler
Y = Ace Young		 159
159 voters prefer Kellie Pickler over Ace Young		 34
34 voters have an equal preference for Kellie Pickler and Ace Young		 136
136 voters prefer Ace Young over Kellie Pickler
X = Bucky Covington
Y = Ace Young		 158
158 voters prefer Bucky Covington over Ace Young		 34
34 voters have an equal preference for Bucky Covington and Ace Young		 137
137 voters prefer Ace Young over Bucky Covington
The highest score (which equals the sum of the bold underlined numbers, plus either tally number in any tied pair of choices) is: 7,429
Number of all possible valid sequences (without ties): 362,880
First sequence:
  1. Katharine McPhee
  2. Kellie Pickler
  3. Mandisa
  4. Paris Bennett
  5. Ace Young
  6. Bucky Covington
  7. Chris Daughtry
  8. Elliott Yamin
  9. Taylor Hicks
Last sequence:
  1. Taylor Hicks
  2. Elliott Yamin
  3. Chris Daughtry
  4. Bucky Covington
  5. Ace Young
  6. Paris Bennett
  7. Mandisa
  8. Kellie Pickler
  9. Katharine McPhee
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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 x3
  • 1,2,5,7,8,9,3,4,6 x1
  • 1,2,5,7,9,8,3,4,6 x1
  • 1,2,7,3,4,5,9,8,6 x1
  • 1,2,7,3,9,8,4,5,6 x1
  • 1,2,7,8,3,4,6,9,5 x1
  • 1,2,9,7,3,8,6,4,5 x2
  • 1,3,7,9,2,4&5&6&8 x1
  • 1,3,7,9,4,2,8,5,6 x1
  • 1,5&7,2&3&4&6&8&9 x1
  • 1,5,2,7,8,6,4,3,9 x1
  • 1,6,5,2,8,3,4,7,9 x1
  • 1,7,3,2,4,9,5,6,8 x1
  • 1,7,3,4,9,5,6,2,8 x1
  • 1,7,3,8,9,2,5,4,6 x1
  • 1,7,3,9,8,4,2,5,6 x1
  • 1,7,4,3,8,9,2,6,5 x1
  • 1,7,8,3,9,4,2,5,6 x1
  • 1,7,8,9,3,5,4,2,6 x1
  • 1,7,9,2,6,5,4,8,3 x1
  • 1,7,9,3,2,4,5,8,6 x1
  • 1,8,2,5,4,9,6,3,7 x1
  • 1,8,3,9,2,7,6,5,4 x1
  • 1,8,4,2,7,3,5,9,6 x1
  • 1,8,5,2&3&4&6&7&9 x1
  • 1,8,9,4,3,2,7,5,6 x1
  • 1,8,9,7,3,4,6,2,5 x1
  • 1,9,2,3,4,5,8,7,6 x1
  • 1,9,2,8,3,4,6,5,7 x1
  • 1,9,4,8,3,2&5&6&7 x1
  • 1,9,7,2,3,4,5,8,6 x1
  • 1,9,7,3,2,6,4,8,5 x1
  • 1,9,7,8,2,6,5,3,4 x1
  • 1,9,7,8,3,4,2,5,6 x1
  • 1,9,7,8,3,5,2,4,6 x1
  • 1,9,7,8,4,3,5,2,6 x1
  • 1,9,7,8,4,3,6,5,2 x1
  • 2,1&3&4&5&6&7&8&9 x2
  • 2,1&3&9,6,5,8,7,4 x1
  • 2,1,3,7,4,9,8,6,5 x1
  • 2,1,7,4,3,6,5,8,9 x1
  • 2,1,9,7,8,3,4,5,6 x1
  • 2,1,9,8,7,5,4,6,3 x1
  • 2,4,6,7,8,9,5,1,3 x1
  • 2,7,6,1,5,4,3,9,8 x1
  • 2,7,9,6,5,4,3,1,8 x1
  • 2,9,6,4,7,5,8,3,1 x1
  • 3,1,4,7,9,5,6,8,2 x1
  • 3,1,4,9,8,7,2,5,6 x1
  • 3,4,5,1,7,8,9,6,2 x1
  • [Remaining ballots not listed]

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