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Poll title:

     American Idol, Season 9, Top 10    

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 77 for Crystal Bowersox 262 voters marked Crystal Bowersox as their first choice
Second-most popular Lee DeWyze Ranking score is 66 for Lee DeWyze 155 voters marked Lee DeWyze as their first choice
Third-most popular Siobhan Magnus Ranking score is 56 for Siobhan Magnus 174 voters marked Siobhan Magnus as their first choice
Fourth-most popular Casey James Ranking score is 48 for Casey James 55 voters marked Casey James as their first choice
Fifth-most popular Michael Lynche Ranking score is 35 for Michael Lynche 18 voters marked Michael Lynche as their first choice
Sixth-most popular Aaron Kelly Ranking score is 27 for Aaron Kelly 30 voters marked Aaron Kelly as their first choice
Seventh-most popular Didi Benami Ranking score is 19 for Didi Benami 37 voters marked Didi Benami as their first choice
Eighth-most popular Katie Stevens Ranking score is 14 for Katie Stevens 28 voters marked Katie Stevens as their first choice
Ninth-most popular Andrew Garcia Ranking score is 7 for Andrew Garcia 11 voters marked Andrew Garcia as their first choice
Tenth-most popular Tim Urban Ranking score is 0 for Tim Urban 23 voters marked Tim Urban as their first choice

VoteFair representation Ranking

  

First-most representative choice is:

Crystal Bowersox

Second-most representative choice is:

Lee DeWyze

Third-most representative choice is:

Siobhan Magnus

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 Crystal Bowersox
(16 ballots at least partially ignored because they include an equal preference at a significant step in the runoff process.
(Choice eliminated in the first round : Andrew Garcia)
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 Crystal Bowersox

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

Details of plurality results

  
Choice Vote count Percentage
Crystal Bowersox 262 33 262 voters marked Crystal Bowersox as their first choice
Siobhan Magnus 174 22 174 voters marked Siobhan Magnus as their first choice
Lee DeWyze 155 20 155 voters marked Lee DeWyze as their first choice
Casey James 55 7 55 voters marked Casey James as their first choice
Didi Benami 37 5 37 voters marked Didi Benami as their first choice
Aaron Kelly 30 4 30 voters marked Aaron Kelly as their first choice
Katie Stevens 28 4 28 voters marked Katie Stevens as their first choice
Tim Urban 23 3 23 voters marked Tim Urban as their first choice
Michael Lynche 18 2 18 voters marked Michael Lynche as their first choice
Andrew Garcia 11 1 11 voters marked Andrew Garcia as their first choice
(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: 801
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		 471
471 voters prefer Crystal Bowersox over Lee DeWyze		 21
21 voters have an equal preference for Crystal Bowersox and Lee DeWyze		 309
309 voters prefer Lee DeWyze over Crystal Bowersox
X = Crystal Bowersox
Y = Siobhan Magnus		 481
481 voters prefer Crystal Bowersox over Siobhan Magnus		 17
17 voters have an equal preference for Crystal Bowersox and Siobhan Magnus		 303
303 voters prefer Siobhan Magnus over Crystal Bowersox
X = Crystal Bowersox
Y = Casey James		 599
599 voters prefer Crystal Bowersox over Casey James		 17
17 voters have an equal preference for Crystal Bowersox and Casey James		 185
185 voters prefer Casey James over Crystal Bowersox
X = Crystal Bowersox
Y = Michael Lynche		 654
654 voters prefer Crystal Bowersox over Michael Lynche		 18
18 voters have an equal preference for Crystal Bowersox and Michael Lynche		 129
129 voters prefer Michael Lynche over Crystal Bowersox
X = Crystal Bowersox
Y = Aaron Kelly		 642
642 voters prefer Crystal Bowersox over Aaron Kelly		 20
20 voters have an equal preference for Crystal Bowersox and Aaron Kelly		 139
139 voters prefer Aaron Kelly over Crystal Bowersox
X = Crystal Bowersox
Y = Didi Benami		 638
638 voters prefer Crystal Bowersox over Didi Benami		 19
19 voters have an equal preference for Crystal Bowersox over Didi Benami		 144
144 voters prefer Didi Benami over Crystal Bowersox
X = Crystal Bowersox
Y = Katie Stevens		 658
658 voters prefer Crystal Bowersox over Katie Stevens		 15
15 voters have an equal preference for Crystal Bowersox and Katie Stevens		 128
128 voters prefer Katie Stevens over Crystal Bowersox
X = Crystal Bowersox
Y = Andrew Garcia		 690
690 voters prefer Crystal Bowersox over Andrew Garcia		 19
19 voters have an equal preference for Crystal Bowersox and Andrew Garcia		 92
92 voters prefer Andrew Garcia over Crystal Bowersox
X = Crystal Bowersox
Y = Tim Urban		 686
686 voters prefer Crystal Bowersox over Tim Urban		 19
19 voters have an equal preference for Crystal Bowersox and Tim Urban		 96
96 voters prefer Tim Urban over Crystal Bowersox
X = Lee DeWyze
Y = Siobhan Magnus		 407
407 voters prefer Lee DeWyze over Siobhan Magnus		 18
18 voters have an equal preference for Lee DeWyze over Siobhan Magnus		 376
376 voters prefer Siobhan Magnus over Lee DeWyze
X = Lee DeWyze
Y = Casey James		 545
545 voters prefer Lee DeWyze over Casey James		 19
19 voters have an equal preference for Lee DeWyze and Casey James		 237
237 voters prefer Casey James over Lee DeWyze
X = Lee DeWyze
Y = Michael Lynche		 604
604 voters prefer Lee DeWyze over Michael Lynche		 18
18 voters have an equal preference for Lee DeWyze and Michael Lynche		 179
179 voters prefer Michael Lynche over Lee DeWyze
X = Lee DeWyze
Y = Aaron Kelly		 613
613 voters prefer Lee DeWyze over Aaron Kelly		 20
20 voters have an equal preference for Lee DeWyze and Aaron Kelly		 168
168 voters prefer Aaron Kelly over Lee DeWyze
X = Lee DeWyze
Y = Didi Benami		 587
587 voters prefer Lee DeWyze over Didi Benami		 19
19 voters have an equal preference for Lee DeWyze over Didi Benami		 195
195 voters prefer Didi Benami over Lee DeWyze
X = Lee DeWyze
Y = Katie Stevens		 636
636 voters prefer Lee DeWyze over Katie Stevens		 19
19 voters have an equal preference for Lee DeWyze over Katie Stevens		 146
146 voters prefer Katie Stevens over Lee DeWyze
X = Lee DeWyze
Y = Andrew Garcia		 710
710 voters prefer Lee DeWyze over Andrew Garcia		 21
21 voters have an equal preference for Lee DeWyze and Andrew Garcia		 70
70 voters prefer Andrew Garcia over Lee DeWyze
X = Lee DeWyze
Y = Tim Urban		 687
687 voters prefer Lee DeWyze over Tim Urban		 20
20 voters have an equal preference for Lee DeWyze and Tim Urban		 94
94 voters prefer Tim Urban over Lee DeWyze
X = Siobhan Magnus
Y = Casey James		 474
474 voters prefer Siobhan Magnus over Casey James		 17
17 voters have an equal preference for Siobhan Magnus and Casey James		 310
310 voters prefer Casey James over Siobhan Magnus
X = Siobhan Magnus
Y = Michael Lynche		 529
529 voters prefer Siobhan Magnus over Michael Lynche		 24
24 voters have an equal preference for Siobhan Magnus and Michael Lynche		 248
248 voters prefer Michael Lynche over Siobhan Magnus
X = Siobhan Magnus
Y = Aaron Kelly		 552
552 voters prefer Siobhan Magnus over Aaron Kelly		 27
27 voters have an equal preference for Siobhan Magnus and Aaron Kelly		 222
222 voters prefer Aaron Kelly over Siobhan Magnus
X = Siobhan Magnus
Y = Didi Benami		 605
605 voters prefer Siobhan Magnus over Didi Benami		 23
23 voters have an equal preference for Siobhan Magnus over Didi Benami		 173
173 voters prefer Didi Benami over Siobhan Magnus
X = Siobhan Magnus
Y = Katie Stevens		 601
601 voters prefer Siobhan Magnus over Katie Stevens		 19
19 voters have an equal preference for Siobhan Magnus and Katie Stevens		 181
181 voters prefer Katie Stevens over Siobhan Magnus
X = Siobhan Magnus
Y = Andrew Garcia		 607
607 voters prefer Siobhan Magnus over Andrew Garcia		 27
27 voters have an equal preference for Siobhan Magnus and Andrew Garcia		 167
167 voters prefer Andrew Garcia over Siobhan Magnus
X = Siobhan Magnus
Y = Tim Urban		 658
658 voters prefer Siobhan Magnus over Tim Urban		 26
26 voters have an equal preference for Siobhan Magnus and Tim Urban		 117
117 voters prefer Tim Urban over Siobhan Magnus
X = Casey James
Y = Michael Lynche		 506
506 voters prefer Casey James over Michael Lynche		 25
25 voters have an equal preference for Casey James and Michael Lynche		 270
270 voters prefer Michael Lynche over Casey James
X = Casey James
Y = Aaron Kelly		 555
555 voters prefer Casey James over Aaron Kelly		 24
24 voters have an equal preference for Casey James and Aaron Kelly		 222
222 voters prefer Aaron Kelly over Casey James
X = Casey James
Y = Didi Benami		 523
523 voters prefer Casey James over Didi Benami		 23
23 voters have an equal preference for Casey James over Didi Benami		 255
255 voters prefer Didi Benami over Casey James
X = Casey James
Y = Katie Stevens		 560
560 voters prefer Casey James over Katie Stevens		 25
25 voters have an equal preference for Casey James over Katie Stevens		 216
216 voters prefer Katie Stevens over Casey James
X = Casey James
Y = Andrew Garcia		 626
626 voters prefer Casey James over Andrew Garcia		 26
26 voters have an equal preference for Casey James over Andrew Garcia		 149
149 voters prefer Andrew Garcia over Casey James
X = Casey James
Y = Tim Urban		 660
660 voters prefer Casey James over Tim Urban		 26
26 voters have an equal preference for Casey James and Tim Urban		 115
115 voters prefer Tim Urban over Casey James
X = Michael Lynche
Y = Aaron Kelly		 430
430 voters prefer Michael Lynche over Aaron Kelly		 31
31 voters have an equal preference for Michael Lynche over Aaron Kelly		 340
340 voters prefer Aaron Kelly over Michael Lynche
X = Michael Lynche
Y = Didi Benami		 450
450 voters prefer Michael Lynche over Didi Benami		 29
29 voters have an equal preference for Michael Lynche over Didi Benami		 322
322 voters prefer Didi Benami over Michael Lynche
X = Michael Lynche
Y = Katie Stevens		 493
493 voters prefer Michael Lynche over Katie Stevens		 25
25 voters have an equal preference for Michael Lynche over Katie Stevens		 283
283 voters prefer Katie Stevens over Michael Lynche
X = Michael Lynche
Y = Andrew Garcia		 561
561 voters prefer Michael Lynche over Andrew Garcia		 31
31 voters have an equal preference for Michael Lynche over Andrew Garcia		 209
209 voters prefer Andrew Garcia over Michael Lynche
X = Michael Lynche
Y = Tim Urban		 602
602 voters prefer Michael Lynche over Tim Urban		 32
32 voters have an equal preference for Michael Lynche and Tim Urban		 167
167 voters prefer Tim Urban over Michael Lynche
X = Aaron Kelly
Y = Didi Benami		 390
390 voters prefer Aaron Kelly over Didi Benami		 33
33 voters have an equal preference for Aaron Kelly over Didi Benami		 378
378 voters prefer Didi Benami over Aaron Kelly
X = Aaron Kelly
Y = Katie Stevens		 451
451 voters prefer Aaron Kelly over Katie Stevens		 28
28 voters have an equal preference for Aaron Kelly over Katie Stevens		 322
322 voters prefer Katie Stevens over Aaron Kelly
X = Aaron Kelly
Y = Andrew Garcia		 495
495 voters prefer Aaron Kelly over Andrew Garcia		 36
36 voters have an equal preference for Aaron Kelly over Andrew Garcia		 270
270 voters prefer Andrew Garcia over Aaron Kelly
X = Aaron Kelly
Y = Tim Urban		 617
617 voters prefer Aaron Kelly over Tim Urban		 37
37 voters have an equal preference for Aaron Kelly and Tim Urban		 147
147 voters prefer Tim Urban over Aaron Kelly
X = Didi Benami
Y = Katie Stevens		 405
405 voters prefer Didi Benami over Katie Stevens		 29
29 voters have an equal preference for Didi Benami and Katie Stevens		 367
367 voters prefer Katie Stevens over Didi Benami
X = Didi Benami
Y = Andrew Garcia		 458
458 voters prefer Didi Benami over Andrew Garcia		 37
37 voters have an equal preference for Didi Benami and Andrew Garcia		 306
306 voters prefer Andrew Garcia over Didi Benami
X = Didi Benami
Y = Tim Urban		 542
542 voters prefer Didi Benami over Tim Urban		 33
33 voters have an equal preference for Didi Benami and Tim Urban		 226
226 voters prefer Tim Urban over Didi Benami
X = Katie Stevens
Y = Andrew Garcia		 464
464 voters prefer Katie Stevens over Andrew Garcia		 30
30 voters have an equal preference for Katie Stevens and Andrew Garcia		 307
307 voters prefer Andrew Garcia over Katie Stevens
X = Katie Stevens
Y = Tim Urban		 573
573 voters prefer Katie Stevens over Tim Urban		 28
28 voters have an equal preference for Katie Stevens and Tim Urban		 200
200 voters prefer Tim Urban over Katie Stevens
X = Andrew Garcia
Y = Tim Urban		 471
471 voters prefer Andrew Garcia over Tim Urban		 38
38 voters have an equal preference for Andrew Garcia and Tim Urban		 292
292 voters prefer Tim Urban over Andrew Garcia
The highest score (which equals the sum of the bold underlined numbers, plus either tally number in any tied pair of choices) is: 25,166
Number of all possible valid sequences (without ties): 3,628,800
First sequence:
  1. Didi Benami
  2. Crystal Bowersox
  3. Siobhan Magnus
  4. Katie Stevens
  5. Lee DeWyze
  6. Andrew Garcia
  7. Casey James
  8. Aaron Kelly
  9. Michael Lynche
  10. Tim Urban
Last sequence:
  1. Tim Urban
  2. Michael Lynche
  3. Aaron Kelly
  4. Casey James
  5. Andrew Garcia
  6. Lee DeWyze
  7. Katie Stevens
  8. Siobhan Magnus
  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&9&10 x3
  • 1,10,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,2 x1
  • 1,2&3&4&5&6&7&8&9&10 x1
  • 1,2&3,4&5,8,7,6,9,10 x1
  • 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 x1
  • 1,2,3,5,8,7,9,4,10,6 x1
  • 1,2,3,7,5,9,4,10,6,8 x1
  • 1,2,5,3,8,9,10,4,6,7 x1
  • 1,2,5,7,3,6,4,9,8,10 x1
  • 1,2,7,5,9,4,3,8,6,10 x1
  • 1,2,8,10,6,5,9,4,3,7 x1
  • 1,3,2,5,7,8,4,9,10,6 x1
  • 1,3,2,5,7,9,8,6,10,4 x1
  • 1,3,2,5,9,7,4,8,6,10 x1
  • 1,3,2,9,4,7,5,8,6,10 x1
  • 1,3,5,2,4,9,7,6,8,10 x1
  • 1,3,5,4,8,7,2,10,9,6 x3
  • 1,3,7,2,5,8,4,9,6,10 x1
  • 1,3,7,5,2,9,4,6,8,10 x1
  • 1,3,8,10,2,7,4,5,9,6 x1
  • 1,4,7,3,10,5,2,6,8,9 x1
  • 1,5,2,7,8,9,4,10,3,6 x1
  • 1,5,3,7,9,6,8,2,4,10 x1
  • 1,5,3,7,9,6,8,4,2,10 x1
  • 1,5,7,2,9,3,6,8,4,10 x1
  • 1,5,8,2,3,7,6,9,4,10 x1
  • 1,6,10,3,4,9,7,8,5,2 x1
  • 1,7&8,2,3&5&9,4&6&10 x1
  • 1,7,2,3,4,5,10,9,8,6 x1
  • 1,7,2,3,5,4,6,9,8,10 x1
  • 1,7,2,3,5,6,9,8,4,10 x1
  • 1,7,5,3,6,4,10,2,9,8 x1
  • 1,7,5,6&9,4,8,3,2,10 x1
  • 1,8,2,5,7,3,4,6,10,9 x1
  • 1,9,7,2,4,5,6,8,10,3 x1
  • 1,9,8,6,5,3,2,4,7,10 x1
  • 10,1&2&3&4&5&6&7&8&9 x1
  • 10,1,2,4,8,9,3,5,7,6 x1
  • 10,1,4,5,8,7,9,2,6,3 x1
  • 10,1,8,3,2,5,4,6,7,9 x1
  • 10,3,1,5,7,8,9,4,2,6 x1
  • 10,4,1,3,9,6,8,2,5,7 x1
  • 10,4,8,3,1,2,7,9,6,5 x1
  • 10,5,4,3,1,2,7,8,9,6 x1
  • 10,5,6,3,9,7,2,4,8,1 x1
  • 10,7,1,2,8,5,4,3,9,6 x1
  • 10,7,2,1,4,8,3,5,6,9 x1
  • 10,7,5,1,9,8,4,3,2,6 x1
  • 10,7,5,6,8,1,4,9,3,2 x1
  • 10,8,5,3,4,2,6,9,7,1 x1
  • [Remaining ballots not listed]

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