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VoteFair Ranking Results calculated at  www.VoteFair.org 2006-May-26  8:17


Poll title:

     American Idol Season 5 Poll, Top 2    

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 1,070 voters prefer Taylor Hicks over Katharine McPhee6 voters have an equal preference for Taylor Hicks and Katharine McPhee258 voters prefer Katharine McPhee over Taylor Hicks
Second-most popular Katharine McPhee The percent bars above indicate comparisons with the choice to the left



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 Taylor Hicks
Instant runoff Taylor Hicks
Majority Taylor Hicks

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

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

(6 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 1,070 81 1070 voters marked Taylor Hicks as their first choice
Katharine McPhee 258 19 258 voters marked Katharine McPhee as their first choice
(6 ballots ignored in plurality counting because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)

Data and Calculation Summary
Number of votes: 1,334
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 = Katharine McPhee		 1,070
1,070 voters prefer Taylor Hicks over Katharine McPhee		 6
6 voters have an equal preference for Taylor Hicks and Katharine McPhee		 258
258 voters prefer Katharine McPhee over Taylor Hicks
The highest score (which equals the sum of the bold underlined numbers, plus either tally number in any tied pair of choices) is: 1,070
Number of all possible valid sequences (without ties): 2
First sequence:
  1. Katharine McPhee
  2. Taylor Hicks
Last sequence:
  1. Taylor Hicks
  2. 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 x6
  • 1,2 x258
  • 2,1 x1070

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