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VoteFair Ranking Results calculated at  www.VoteFair.org 2009-May-13  23:56

Poll title:

     American Idol, Season 8, Top 3    

Question (number 1) title:

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

The most preferred and most representative choice is:

    Adam Lambert

Overall popularity ranking:

     
Popularity Choice VoteFair
ranking
score		 Traditional
vote count
(for comparison)
First-most popular Adam Lambert Ranking score is 62 for Adam Lambert 1242 voters marked Adam Lambert as their first choice
Second-most popular Kris Allen Ranking score is 35 for Kris Allen 936 voters marked Kris Allen as their first choice
Third-most popular Danny Gokey Ranking score is 0 for Danny Gokey 319 voters marked Danny Gokey as their first choice

VoteFair representation Ranking

  

First-most representative choice is:

Adam Lambert

Second-most representative choice is:

Kris Allen

Third-most representative choice is:

Danny Gokey

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 Adam Lambert
Instant runoff Adam Lambert
(9 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 : Danny Gokey)
Majority None of the choices has won a majority (more than half) the votes.

(15 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Plurality Adam Lambert

(15 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Condorcet Adam Lambert
Borda count Adam Lambert
(71 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice at the same preference level.)

Details of plurality results

  
Choice Vote count Percentage
Adam Lambert 1,242 50 1242 voters marked Adam Lambert as their first choice
Kris Allen 936 37 936 voters marked Kris Allen as their first choice
Danny Gokey 319 13 319 voters marked Danny Gokey as their first choice
(15 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: 2,512
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 = Adam Lambert
Y = Kris Allen		 1,340
1,340 voter prefer Adam Lambert over Kris Allen		 21
21 voters have an equal preference for Adam Lambert and Kris Allen		 1,151
1,151 voter prefer Kris Allen over Adam Lambert
X = Adam Lambert
Y = Danny Gokey		 1,774
1,774 voter prefer Adam Lambert over Danny Gokey		 30
30 voters have an equal preference for Adam Lambert and Danny Gokey		 708
708 voters prefer Danny Gokey over Adam Lambert
X = Kris Allen
Y = Danny Gokey		 1,775
1,775 voter prefer Kris Allen over Danny Gokey		 40
40 voters have an equal preference for Kris Allen over Danny Gokey		 697
697 voters prefer Danny Gokey over Kris Allen
The highest score (which equals the sum of the bold underlined numbers, plus either tally number in any tied pair of choices) is: 4,889
Number of all possible valid sequences (without ties): 6
First sequence:
  1. Adam Lambert
  2. Danny Gokey
  3. Kris Allen
Last sequence:
  1. Kris Allen
  2. Danny Gokey
  3. Adam Lambert
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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 x10
  • 1&3,2 x2
  • 1,2&3 x27
  • 1,2,3 x378
  • 1,3,2 x837
  • 2&3,1 x3
  • 2,1&3 x9
  • 2,1,3 x98
  • 2,3,1 x212
  • 3,1&2 x20
  • 3,1,2 x530
  • 3,2,1 x386

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