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Poll title:

     American Idol, Season 13, Top 11    

Question (number 1) title:

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

The most preferred and most representative choice is:

    Caleb Johnson

Overall popularity ranking:

     
Popularity Choice VoteFair
ranking
score		 Traditional
vote count
(for comparison)
First-most popular Caleb Johnson Ranking score is 65 for Caleb Johnson 34 voters marked Caleb Johnson as their first choice
Second-most popular Jena Irene Ranking score is 55 for Jena Irene 37 voters marked Jena Irene as their first choice
Third-most popular Alex Preston Ranking score is 49 for Alex Preston 34 voters marked Alex Preston as their first choice
Fourth-most popular Jessica Meuse Ranking score is 41 for Jessica Meuse 17 voters marked Jessica Meuse as their first choice
Fifth-most popular CJ Harris Ranking score is 33 for CJ Harris 13 voters marked CJ Harris as their first choice
Sixth-most popular Sam Woolf Ranking score is 28 for Sam Woolf 26 voters marked Sam Woolf as their first choice
Seventh-most popular Majesty Rose Ranking score is 22 for Majesty Rose 18 voters marked Majesty Rose as their first choice
Eighth-most popular Dexter Roberts Ranking score is 16 for Dexter Roberts 7 voters marked Dexter Roberts as their first choice
Ninth-most popular Malaya Watson Ranking score is 10 for Malaya Watson 8 voters marked Malaya Watson as their first choice
Tenth-most popular Ben Briley Ranking score is 5 for Ben Briley 2 voters marked Ben Briley as their first choice
11th-most popular MK Nobilette Ranking score is 0 for MK Nobilette 7 voters marked MK Nobilette as their first choice

VoteFair representation Ranking

  

First-most representative choice is:

Caleb Johnson

Second-most representative choice is:

Jena Irene

Third-most representative choice is:

Alex Preston

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 Caleb Johnson
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.
(Choice eliminated in the first round : Ben Briley)
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 Jena Irene

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

Details of plurality results

  
Choice Vote count Percentage
Jena Irene 37 18 37 voters marked Jena Irene as their first choice
Caleb Johnson 34 17 34 voters marked Caleb Johnson as their first choice
Alex Preston 34 17 34 voters marked Alex Preston as their first choice
Sam Woolf 26 13 26 voters marked Sam Woolf as their first choice
Majesty Rose 18 9 18 voters marked Majesty Rose as their first choice
Jessica Meuse 17 8 17 voters marked Jessica Meuse as their first choice
CJ Harris 13 6 13 voters marked CJ Harris as their first choice
Malaya Watson 8 4 8 voters marked Malaya Watson as their first choice
MK Nobilette 7 3 7 voters marked MK Nobilette as their first choice
Dexter Roberts 7 3 7 voters marked Dexter Roberts as their first choice
Ben Briley 2 1 2 voters marked Ben Briley 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: 211
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 = Caleb Johnson
Y = Jena Irene		 106
106 voters prefer Caleb Johnson over Jena Irene		 12
12 voters have an equal preference for Caleb Johnson and Jena Irene		 93
93 voters prefer Jena Irene over Caleb Johnson
X = Caleb Johnson
Y = Alex Preston		 109
109 voters prefer Caleb Johnson over Alex Preston		 18
18 voters have an equal preference for Caleb Johnson over Alex Preston		 84
84 voters prefer Alex Preston over Caleb Johnson
X = Caleb Johnson
Y = Jessica Meuse		 130
130 voters prefer Caleb Johnson over Jessica Meuse		 12
12 voters have an equal preference for Caleb Johnson and Jessica Meuse		 69
69 voters prefer Jessica Meuse over Caleb Johnson
X = Caleb Johnson
Y = CJ Harris		 137
137 voters prefer Caleb Johnson over CJ Harris		 18
18 voters have an equal preference for Caleb Johnson and CJ Harris		 56
56 voters prefer CJ Harris over Caleb Johnson
X = Caleb Johnson
Y = Sam Woolf		 127
127 voters prefer Caleb Johnson over Sam Woolf		 15
15 voters have an equal preference for Caleb Johnson and Sam Woolf		 69
69 voters prefer Sam Woolf over Caleb Johnson
X = Caleb Johnson
Y = Majesty Rose		 133
133 voters prefer Caleb Johnson over Majesty Rose		 13
13 voters have an equal preference for Caleb Johnson and Majesty Rose		 65
65 voters prefer Majesty Rose over Caleb Johnson
X = Caleb Johnson
Y = Dexter Roberts		 147
147 voters prefer Caleb Johnson over Dexter Roberts		 21
21 voters have an equal preference for Caleb Johnson and Dexter Roberts		 43
43 voters prefer Dexter Roberts over Caleb Johnson
X = Caleb Johnson
Y = Malaya Watson		 157
157 voters prefer Caleb Johnson over Malaya Watson		 16
16 voters have an equal preference for Caleb Johnson and Malaya Watson		 38
38 voters prefer Malaya Watson over Caleb Johnson
X = Caleb Johnson
Y = Ben Briley		 161
161 voters prefer Caleb Johnson over Ben Briley		 19
19 voters have an equal preference for Caleb Johnson over Ben Briley		 31
31 voters prefer Ben Briley over Caleb Johnson
X = Caleb Johnson
Y = MK Nobilette		 154
154 voters prefer Caleb Johnson over MK Nobilette		 13
13 voters have an equal preference for Caleb Johnson and MK Nobilette		 44
44 voters prefer MK Nobilette over Caleb Johnson
X = Jena Irene
Y = Alex Preston		 102
102 voters prefer Jena Irene over Alex Preston		 14
14 voters have an equal preference for Jena Irene over Alex Preston		 95
95 voters prefer Alex Preston over Jena Irene
X = Jena Irene
Y = Jessica Meuse		 126
126 voters prefer Jena Irene over Jessica Meuse		 13
13 voters have an equal preference for Jena Irene and Jessica Meuse		 72
72 voters prefer Jessica Meuse over Jena Irene
X = Jena Irene
Y = CJ Harris		 125
125 voters prefer Jena Irene over CJ Harris		 16
16 voters have an equal preference for Jena Irene over CJ Harris		 70
70 voters prefer CJ Harris over Jena Irene
X = Jena Irene
Y = Sam Woolf		 119
119 voters prefer Jena Irene over Sam Woolf		 15
15 voters have an equal preference for Jena Irene over Sam Woolf		 77
77 voters prefer Sam Woolf over Jena Irene
X = Jena Irene
Y = Majesty Rose		 126
126 voters prefer Jena Irene over Majesty Rose		 15
15 voters have an equal preference for Jena Irene and Majesty Rose		 70
70 voters prefer Majesty Rose over Jena Irene
X = Jena Irene
Y = Dexter Roberts		 130
130 voters prefer Jena Irene over Dexter Roberts		 16
16 voters have an equal preference for Jena Irene over Dexter Roberts		 65
65 voters prefer Dexter Roberts over Jena Irene
X = Jena Irene
Y = Malaya Watson		 147
147 voters prefer Jena Irene over Malaya Watson		 19
19 voters have an equal preference for Jena Irene and Malaya Watson		 45
45 voters prefer Malaya Watson over Jena Irene
X = Jena Irene
Y = Ben Briley		 143
143 voters prefer Jena Irene over Ben Briley		 16
16 voters have an equal preference for Jena Irene over Ben Briley		 52
52 voters prefer Ben Briley over Jena Irene
X = Jena Irene
Y = MK Nobilette		 148
148 voters prefer Jena Irene over MK Nobilette		 13
13 voters have an equal preference for Jena Irene and MK Nobilette		 50
50 voters prefer MK Nobilette over Jena Irene
X = Alex Preston
Y = Jessica Meuse		 114
114 voters prefer Alex Preston over Jessica Meuse		 15
15 voters have an equal preference for Alex Preston and Jessica Meuse		 82
82 voters prefer Jessica Meuse over Alex Preston
X = Alex Preston
Y = CJ Harris		 119
119 voters prefer Alex Preston over CJ Harris		 19
19 voters have an equal preference for Alex Preston and CJ Harris		 73
73 voters prefer CJ Harris over Alex Preston
X = Alex Preston
Y = Sam Woolf		 116
116 voters prefer Alex Preston over Sam Woolf		 17
17 voters have an equal preference for Alex Preston and Sam Woolf		 78
78 voters prefer Sam Woolf over Alex Preston
X = Alex Preston
Y = Majesty Rose		 124
124 voters prefer Alex Preston over Majesty Rose		 16
16 voters have an equal preference for Alex Preston and Majesty Rose		 71
71 voters prefer Majesty Rose over Alex Preston
X = Alex Preston
Y = Dexter Roberts		 135
135 voters prefer Alex Preston over Dexter Roberts		 19
19 voters have an equal preference for Alex Preston and Dexter Roberts		 57
57 voters prefer Dexter Roberts over Alex Preston
X = Alex Preston
Y = Malaya Watson		 140
140 voters prefer Alex Preston over Malaya Watson		 18
18 voters have an equal preference for Alex Preston and Malaya Watson		 53
53 voters prefer Malaya Watson over Alex Preston
X = Alex Preston
Y = Ben Briley		 147
147 voters prefer Alex Preston over Ben Briley		 20
20 voters have an equal preference for Alex Preston and Ben Briley		 44
44 voters prefer Ben Briley over Alex Preston
X = Alex Preston
Y = MK Nobilette		 145
145 voters prefer Alex Preston over MK Nobilette		 14
14 voters have an equal preference for Alex Preston and MK Nobilette		 52
52 voters prefer MK Nobilette over Alex Preston
X = Jessica Meuse
Y = CJ Harris		 110
110 voters prefer Jessica Meuse over CJ Harris		 14
14 voters have an equal preference for Jessica Meuse over CJ Harris		 87
87 voters prefer CJ Harris over Jessica Meuse
X = Jessica Meuse
Y = Sam Woolf		 108
108 voters prefer Jessica Meuse over Sam Woolf		 13
13 voters have an equal preference for Jessica Meuse over Sam Woolf		 90
90 voters prefer Sam Woolf over Jessica Meuse
X = Jessica Meuse
Y = Majesty Rose		 110
110 voters prefer Jessica Meuse over Majesty Rose		 13
13 voters have an equal preference for Jessica Meuse and Majesty Rose		 88
88 voters prefer Majesty Rose over Jessica Meuse
X = Jessica Meuse
Y = Dexter Roberts		 125
125 voters prefer Jessica Meuse over Dexter Roberts		 14
14 voters have an equal preference for Jessica Meuse over Dexter Roberts		 72
72 voters prefer Dexter Roberts over Jessica Meuse
X = Jessica Meuse
Y = Malaya Watson		 142
142 voters prefer Jessica Meuse over Malaya Watson		 14
14 voters have an equal preference for Jessica Meuse and Malaya Watson		 55
55 voters prefer Malaya Watson over Jessica Meuse
X = Jessica Meuse
Y = Ben Briley		 138
138 voters prefer Jessica Meuse over Ben Briley		 14
14 voters have an equal preference for Jessica Meuse over Ben Briley		 59
59 voters prefer Ben Briley over Jessica Meuse
X = Jessica Meuse
Y = MK Nobilette		 138
138 voters prefer Jessica Meuse over MK Nobilette		 9
9 voters have an equal preference for Jessica Meuse and MK Nobilette		 64
64 voters prefer MK Nobilette over Jessica Meuse
X = CJ Harris
Y = Sam Woolf		 97
97 voters prefer CJ Harris over Sam Woolf		 18
18 voters have an equal preference for CJ Harris and Sam Woolf		 96
96 voters prefer Sam Woolf over CJ Harris
X = CJ Harris
Y = Majesty Rose		 106
106 voters prefer CJ Harris over Majesty Rose		 18
18 voters have an equal preference for CJ Harris and Majesty Rose		 87
87 voters prefer Majesty Rose over CJ Harris
X = CJ Harris
Y = Dexter Roberts		 114
114 voters prefer CJ Harris over Dexter Roberts		 24
24 voters have an equal preference for CJ Harris and Dexter Roberts		 73
73 voters prefer Dexter Roberts over CJ Harris
X = CJ Harris
Y = Malaya Watson		 128
128 voters prefer CJ Harris over Malaya Watson		 21
21 voters have an equal preference for CJ Harris and Malaya Watson		 62
62 voters prefer Malaya Watson over CJ Harris
X = CJ Harris
Y = Ben Briley		 123
123 voters prefer CJ Harris over Ben Briley		 23
23 voters have an equal preference for CJ Harris over Ben Briley		 65
65 voters prefer Ben Briley over CJ Harris
X = CJ Harris
Y = MK Nobilette		 136
136 voters prefer CJ Harris over MK Nobilette		 19
19 voters have an equal preference for CJ Harris and MK Nobilette		 56
56 voters prefer MK Nobilette over CJ Harris
X = Sam Woolf
Y = Majesty Rose		 106
106 voters prefer Sam Woolf over Majesty Rose		 16
16 voters have an equal preference for Sam Woolf and Majesty Rose		 89
89 voters prefer Majesty Rose over Sam Woolf
X = Sam Woolf
Y = Dexter Roberts		 112
112 voters prefer Sam Woolf over Dexter Roberts		 18
18 voters have an equal preference for Sam Woolf over Dexter Roberts		 81
81 voters prefer Dexter Roberts over Sam Woolf
X = Sam Woolf
Y = Malaya Watson		 120
120 voters prefer Sam Woolf over Malaya Watson		 18
18 voters have an equal preference for Sam Woolf and Malaya Watson		 73
73 voters prefer Malaya Watson over Sam Woolf
X = Sam Woolf
Y = Ben Briley		 136
136 voters prefer Sam Woolf over Ben Briley		 19
19 voters have an equal preference for Sam Woolf over Ben Briley		 56
56 voters prefer Ben Briley over Sam Woolf
X = Sam Woolf
Y = MK Nobilette		 119
119 voters prefer Sam Woolf over MK Nobilette		 15
15 voters have an equal preference for Sam Woolf and MK Nobilette		 77
77 voters prefer MK Nobilette over Sam Woolf
X = Majesty Rose
Y = Dexter Roberts		 102
102 voters prefer Majesty Rose over Dexter Roberts		 17
17 voters have an equal preference for Majesty Rose over Dexter Roberts		 92
92 voters prefer Dexter Roberts over Majesty Rose
X = Majesty Rose
Y = Malaya Watson		 120
120 voters prefer Majesty Rose over Malaya Watson		 23
23 voters have an equal preference for Majesty Rose and Malaya Watson		 68
68 voters prefer Malaya Watson over Majesty Rose
X = Majesty Rose
Y = Ben Briley		 116
116 voters prefer Majesty Rose over Ben Briley		 18
18 voters have an equal preference for Majesty Rose over Ben Briley		 77
77 voters prefer Ben Briley over Majesty Rose
X = Majesty Rose
Y = MK Nobilette		 126
126 voters prefer Majesty Rose over MK Nobilette		 16
16 voters have an equal preference for Majesty Rose and MK Nobilette		 69
69 voters prefer MK Nobilette over Majesty Rose
X = Dexter Roberts
Y = Malaya Watson		 109
109 voters prefer Dexter Roberts over Malaya Watson		 22
22 voters have an equal preference for Dexter Roberts and Malaya Watson		 80
80 voters prefer Malaya Watson over Dexter Roberts
X = Dexter Roberts
Y = Ben Briley		 109
109 voters prefer Dexter Roberts over Ben Briley		 25
25 voters have an equal preference for Dexter Roberts over Ben Briley		 77
77 voters prefer Ben Briley over Dexter Roberts
X = Dexter Roberts
Y = MK Nobilette		 115
115 voters prefer Dexter Roberts over MK Nobilette		 18
18 voters have an equal preference for Dexter Roberts and MK Nobilette		 78
78 voters prefer MK Nobilette over Dexter Roberts
X = Malaya Watson
Y = Ben Briley		 95
95 voters prefer Malaya Watson over Ben Briley		 22
22 voters have an equal preference for Malaya Watson over Ben Briley		 94
94 voters prefer Ben Briley over Malaya Watson
X = Malaya Watson
Y = MK Nobilette		 112
112 voters prefer Malaya Watson over MK Nobilette		 19
19 voters have an equal preference for Malaya Watson and MK Nobilette		 80
80 voters prefer MK Nobilette over Malaya Watson
X = Ben Briley
Y = MK Nobilette		 105
105 voters prefer Ben Briley over MK Nobilette		 17
17 voters have an equal preference for Ben Briley and MK Nobilette		 89
89 voters prefer MK Nobilette over Ben Briley
The highest score (which equals the sum of the bold underlined numbers, plus either tally number in any tied pair of choices) is: 6,844
Number of all possible valid sequences (without ties): 39,916,800
First sequence:
  1. Alex Preston
  2. Ben Briley
  3. Caleb Johnson
  4. CJ Harris
  5. Dexter Roberts
  6. Sam Woolf
  7. Jena Irene
  8. Jessica Meuse
  9. Majesty Rose
  10. Malaya Watson
  11. MK Nobilette
Last sequence:
  1. MK Nobilette
  2. Malaya Watson
  3. Majesty Rose
  4. Jessica Meuse
  5. Jena Irene
  6. Sam Woolf
  7. Dexter Roberts
  8. CJ Harris
  9. Caleb Johnson
  10. Ben Briley
  11. Alex Preston
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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&11 x2
  • 1&8,3&5,6,7,4,2,11,9&10 x1
  • 1,11,3,4,6,7,9,2,8,5,10 x1
  • 1,11,9,4,6,7,8,10,3,5,2 x1
  • 1,2&3&4&5&6&7&8&9&10&11 x1
  • 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,10,11,8&9 x1
  • 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 x1
  • 1,2,3,4,5,8,11,6,7,9,10 x1
  • 1,2,7,11,6,9,10,5,4,3,8 x1
  • 1,3,11,5,8,9,7,10,4,6,2 x1
  • 1,3,11,8,4,5,2,6,10,9,7 x1
  • 1,3,2,5,4,6,11,10,9,8,7 x1
  • 1,3,6,2,8,5,7,9&10,4,11 x1
  • 1,3,7,4,10,11,5&8,6,2,9 x1
  • 1,3,7,9,10,4,8,11,6,5,2 x1
  • 1,3,8,10,2,6,9,5,7,4&11 x1
  • 1,3,8,9,5,4,6,2,10,7,11 x1
  • 1,3,9,6,7,5,2,8,4,10,11 x1
  • 1,3,9,7,10,4,6,2,11,8,5 x1
  • 1,4,7,6,3,10,8,5,2,11,9 x1
  • 1,4,9,3,7,6,5,2,11,10,8 x1
  • 1,5,7,3,2,11,4,6,9,8,10 x1
  • 1,6,2,8,7,5,4,3,9,10,11 x1
  • 1,6,5,3,2,7,4,9,8,10,11 x1
  • 1,6,7,8,9,5,3,2,4,11,10 x1
  • 1,7,6,3,2,11,8,5,4,10,9 x1
  • 1,7,6,3,2,4,5,8,11,10,9 x1
  • 1,7,8,3,4,5,6,10,9,2,11 x1
  • 1,7,8,6,9,2,5,4,3,11,10 x1
  • 1,7,9,3,4,5,6,8,10,11,2 x1
  • 1,8,3,4,5,6,9,10,7,2,11 x1
  • 1,8,4,3,9,10,11,7,6,5,2 x1
  • 1,9,2,11,7,8,6,4,3,10,5 x1
  • 1,9,3,2,8,7,6,5,4,11,10 x1
  • 1,9,3,8,7,2,4,10,5,11,6 x1
  • 1,9,4,8,3,10,11,2,7,5,6 x1
  • 10,1,6,9,11,3,8,5,4,7,2 x1
  • 10,1,7,4,3,9,8,6,5,11,2 x1
  • 10,3,9,4,6,2,1,7,5,11,8 x1
  • 10,5,3,11,9,4,8,2,6,7,1 x1
  • 10,5,4,7,3,2,8,9,11,1,6 x1
  • 10,7,3,5,8,4,2,9,1,6,11 x1
  • 10,7,4,11,3,1,2,6,5,8,9 x1
  • 10,9,7,5,8,4,1,6,3,2,11 x1
  • 11,1&2&3&4&5&6&7&8&9&10 x2
  • 11,10,3,4,6,7,9,1,8,5,2 x1
  • 11,4,3,1,8,7,10,5,6,2,9 x1
  • 11,4,7,1,3,10,9,8,6,5,2 x1
  • 11,7,3,10,9,8,1,2,4,6,5 x1
  • 11,9,3,7,8,6,1,2,10,4,5 x1
  • [Remaining ballots not listed]

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