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Poll title:

     American Idol Season 6 Poll, Top 6    

Question (number 1) title:

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

The most preferred and most representative choice is:

    Jordin Sparks

Overall popularity ranking:

     
Popularity Choice VoteFair
ranking
score		 Traditional
vote count
(for comparison)
First-most popular Jordin Sparks Ranking score is 74 for Jordin Sparks 284 voters marked Jordin Sparks as their first choice
Second-most popular Melinda Doolittle Ranking score is 56 for Melinda Doolittle 155 voters marked Melinda Doolittle as their first choice
Third-most popular Blake Lewis Ranking score is 41 for Blake Lewis 126 voters marked Blake Lewis as their first choice
Fourth-most popular Lakisha Jones Ranking score is 21 for Lakisha Jones 60 voters marked Lakisha Jones as their first choice
Fifth-most popular Phil Stacey Ranking score is 11 for Phil Stacey 42 voters marked Phil Stacey as their first choice
Sixth-most popular Chris Richardson Ranking score is 0 for Chris Richardson 59 voters marked Chris Richardson as their first choice

VoteFair representation Ranking

  

First-most representative choice is:

Jordin Sparks

Second-most representative choice is:

Melinda Doolittle

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 Jordin Sparks
Instant runoff Jordin Sparks
(26 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 : Phil Stacey)
Majority None of the choices has won a majority (more than half) the votes.

(5 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice. )
Plurality Jordin Sparks

(5 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice. )
Condorcet Jordin Sparks
Borda count Jordin Sparks
(76 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice at the same preference level. )

Details of plurality results

  
Choice Vote count Percentage
Jordin Sparks 284 39 284 voters marked Jordin Sparks as their first choice
Melinda Doolittle 155 21 155 voters marked Melinda Doolittle as their first choice
Blake Lewis 126 17 126 voters marked Blake Lewis as their first choice
Lakisha Jones 60 8 60 voters marked Lakisha Jones as their first choice
Chris Richardson 59 8 59 voters marked Chris Richardson as their first choice
Phil Stacey 42 6 42 voters marked Phil Stacey as their first choice
(5 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: 731
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 = Jordin Sparks
Y = Melinda Doolittle		 442
442 voters prefer Jordin Sparks over Melinda Doolittle		 40
40 voters have an equal preference for Jordin Sparks and Melinda Doolittle		 249
249 voters prefer Melinda Doolittle over Jordin Sparks
X = Jordin Sparks
Y = Blake Lewis		 503
503 voters prefer Jordin Sparks over Blake Lewis		 37
37 voters have an equal preference for Jordin Sparks and Blake Lewis		 191
191 voters prefer Blake Lewis over Jordin Sparks
X = Jordin Sparks
Y = Lakisha Jones		 596
596 voters prefer Jordin Sparks over Lakisha Jones		 25
25 voters have an equal preference for Jordin Sparks and Lakisha Jones		 110
110 voters prefer Lakisha Jones over Jordin Sparks
X = Jordin Sparks
Y = Phil Stacey		 594
594 voters prefer Jordin Sparks over Phil Stacey		 39
39 voters have an equal preference for Jordin Sparks and Phil Stacey		 98
98 voters prefer Phil Stacey over Jordin Sparks
X = Jordin Sparks
Y = Chris Richardson		 574
574 voters prefer Jordin Sparks over Chris Richardson		 43
43 voters have an equal preference for Jordin Sparks and Chris Richardson		 114
114 voters prefer Chris Richardson over Jordin Sparks
X = Melinda Doolittle
Y = Blake Lewis		 425
425 voters prefer Melinda Doolittle over Blake Lewis		 38
38 voters have an equal preference for Melinda Doolittle and Blake Lewis		 268
268 voters prefer Blake Lewis over Melinda Doolittle
X = Melinda Doolittle
Y = Lakisha Jones		 565
565 voters prefer Melinda Doolittle over Lakisha Jones		 33
33 voters have an equal preference for Melinda Doolittle over Lakisha Jones		 133
133 voters prefer Lakisha Jones over Melinda Doolittle
X = Melinda Doolittle
Y = Phil Stacey		 529
529 voters prefer Melinda Doolittle over Phil Stacey		 41
41 voters have an equal preference for Melinda Doolittle and Phil Stacey		 161
161 voters prefer Phil Stacey over Melinda Doolittle
X = Melinda Doolittle
Y = Chris Richardson		 538
538 voters prefer Melinda Doolittle over Chris Richardson		 46
46 voters have an equal preference for Melinda Doolittle and Chris Richardson		 147
147 voters prefer Chris Richardson over Melinda Doolittle
X = Blake Lewis
Y = Lakisha Jones		 465
465 voters prefer Blake Lewis over Lakisha Jones		 27
27 voters have an equal preference for Blake Lewis over Lakisha Jones		 239
239 voters prefer Lakisha Jones over Blake Lewis
X = Blake Lewis
Y = Phil Stacey		 491
491 voters prefer Blake Lewis over Phil Stacey		 39
39 voters have an equal preference for Blake Lewis and Phil Stacey		 201
201 voters prefer Phil Stacey over Blake Lewis
X = Blake Lewis
Y = Chris Richardson		 544
544 voters prefer Blake Lewis over Chris Richardson		 44
44 voters have an equal preference for Blake Lewis and Chris Richardson		 143
143 voters prefer Chris Richardson over Blake Lewis
X = Lakisha Jones
Y = Phil Stacey		 364
364 voters prefer Lakisha Jones over Phil Stacey		 29
29 voters have an equal preference for Lakisha Jones and Phil Stacey		 338
338 voters prefer Phil Stacey over Lakisha Jones
X = Lakisha Jones
Y = Chris Richardson		 415
415 voters prefer Lakisha Jones over Chris Richardson		 37
37 voters have an equal preference for Lakisha Jones and Chris Richardson		 279
279 voters prefer Chris Richardson over Lakisha Jones
X = Phil Stacey
Y = Chris Richardson		 388
388 voters prefer Phil Stacey over Chris Richardson		 46
46 voters have an equal preference for Phil Stacey over Chris Richardson		 297
297 voters prefer Chris Richardson over Phil Stacey
The highest score (which equals the sum of the bold underlined numbers, plus either tally number in any tied pair of choices) is: 7,433
Number of all possible valid sequences (without ties): 720
First sequence:
  1. Jordin Sparks
  2. Lakisha Jones
  3. Melinda Doolittle
  4. Blake Lewis
  5. Chris Richardson
  6. Phil Stacey
Last sequence:
  1. Phil Stacey
  2. Chris Richardson
  3. Blake Lewis
  4. Melinda Doolittle
  5. Lakisha Jones
  6. Jordin Sparks
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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 x1
  • 1&4,3,2,6,5 x1
  • 1&5,4,3,2&6 x1
  • 1,2&3&4&5&6 x7
  • 1,2,3,4,5,6 x3
  • 1,2,3,4,6,5 x2
  • 1,2,3,5,6,4 x1
  • 1,2,3,6,4,5 x5
  • 1,2,4,3,5,6 x2
  • 1,2,4,3,6,5 x1
  • 1,2,4,6,5,3 x1
  • 1,3&4,2&5,6 x1
  • 1,3&6,4,5,2 x1
  • 1,3,2&4&5&6 x1
  • 1,3,2&4,5,6 x1
  • 1,3,2,4,5,6 x7
  • 1,3,2,4,6,5 x12
  • 1,3,2,5,4,6 x1
  • 1,3,2,5,6,4 x1
  • 1,3,2,6,4,5 x15
  • 1,3,2,6,5,4 x4
  • 1,3,4,2&5&6 x1
  • 1,3,4,2&5,6 x1
  • 1,3,4,2,5,6 x15
  • 1,3,4,2,6,5 x25
  • 1,3,4,5,2,6 x7
  • 1,3,4,5,6,2 x3
  • 1,3,4,6,2,5 x16
  • 1,3,4,6,5,2 x10
  • 1,3,5,2,4,6 x2
  • 1,3,5,2,6,4 x1
  • 1,3,5,4,2,6 x1
  • 1,3,5,4,6,2 x2
  • 1,3,5,6,2,4 x2
  • 1,3,6,2&4&5 x1
  • 1,3,6,2,4,5 x7
  • 1,3,6,2,5,4 x3
  • 1,3,6,4,2,5 x7
  • 1,3,6,4,5,2 x4
  • 1,3,6,5,2,4 x2
  • 1,3,6,5,4,2 x5
  • 1,4,2,3,5,6 x1
  • 1,4,2,5,6,3 x3
  • 1,4,2,6,5,3 x2
  • 1,4,3,2&5,6 x1
  • 1,4,3,2,5,6 x7
  • 1,4,3,2,6,5 x6
  • 1,4,3,5,2,6 x9
  • 1,4,3,5,6,2 x5
  • 1,4,3,6,2,5 x4
  • [Remaining ballots not listed]

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