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Poll title:

     American Idol, Season 10, Top 13    

Question (number 1) title:

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

The most preferred and most representative choice is:

    Pia Toscano

Overall popularity ranking:

     
Popularity Choice VoteFair
ranking
score		 Traditional
vote count
(for comparison)
First-most popular Pia Toscano Ranking score is 75 for Pia Toscano 434 voters marked Pia Toscano as their first choice
Second-most popular Lauren Alaina Ranking score is 55 for Lauren Alaina 155 voters marked Lauren Alaina as their first choice
Third-most popular Thia Megia Ranking score is 44 for Thia Megia 153 voters marked Thia Megia as their first choice
Fourth-most popular Haley Reinhart Ranking score is 31 for Haley Reinhart 76 voters marked Haley Reinhart as their first choice
Fifth-most popular Naima Adedapo Ranking score is 19 for Naima Adedapo 82 voters marked Naima Adedapo as their first choice
Sixth-most popular Karen Rodriguez Ranking score is 10 for Karen Rodriguez 11 voters marked Karen Rodriguez as their first choice
Seventh-most popular Ashthon Jones Ranking score is 0 for Ashthon Jones 13 voters marked Ashthon Jones as their first choice

VoteFair representation Ranking

  

First-most representative choice is:

Pia Toscano

Second-most representative choice is:

Thia Megia

Third-most representative choice is:

Lauren Alaina

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 Pia Toscano
Instant runoff Pia Toscano
(4 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 : Karen Rodriguez)
Majority None of the choices has won a majority (more than half) the votes.

(39 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Plurality Pia Toscano

(39 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Condorcet Pia Toscano
Borda count Pia Toscano
(143 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice at the same preference level.)

Details of plurality results

  
Choice Vote count Percentage
Pia Toscano 434 47 434 voters marked Pia Toscano as their first choice
Lauren Alaina 155 17 155 voters marked Lauren Alaina as their first choice
Thia Megia 153 17 153 voters marked Thia Megia as their first choice
Naima Adedapo 82 9 82 voters marked Naima Adedapo as their first choice
Haley Reinhart 76 8 76 voters marked Haley Reinhart as their first choice
Ashthon Jones 13 1 13 voters marked Ashthon Jones as their first choice
Karen Rodriguez 11 1 11 voters marked Karen Rodriguez as their first choice
(39 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: 963
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 = Pia Toscano
Y = Lauren Alaina		 640
640 voters prefer Pia Toscano over Lauren Alaina		 60
60 voters have an equal preference for Pia Toscano over Lauren Alaina		 263
263 voters prefer Lauren Alaina over Pia Toscano
X = Pia Toscano
Y = Thia Megia		 649
649 voters prefer Pia Toscano over Thia Megia		 51
51 voters have an equal preference for Pia Toscano and Thia Megia		 263
263 voters prefer Thia Megia over Pia Toscano
X = Pia Toscano
Y = Haley Reinhart		 704
704 voters prefer Pia Toscano over Haley Reinhart		 61
61 voters have an equal preference for Pia Toscano over Haley Reinhart		 198
198 voters prefer Haley Reinhart over Pia Toscano
X = Pia Toscano
Y = Naima Adedapo		 728
728 voters prefer Pia Toscano over Naima Adedapo		 59
59 voters have an equal preference for Pia Toscano over Naima Adedapo		 176
176 voters prefer Naima Adedapo over Pia Toscano
X = Pia Toscano
Y = Karen Rodriguez		 804
804 voters prefer Pia Toscano over Karen Rodriguez		 68
68 voters have an equal preference for Pia Toscano over Karen Rodriguez		 91
91 voters prefer Karen Rodriguez over Pia Toscano
X = Pia Toscano
Y = Ashthon Jones		 812
812 voters prefer Pia Toscano over Ashthon Jones		 62
62 voters have an equal preference for Pia Toscano over Ashthon Jones		 89
89 voters prefer Ashthon Jones over Pia Toscano
X = Lauren Alaina
Y = Thia Megia		 476
476 voters prefer Lauren Alaina over Thia Megia		 57
57 voters have an equal preference for Lauren Alaina and Thia Megia		 430
430 voters prefer Thia Megia over Lauren Alaina
X = Lauren Alaina
Y = Haley Reinhart		 590
590 voters prefer Lauren Alaina over Haley Reinhart		 74
74 voters have an equal preference for Lauren Alaina over Haley Reinhart		 299
299 voters prefer Haley Reinhart over Lauren Alaina
X = Lauren Alaina
Y = Naima Adedapo		 623
623 voters prefer Lauren Alaina over Naima Adedapo		 62
62 voters have an equal preference for Lauren Alaina and Naima Adedapo		 278
278 voters prefer Naima Adedapo over Lauren Alaina
X = Lauren Alaina
Y = Karen Rodriguez		 712
712 voters prefer Lauren Alaina over Karen Rodriguez		 72
72 voters have an equal preference for Lauren Alaina over Karen Rodriguez		 179
179 voters prefer Karen Rodriguez over Lauren Alaina
X = Lauren Alaina
Y = Ashthon Jones		 753
753 voters prefer Lauren Alaina over Ashthon Jones		 70
70 voters have an equal preference for Lauren Alaina over Ashthon Jones		 140
140 voters prefer Ashthon Jones over Lauren Alaina
X = Thia Megia
Y = Haley Reinhart		 531
531 voters prefer Thia Megia over Haley Reinhart		 60
60 voters have an equal preference for Thia Megia over Haley Reinhart		 372
372 voters prefer Haley Reinhart over Thia Megia
X = Thia Megia
Y = Naima Adedapo		 603
603 voters prefer Thia Megia over Naima Adedapo		 61
61 voters have an equal preference for Thia Megia over Naima Adedapo		 299
299 voters prefer Naima Adedapo over Thia Megia
X = Thia Megia
Y = Karen Rodriguez		 673
673 voters prefer Thia Megia over Karen Rodriguez		 73
73 voters have an equal preference for Thia Megia over Karen Rodriguez		 217
217 voters prefer Karen Rodriguez over Thia Megia
X = Thia Megia
Y = Ashthon Jones		 728
728 voters prefer Thia Megia over Ashthon Jones		 71
71 voters have an equal preference for Thia Megia over Ashthon Jones		 164
164 voters prefer Ashthon Jones over Thia Megia
X = Haley Reinhart
Y = Naima Adedapo		 515
515 voters prefer Haley Reinhart over Naima Adedapo		 78
78 voters have an equal preference for Haley Reinhart and Naima Adedapo		 370
370 voters prefer Naima Adedapo over Haley Reinhart
X = Haley Reinhart
Y = Karen Rodriguez		 573
573 voters prefer Haley Reinhart over Karen Rodriguez		 82
82 voters have an equal preference for Haley Reinhart and Karen Rodriguez		 308
308 voters prefer Karen Rodriguez over Haley Reinhart
X = Haley Reinhart
Y = Ashthon Jones		 681
681 voters prefer Haley Reinhart over Ashthon Jones		 88
88 voters have an equal preference for Haley Reinhart over Ashthon Jones		 194
194 voters prefer Ashthon Jones over Haley Reinhart
X = Naima Adedapo
Y = Karen Rodriguez		 494
494 voters prefer Naima Adedapo over Karen Rodriguez		 90
90 voters have an equal preference for Naima Adedapo over Karen Rodriguez		 379
379 voters prefer Karen Rodriguez over Naima Adedapo
X = Naima Adedapo
Y = Ashthon Jones		 592
592 voters prefer Naima Adedapo over Ashthon Jones		 96
96 voters have an equal preference for Naima Adedapo over Ashthon Jones		 275
275 voters prefer Ashthon Jones over Naima Adedapo
X = Karen Rodriguez
Y = Ashthon Jones		 566
566 voters prefer Karen Rodriguez over Ashthon Jones		 101
101 voters have an equal preference for Karen Rodriguez over Ashthon Jones		 296
296 voters prefer Ashthon Jones over Karen Rodriguez
The highest score (which equals the sum of the bold underlined numbers, plus either tally number in any tied pair of choices) is: 13,447
Number of all possible valid sequences (without ties): 5,040
First sequence:
  1. Ashthon Jones
  2. Haley Reinhart
  3. Karen Rodriguez
  4. Lauren Alaina
  5. Naima Adedapo
  6. Pia Toscano
  7. Thia Megia
Last sequence:
  1. Thia Megia
  2. Pia Toscano
  3. Naima Adedapo
  4. Lauren Alaina
  5. Karen Rodriguez
  6. Haley Reinhart
  7. Ashthon Jones
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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 x30
  • 1&2,3&4&5&6&7 x1
  • 1&2,4,7,3&6,5 x1
  • 1&7,2&3&4&5&6 x1
  • 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 x1
  • 1,2,3,5,7,6,4 x1
  • 1,2,6,4,7,3&5 x1
  • 1,3,5,2&4&6&7 x1
  • 1,4,5,2&3&6&7 x1
  • 1,5,3,6,7,2,4 x1
  • 1,5,3,7,6,4,2 x1
  • 1,5,7,3,2,6,4 x1
  • 1,5,7,6,4,3,2 x1
  • 1,6,5,2&3&4&7 x1
  • 1,6,5,3,7,2,4 x1
  • 1,6,5,7,3,4,2 x1
  • 1,7,5,2,6,3,4 x1
  • 2&4&6,1&3&5&7 x1
  • 2&4&7,1&3&5&6 x1
  • 2&4,1&3&5&6&7 x1
  • 2,1&3&4&5&6&7 x3
  • 2,1,7,6,3,4,5 x1
  • 2,3,1,4,7,6,5 x1
  • 2,3,4,7,6,5,1 x1
  • 2,3,6,7,1,5,4 x1
  • 2,4,1&3&5&6&7 x1
  • 2,4,5,3,6,7,1 x1
  • 2,4,5,6,3,1,7 x1
  • 2,4,5,6,3,7,1 x1
  • 2,4,6,3,5,1,7 x1
  • 2,4,6,5,3,1,7 x1
  • 2,4,6,5,7,3,1 x1
  • 2,4,6,7,1,3,5 x1
  • 2,4,6,7,3,1,5 x1
  • 2,4,6,7,3,5,1 x1
  • 2,4,6,7,5,3,1 x1
  • 2,4,7,3,5,6,1 x1
  • 2,4,7,5,6,3,1 x1
  • 2,4,7,6,1&3,5 x1
  • 2,4,7,6,1,3,5 x1
  • 2,5,4,7,6,3,1 x1
  • 2,5,6,7,3,4,1 x1
  • 2,5,6,7,4,3,1 x1
  • 2,5,7,1,4,3,6 x1
  • 2,5,7,4,6,3,1 x1
  • 2,6,1&3&4&5&7 x2
  • 2,6,1,3&5,4&7 x1
  • 2,6,3,4,1,7,5 x2
  • 2,6,3,5,7,4,1 x1
  • 2,6,3,7,4,1,5 x1
  • [Remaining ballots not listed]

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