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Poll title:

     American Idol, Season 13, Top 7    

Question (number 1) title:

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

The most preferred and most representative choice is:

    Jena Irene

Overall popularity ranking:

     
Popularity Choice VoteFair
ranking
score		 Traditional
vote count
(for comparison)
First-most popular Jena Irene Ranking score is 68 for Jena Irene 80 voters marked Jena Irene as their first choice
Second-most popular Caleb Johnson Ranking score is 57 for Caleb Johnson 47 voters marked Caleb Johnson as their first choice
Third-most popular Alex Preston Ranking score is 46 for Alex Preston 41 voters marked Alex Preston as their first choice
Fourth-most popular Jessica Meuse Ranking score is 32 for Jessica Meuse 24 voters marked Jessica Meuse as their first choice
Fifth-most popular Sam Woolf Ranking score is 20 for Sam Woolf 35 voters marked Sam Woolf as their first choice
Sixth-most popular Dexter Roberts Ranking score is 10 for Dexter Roberts 9 voters marked Dexter Roberts as their first choice
Seventh-most popular CJ Harris Ranking score is 0 for CJ Harris 9 voters marked CJ Harris as their first choice

VoteFair representation Ranking

  

First-most representative choice is:

Jena Irene

Second-most representative choice is:

Caleb Johnson

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 Jena Irene
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.
(The runoff steps did not involve a single choice being eliminated in the first round.)
Majority None of the choices has won a majority (more than half) the votes.

(11 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Plurality Jena Irene

(11 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Condorcet Jena Irene
Borda count Jena Irene
(24 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice at the same preference level.)

Details of plurality results

  
Choice Vote count Percentage
Jena Irene 80 33 80 voters marked Jena Irene as their first choice
Caleb Johnson 47 19 47 voters marked Caleb Johnson as their first choice
Alex Preston 41 17 41 voters marked Alex Preston as their first choice
Sam Woolf 35 14 35 voters marked Sam Woolf as their first choice
Jessica Meuse 24 10 24 voters marked Jessica Meuse as their first choice
Dexter Roberts 9 4 9 voters marked Dexter Roberts as their first choice
CJ Harris 9 4 9 voters marked CJ Harris as their first choice
(11 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: 256
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 = Jena Irene
Y = Caleb Johnson		 134
134 voters prefer Jena Irene over Caleb Johnson		 8
8 voters have an equal preference for Jena Irene over Caleb Johnson		 114
114 voters prefer Caleb Johnson over Jena Irene
X = Jena Irene
Y = Alex Preston		 156
156 voters prefer Jena Irene over Alex Preston		 12
12 voters have an equal preference for Jena Irene over Alex Preston		 88
88 voters prefer Alex Preston over Jena Irene
X = Jena Irene
Y = Jessica Meuse		 172
172 voters prefer Jena Irene over Jessica Meuse		 14
14 voters have an equal preference for Jena Irene and Jessica Meuse		 70
70 voters prefer Jessica Meuse over Jena Irene
X = Jena Irene
Y = Sam Woolf		 175
175 voters prefer Jena Irene over Sam Woolf		 13
13 voters have an equal preference for Jena Irene over Sam Woolf		 68
68 voters prefer Sam Woolf over Jena Irene
X = Jena Irene
Y = Dexter Roberts		 195
195 voters prefer Jena Irene over Dexter Roberts		 10
10 voters have an equal preference for Jena Irene over Dexter Roberts		 51
51 voters prefer Dexter Roberts over Jena Irene
X = Jena Irene
Y = CJ Harris		 210
210 voters prefer Jena Irene over CJ Harris		 8
8 voters have an equal preference for Jena Irene over CJ Harris		 38
38 voters prefer CJ Harris over Jena Irene
X = Caleb Johnson
Y = Alex Preston		 141
141 voters prefer Caleb Johnson over Alex Preston		 11
11 voters have an equal preference for Caleb Johnson over Alex Preston		 104
104 voters prefer Alex Preston over Caleb Johnson
X = Caleb Johnson
Y = Jessica Meuse		 162
162 voters prefer Caleb Johnson over Jessica Meuse		 10
10 voters have an equal preference for Caleb Johnson and Jessica Meuse		 84
84 voters prefer Jessica Meuse over Caleb Johnson
X = Caleb Johnson
Y = Sam Woolf		 173
173 voters prefer Caleb Johnson over Sam Woolf		 7
7 voters have an equal preference for Caleb Johnson and Sam Woolf		 76
76 voters prefer Sam Woolf over Caleb Johnson
X = Caleb Johnson
Y = Dexter Roberts		 198
198 voters prefer Caleb Johnson over Dexter Roberts		 10
10 voters have an equal preference for Caleb Johnson and Dexter Roberts		 48
48 voters prefer Dexter Roberts over Caleb Johnson
X = Caleb Johnson
Y = CJ Harris		 203
203 voters prefer Caleb Johnson over CJ Harris		 6
6 voters have an equal preference for Caleb Johnson and CJ Harris		 47
47 voters prefer CJ Harris over Caleb Johnson
X = Alex Preston
Y = Jessica Meuse		 152
152 voters prefer Alex Preston over Jessica Meuse		 11
11 voters have an equal preference for Alex Preston and Jessica Meuse		 93
93 voters prefer Jessica Meuse over Alex Preston
X = Alex Preston
Y = Sam Woolf		 163
163 voters prefer Alex Preston over Sam Woolf		 8
8 voters have an equal preference for Alex Preston and Sam Woolf		 85
85 voters prefer Sam Woolf over Alex Preston
X = Alex Preston
Y = Dexter Roberts		 191
191 voters prefer Alex Preston over Dexter Roberts		 9
9 voters have an equal preference for Alex Preston and Dexter Roberts		 56
56 voters prefer Dexter Roberts over Alex Preston
X = Alex Preston
Y = CJ Harris		 198
198 voters prefer Alex Preston over CJ Harris		 6
6 voters have an equal preference for Alex Preston and CJ Harris		 52
52 voters prefer CJ Harris over Alex Preston
X = Jessica Meuse
Y = Sam Woolf		 139
139 voters prefer Jessica Meuse over Sam Woolf		 15
15 voters have an equal preference for Jessica Meuse over Sam Woolf		 102
102 voters prefer Sam Woolf over Jessica Meuse
X = Jessica Meuse
Y = Dexter Roberts		 175
175 voters prefer Jessica Meuse over Dexter Roberts		 11
11 voters have an equal preference for Jessica Meuse over Dexter Roberts		 70
70 voters prefer Dexter Roberts over Jessica Meuse
X = Jessica Meuse
Y = CJ Harris		 177
177 voters prefer Jessica Meuse over CJ Harris		 9
9 voters have an equal preference for Jessica Meuse over CJ Harris		 70
70 voters prefer CJ Harris over Jessica Meuse
X = Sam Woolf
Y = Dexter Roberts		 150
150 voters prefer Sam Woolf over Dexter Roberts		 10
10 voters have an equal preference for Sam Woolf over Dexter Roberts		 96
96 voters prefer Dexter Roberts over Sam Woolf
X = Sam Woolf
Y = CJ Harris		 161
161 voters prefer Sam Woolf over CJ Harris		 10
10 voters have an equal preference for Sam Woolf over CJ Harris		 85
85 voters prefer CJ Harris over Sam Woolf
X = Dexter Roberts
Y = CJ Harris		 147
147 voters prefer Dexter Roberts over CJ Harris		 10
10 voters have an equal preference for Dexter Roberts over CJ Harris		 99
99 voters prefer CJ Harris over Dexter Roberts
The highest score (which equals the sum of the bold underlined numbers, plus either tally number in any tied pair of choices) is: 3,572
Number of all possible valid sequences (without ties): 5,040
First sequence:
  1. Alex Preston
  2. Caleb Johnson
  3. CJ Harris
  4. Dexter Roberts
  5. Sam Woolf
  6. Jena Irene
  7. Jessica Meuse
Last sequence:
  1. Jessica Meuse
  2. Jena Irene
  3. Sam Woolf
  4. Dexter Roberts
  5. CJ Harris
  6. Caleb Johnson
  7. 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 x3
  • 1&2&4&6,3&5&7 x1
  • 1&5&6,3,7,4,2 x1
  • 1&6&7,2&3&4&5 x1
  • 1,2,4,5,6,3,7 x1
  • 1,2,5,4,7,6,3 x2
  • 1,2,5,6,7,4,3 x2
  • 1,2,6,5,4,3,7 x1
  • 1,2,6,5,7,3,4 x4
  • 1,2,6,7,3,5,4 x2
  • 1,2,6,7,4,5,3 x1
  • 1,2,6,7,5,3,4 x1
  • 1,2,7,3,4,6,5 x1
  • 1,2,7,5,4,6,3 x1
  • 1,2,7,6,4,5,3 x2
  • 1,2,7,6,5,4,3 x1
  • 1,3,4,2,5,6,7 x1
  • 1,5,2,4,6,7,3 x1
  • 1,5,6,2,3,7,4 x1
  • 1,5,6,4,2,3,7 x1
  • 1,5,6,7,4,2,3 x1
  • 1,6,2,7,3,5,4 x1
  • 1,6,2,7,4,3,5 x1
  • 1,6,2,7,4,5,3 x1
  • 1,6,3,2,5,4,7 x1
  • 1,6,3,5,4,7,2 x1
  • 1,6,3,5,7,4,2 x1
  • 1,6,4,2,3&5&7 x1
  • 1,6,5,2,3,4,7 x1
  • 1,6,5,7,4,2,3 x1
  • 1,6,7,2,3,5,4 x1
  • 1,6,7,3,5,4,2 x1
  • 1,6,7,5,2,4,3 x1
  • 1,7,2,3,4,6,5 x1
  • 1,7,3,4,2,5,6 x1
  • 1,7,4,2,3,5,6 x1
  • 1,7,6,2,4,5,3 x1
  • 1,7,6,5,2,4,3 x1
  • 2&3&4&5&6&7,1 x1
  • 2&4&7,1&3&5&6 x1
  • 2,1,4,6,7,5,3 x1
  • 2,1,5,6&7,3,4 x1
  • 2,1,6,5,4,3,7 x1
  • 2,1,6,5,7,4,3 x1
  • 2,1,6,7,3,4,5 x1
  • 2,1,7,5,4,6,3 x1
  • 2,1,7,6,4,5,3 x1
  • 2,1,7,6,5,4,3 x1
  • 2,3,4,5,1&6&7 x1
  • 2,3,4,7,1,5,6 x1
  • [Remaining ballots not listed]

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