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Poll title:

     American Idol, Season 9, Top 11    

Question (number 1) title:

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

The most preferred and most representative choice is:

    Siobhan Magnus

Overall popularity ranking:

     
Popularity Choice VoteFair
ranking
score
Traditional
vote count

(for comparison)
First-most popular Siobhan Magnus  Ranking score is 73 for Siobhan Magnus 191 voters marked Siobhan Magnus as their first choice
Second-most popular Crystal Bowersox  Ranking score is 66 for Crystal Bowersox 228 voters marked Crystal Bowersox as their first choice
Third-most popular Lee DeWyze  Ranking score is 58 for Lee DeWyze 57 voters marked Lee DeWyze as their first choice
Fourth-most popular Casey James  Ranking score is 46 for Casey James 39 voters marked Casey James as their first choice
Fifth-most popular Aaron Kelly  Ranking score is 37 for Aaron Kelly 38 voters marked Aaron Kelly as their first choice
Sixth-most popular Michael Lynche  Ranking score is 32 for Michael Lynche 22 voters marked Michael Lynche as their first choice
Seventh-most popular Didi Benami  Ranking score is 27 for Didi Benami 37 voters marked Didi Benami as their first choice
Eighth-most popular Katie Stevens  Ranking score is 19 for Katie Stevens 34 voters marked Katie Stevens as their first choice
Ninth-most popular Tim Urban  Ranking score is 10 for Tim Urban 36 voters marked Tim Urban as their first choice
Tenth-most popular Andrew Garcia  Ranking score is 5 for Andrew Garcia 7 voters marked Andrew Garcia as their first choice
11th-most popular Paige Miles  Ranking score is 0 for Paige Miles 44 voters marked Paige Miles as their first choice

VoteFair representation Ranking

  

First-most representative choice is:

Siobhan Magnus

Second-most representative choice is:

Crystal Bowersox

Third-most representative choice is:

Lee DeWyze

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 Siobhan Magnus
Instant runoff Siobhan Magnus
(22 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 : Andrew Garcia)
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 Crystal Bowersox

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

Details of plurality results

  
Choice Vote count Percentage
Crystal Bowersox 228 31 228 voters marked Crystal Bowersox as their first choice
Siobhan Magnus 191 26 191 voters marked Siobhan Magnus as their first choice
Lee DeWyze 57 8 57 voters marked Lee DeWyze as their first choice
Paige Miles 44 6 44 voters marked Paige Miles as their first choice
Casey James 39 5 39 voters marked Casey James as their first choice
Aaron Kelly 38 5 38 voters marked Aaron Kelly as their first choice
Didi Benami 37 5 37 voters marked Didi Benami as their first choice
Tim Urban 36 5 36 voters marked Tim Urban as their first choice
Katie Stevens 34 5 34 voters marked Katie Stevens as their first choice
Michael Lynche 22 3 22 voters marked Michael Lynche as their first choice
Andrew Garcia 7 1 7 voters marked Andrew Garcia 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: 744
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 = Siobhan Magnus
Y = Crystal Bowersox
377
377 voters prefer Siobhan Magnus over Crystal Bowersox
19
19 voters have an equal preference for Siobhan Magnus over Crystal Bowersox
348
348 voters prefer Crystal Bowersox over Siobhan Magnus
X = Siobhan Magnus
Y = Lee DeWyze
449
449 voters prefer Siobhan Magnus over Lee DeWyze
29
29 voters have an equal preference for Siobhan Magnus and Lee DeWyze
266
266 voters prefer Lee DeWyze over Siobhan Magnus
X = Siobhan Magnus
Y = Casey James
539
539 voters prefer Siobhan Magnus over Casey James
25
25 voters have an equal preference for Siobhan Magnus and Casey James
180
180 voters prefer Casey James over Siobhan Magnus
X = Siobhan Magnus
Y = Aaron Kelly
525
525 voters prefer Siobhan Magnus over Aaron Kelly
27
27 voters have an equal preference for Siobhan Magnus and Aaron Kelly
192
192 voters prefer Aaron Kelly over Siobhan Magnus
X = Siobhan Magnus
Y = Michael Lynche
572
572 voters prefer Siobhan Magnus over Michael Lynche
28
28 voters have an equal preference for Siobhan Magnus and Michael Lynche
144
144 voters prefer Michael Lynche over Siobhan Magnus
X = Siobhan Magnus
Y = Didi Benami
554
554 voters prefer Siobhan Magnus over Didi Benami
24
24 voters have an equal preference for Siobhan Magnus over Didi Benami
166
166 voters prefer Didi Benami over Siobhan Magnus
X = Siobhan Magnus
Y = Katie Stevens
586
586 voters prefer Siobhan Magnus over Katie Stevens
25
25 voters have an equal preference for Siobhan Magnus and Katie Stevens
133
133 voters prefer Katie Stevens over Siobhan Magnus
X = Siobhan Magnus
Y = Tim Urban
577
577 voters prefer Siobhan Magnus over Tim Urban
26
26 voters have an equal preference for Siobhan Magnus and Tim Urban
141
141 voters prefer Tim Urban over Siobhan Magnus
X = Siobhan Magnus
Y = Andrew Garcia
642
642 voters prefer Siobhan Magnus over Andrew Garcia
28
28 voters have an equal preference for Siobhan Magnus and Andrew Garcia
74
74 voters prefer Andrew Garcia over Siobhan Magnus
X = Siobhan Magnus
Y = Paige Miles
575
575 voters prefer Siobhan Magnus over Paige Miles
30
30 voters have an equal preference for Siobhan Magnus and Paige Miles
139
139 voters prefer Paige Miles over Siobhan Magnus
X = Crystal Bowersox
Y = Lee DeWyze
462
462 voters prefer Crystal Bowersox over Lee DeWyze
25
25 voters have an equal preference for Crystal Bowersox and Lee DeWyze
257
257 voters prefer Lee DeWyze over Crystal Bowersox
X = Crystal Bowersox
Y = Casey James
513
513 voters prefer Crystal Bowersox over Casey James
26
26 voters have an equal preference for Crystal Bowersox and Casey James
205
205 voters prefer Casey James over Crystal Bowersox
X = Crystal Bowersox
Y = Aaron Kelly
526
526 voters prefer Crystal Bowersox over Aaron Kelly
23
23 voters have an equal preference for Crystal Bowersox and Aaron Kelly
195
195 voters prefer Aaron Kelly over Crystal Bowersox
X = Crystal Bowersox
Y = Michael Lynche
542
542 voters prefer Crystal Bowersox over Michael Lynche
28
28 voters have an equal preference for Crystal Bowersox and Michael Lynche
174
174 voters prefer Michael Lynche over Crystal Bowersox
X = Crystal Bowersox
Y = Didi Benami
548
548 voters prefer Crystal Bowersox over Didi Benami
25
25 voters have an equal preference for Crystal Bowersox over Didi Benami
171
171 voters prefer Didi Benami over Crystal Bowersox
X = Crystal Bowersox
Y = Katie Stevens
563
563 voters prefer Crystal Bowersox over Katie Stevens
24
24 voters have an equal preference for Crystal Bowersox and Katie Stevens
157
157 voters prefer Katie Stevens over Crystal Bowersox
X = Crystal Bowersox
Y = Tim Urban
567
567 voters prefer Crystal Bowersox over Tim Urban
20
20 voters have an equal preference for Crystal Bowersox and Tim Urban
157
157 voters prefer Tim Urban over Crystal Bowersox
X = Crystal Bowersox
Y = Andrew Garcia
612
612 voters prefer Crystal Bowersox over Andrew Garcia
25
25 voters have an equal preference for Crystal Bowersox and Andrew Garcia
107
107 voters prefer Andrew Garcia over Crystal Bowersox
X = Crystal Bowersox
Y = Paige Miles
574
574 voters prefer Crystal Bowersox over Paige Miles
26
26 voters have an equal preference for Crystal Bowersox and Paige Miles
144
144 voters prefer Paige Miles over Crystal Bowersox
X = Lee DeWyze
Y = Casey James
455
455 voters prefer Lee DeWyze over Casey James
29
29 voters have an equal preference for Lee DeWyze and Casey James
260
260 voters prefer Casey James over Lee DeWyze
X = Lee DeWyze
Y = Aaron Kelly
506
506 voters prefer Lee DeWyze over Aaron Kelly
31
31 voters have an equal preference for Lee DeWyze and Aaron Kelly
207
207 voters prefer Aaron Kelly over Lee DeWyze
X = Lee DeWyze
Y = Michael Lynche
500
500 voters prefer Lee DeWyze over Michael Lynche
28
28 voters have an equal preference for Lee DeWyze and Michael Lynche
216
216 voters prefer Michael Lynche over Lee DeWyze
X = Lee DeWyze
Y = Didi Benami
484
484 voters prefer Lee DeWyze over Didi Benami
23
23 voters have an equal preference for Lee DeWyze over Didi Benami
237
237 voters prefer Didi Benami over Lee DeWyze
X = Lee DeWyze
Y = Katie Stevens
541
541 voters prefer Lee DeWyze over Katie Stevens
28
28 voters have an equal preference for Lee DeWyze over Katie Stevens
175
175 voters prefer Katie Stevens over Lee DeWyze
X = Lee DeWyze
Y = Tim Urban
588
588 voters prefer Lee DeWyze over Tim Urban
36
36 voters have an equal preference for Lee DeWyze and Tim Urban
120
120 voters prefer Tim Urban over Lee DeWyze
X = Lee DeWyze
Y = Andrew Garcia
641
641 voters prefer Lee DeWyze over Andrew Garcia
30
30 voters have an equal preference for Lee DeWyze and Andrew Garcia
73
73 voters prefer Andrew Garcia over Lee DeWyze
X = Lee DeWyze
Y = Paige Miles
576
576 voters prefer Lee DeWyze over Paige Miles
35
35 voters have an equal preference for Lee DeWyze over Paige Miles
133
133 voters prefer Paige Miles over Lee DeWyze
X = Casey James
Y = Aaron Kelly
422
422 voters prefer Casey James over Aaron Kelly
38
38 voters have an equal preference for Casey James and Aaron Kelly
284
284 voters prefer Aaron Kelly over Casey James
X = Casey James
Y = Michael Lynche
397
397 voters prefer Casey James over Michael Lynche
49
49 voters have an equal preference for Casey James and Michael Lynche
298
298 voters prefer Michael Lynche over Casey James
X = Casey James
Y = Didi Benami
417
417 voters prefer Casey James over Didi Benami
36
36 voters have an equal preference for Casey James over Didi Benami
291
291 voters prefer Didi Benami over Casey James
X = Casey James
Y = Katie Stevens
487
487 voters prefer Casey James over Katie Stevens
37
37 voters have an equal preference for Casey James over Katie Stevens
220
220 voters prefer Katie Stevens over Casey James
X = Casey James
Y = Tim Urban
545
545 voters prefer Casey James over Tim Urban
36
36 voters have an equal preference for Casey James and Tim Urban
163
163 voters prefer Tim Urban over Casey James
X = Casey James
Y = Andrew Garcia
583
583 voters prefer Casey James over Andrew Garcia
42
42 voters have an equal preference for Casey James over Andrew Garcia
119
119 voters prefer Andrew Garcia over Casey James
X = Casey James
Y = Paige Miles
535
535 voters prefer Casey James over Paige Miles
38
38 voters have an equal preference for Casey James over Paige Miles
171
171 voters prefer Paige Miles over Casey James
X = Aaron Kelly
Y = Michael Lynche
372
372 voters prefer Aaron Kelly over Michael Lynche
40
40 voters have an equal preference for Aaron Kelly and Michael Lynche
332
332 voters prefer Michael Lynche over Aaron Kelly
X = Aaron Kelly
Y = Didi Benami
349
349 voters prefer Aaron Kelly over Didi Benami
36
36 voters have an equal preference for Aaron Kelly over Didi Benami
359
359 voters prefer Didi Benami over Aaron Kelly
X = Aaron Kelly
Y = Katie Stevens
436
436 voters prefer Aaron Kelly over Katie Stevens
39
39 voters have an equal preference for Aaron Kelly over Katie Stevens
269
269 voters prefer Katie Stevens over Aaron Kelly
X = Aaron Kelly
Y = Tim Urban
518
518 voters prefer Aaron Kelly over Tim Urban
41
41 voters have an equal preference for Aaron Kelly and Tim Urban
185
185 voters prefer Tim Urban over Aaron Kelly
X = Aaron Kelly
Y = Andrew Garcia
533
533 voters prefer Aaron Kelly over Andrew Garcia
40
40 voters have an equal preference for Aaron Kelly over Andrew Garcia
171
171 voters prefer Andrew Garcia over Aaron Kelly
X = Aaron Kelly
Y = Paige Miles
509
509 voters prefer Aaron Kelly over Paige Miles
43
43 voters have an equal preference for Aaron Kelly over Paige Miles
192
192 voters prefer Paige Miles over Aaron Kelly
X = Michael Lynche
Y = Didi Benami
377
377 voters prefer Michael Lynche over Didi Benami
38
38 voters have an equal preference for Michael Lynche over Didi Benami
329
329 voters prefer Didi Benami over Michael Lynche
X = Michael Lynche
Y = Katie Stevens
448
448 voters prefer Michael Lynche over Katie Stevens
43
43 voters have an equal preference for Michael Lynche over Katie Stevens
253
253 voters prefer Katie Stevens over Michael Lynche
X = Michael Lynche
Y = Tim Urban
493
493 voters prefer Michael Lynche over Tim Urban
40
40 voters have an equal preference for Michael Lynche and Tim Urban
211
211 voters prefer Tim Urban over Michael Lynche
X = Michael Lynche
Y = Andrew Garcia
568
568 voters prefer Michael Lynche over Andrew Garcia
52
52 voters have an equal preference for Michael Lynche over Andrew Garcia
124
124 voters prefer Andrew Garcia over Michael Lynche
X = Michael Lynche
Y = Paige Miles
507
507 voters prefer Michael Lynche over Paige Miles
45
45 voters have an equal preference for Michael Lynche over Paige Miles
192
192 voters prefer Paige Miles over Michael Lynche
X = Didi Benami
Y = Katie Stevens
427
427 voters prefer Didi Benami over Katie Stevens
41
41 voters have an equal preference for Didi Benami and Katie Stevens
276
276 voters prefer Katie Stevens over Didi Benami
X = Didi Benami
Y = Tim Urban
505
505 voters prefer Didi Benami over Tim Urban
37
37 voters have an equal preference for Didi Benami and Tim Urban
202
202 voters prefer Tim Urban over Didi Benami
X = Didi Benami
Y = Andrew Garcia
527
527 voters prefer Didi Benami over Andrew Garcia
44
44 voters have an equal preference for Didi Benami and Andrew Garcia
173
173 voters prefer Andrew Garcia over Didi Benami
X = Didi Benami
Y = Paige Miles
537
537 voters prefer Didi Benami over Paige Miles
39
39 voters have an equal preference for Didi Benami and Paige Miles
168
168 voters prefer Paige Miles over Didi Benami
X = Katie Stevens
Y = Tim Urban
448
448 voters prefer Katie Stevens over Tim Urban
40
40 voters have an equal preference for Katie Stevens and Tim Urban
256
256 voters prefer Tim Urban over Katie Stevens
X = Katie Stevens
Y = Andrew Garcia
477
477 voters prefer Katie Stevens over Andrew Garcia
47
47 voters have an equal preference for Katie Stevens and Andrew Garcia
220
220 voters prefer Andrew Garcia over Katie Stevens
X = Katie Stevens
Y = Paige Miles
485
485 voters prefer Katie Stevens over Paige Miles
44
44 voters have an equal preference for Katie Stevens over Paige Miles
215
215 voters prefer Paige Miles over Katie Stevens
X = Tim Urban
Y = Andrew Garcia
352
352 voters prefer Tim Urban over Andrew Garcia
48
48 voters have an equal preference for Tim Urban over Andrew Garcia
344
344 voters prefer Andrew Garcia over Tim Urban
X = Tim Urban
Y = Paige Miles
404
404 voters prefer Tim Urban over Paige Miles
48
48 voters have an equal preference for Tim Urban over Paige Miles
292
292 voters prefer Paige Miles over Tim Urban
X = Andrew Garcia
Y = Paige Miles
399
399 voters prefer Andrew Garcia over Paige Miles
48
48 voters have an equal preference for Andrew Garcia over Paige Miles
297
297 voters prefer Paige Miles over Andrew Garcia
The highest score (which equals the sum of the bold underlined numbers, plus either tally number in any tied pair of choices) is: 27,651
Number of all possible valid sequences (without ties): 39,916,800
First sequence:
  1. Didi Benami
  2. Crystal Bowersox
  3. Siobhan Magnus
  4. Paige Miles
  5. Katie Stevens
  6. Lee DeWyze
  7. Andrew Garcia
  8. Casey James
  9. Aaron Kelly
  10. Michael Lynche
  11. Tim Urban
Last sequence:
  1. Tim Urban
  2. Michael Lynche
  3. Aaron Kelly
  4. Casey James
  5. Andrew Garcia
  6. Lee DeWyze
  7. Katie Stevens
  8. Paige Miles
  9. Siobhan Magnus
  10. Crystal Bowersox
  11. Didi Benami
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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 x3
  • 1&2&3&4&5&9&10,7,6,11,8 x1
  • 1&2&3,8,10,4&5&6&7&9&11 x1
  • 1,11,10,9,7,5,4,8,6,2,3 x1
  • 1,2&3&4&5&6&7&8&9&10&11 x4
  • 1,2,3,10,11,6,9,8,7,5,4 x1
  • 1,2,3,5,6,4,9,11,10,8,7 x1
  • 1,2,3,6,10,5,8,9,7,4,11 x1
  • 1,2,3,6,7,10,9,8,4,5,11 x1
  • 1,2,3,6,7,8,5,9,10,4,11 x1
  • 1,2,3,6,8,9,10,11,7,5,4 x1
  • 1,2,3,6,8,9,10,5,7,4,11 x1
  • 1,2,3,9,10,8,11,7,6,5,4 x1
  • 1,2,3,9,10,8,5,6,7,4,11 x1
  • 1,2,3,9,8,6,10,5,4,7,11 x1
  • 1,2,5,6,9,8,10,4,11,3,7 x1
  • 1,2,6,3,8,5,10,9,4,7,11 x1
  • 1,3,2,6,7,4,10,9,8,11,5 x1
  • 1,3,2,6,8,10,9,4,5,11,7 x1
  • 1,3,2,6,9,10,7,11,4,5,8 x1
  • 1,3,6,2,9,10,8,11,5,4,7 x1
  • 1,3,6,7,8,9,10,11,2,4,5 x1
  • 1,3,6,8,2,11,9,7,10,4,5 x1
  • 1,3,6,9,5,8,4,11,2,10,7 x1
  • 1,3,8,2,10,5,6,9,7,4,11 x1
  • 1,4,3,10,7,8,11,5,2,6,9 x1
  • 1,5,11,8,4,3,6,10,2,9,7 x1
  • 1,5,4,3,10,6,11,8,2,9,7 x1
  • 1,6,2,7,8,10,11,3,5,4,9 x1
  • 1,6,2,8,7,10,11,3,5,4,9 x1
  • 1,6,4,3,8,10,7,9,2,5,11 x1
  • 1,6,8,9,2&4&5,3&7&10,11 x1
  • 1,6,8,9,3,2,5,7,4,11,10 x1
  • 1,8,3,5,10,2,9,6,11,7,4 x1
  • 1,8,9,10,5,6,7,2,3,4,11 x1
  • 1,9,2,6,3,8,7,5,4,11,10 x1
  • 1,9,8,3,2,7,11,10,5,6,4 x1
  • 10,1&2&3&4&5&6&7&8&9&11 x1
  • 10,1,2,8,9,6,3,7,11,5,4 x1
  • 10,1,8,6,5,2,3,7,9,11,4 x1
  • 10,2,3,1,5,7,8,6,4,9,11 x1
  • 10,2,3,7,1,8,5,6,9,4,11 x1
  • 10,2,5,8,1,3,6,11,9,4,7 x1
  • 10,2,5,9,11,8,6,3,1,7,4 x1
  • 10,2,8,1,5,6,7,11,9,3,4 x1
  • 10,2,8,6,1,3,5&7,9,11,4 x1
  • 10,3,9,2,8,5,6,1&4&7&11 x1
  • 10,6,1,8,9,7,2,11,5,3,4 x1
  • 10,6,8,3,5,2,11,1,4,9,7 x1
  • 10,6,9,2,7,8,1,3,11,4,5 x1
  • [Remaining ballots not listed]

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