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Poll title:

     American Idol, Season 8, Top 5    

Question (number 1) title:

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

The most preferred and most representative choice is:

    Adam Lambert

Overall popularity ranking:

     
Popularity Choice VoteFair
ranking
score		 Traditional
vote count
(for comparison)
First-most popular Adam Lambert Ranking score is 69 for Adam Lambert 639 voters marked Adam Lambert as their first choice
Second-most popular Kris Allen Ranking score is 47 for Kris Allen 278 voters marked Kris Allen as their first choice
Third-most popular Allison Iraheta Ranking score is 34 for Allison Iraheta 175 voters marked Allison Iraheta as their first choice
Fourth-most popular Danny Gokey Ranking score is 17 for Danny Gokey 227 voters marked Danny Gokey as their first choice
Fifth-most popular Matt Giraud Ranking score is 0 for Matt Giraud 45 voters marked Matt Giraud as their first choice

VoteFair representation Ranking

  

First-most representative choice is:

Adam Lambert

Second-most representative choice is:

Kris Allen

Third-most representative choice is:

Allison Iraheta

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 Adam Lambert
Instant runoff Adam Lambert
(8 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 : Matt Giraud)
Majority None of the choices has won a majority (more than half) the votes.

(12 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Plurality Adam Lambert

(12 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Condorcet Adam Lambert
Borda count Adam Lambert
(64 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice at the same preference level.)

Details of plurality results

  
Choice Vote count Percentage
Adam Lambert 639 47 639 voters marked Adam Lambert as their first choice
Kris Allen 278 20 278 voters marked Kris Allen as their first choice
Danny Gokey 227 17 227 voters marked Danny Gokey as their first choice
Allison Iraheta 175 13 175 voters marked Allison Iraheta as their first choice
Matt Giraud 45 3 45 voters marked Matt Giraud as their first choice
(12 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: 1,376
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 = Adam Lambert
Y = Kris Allen		 859
859 voters prefer Adam Lambert over Kris Allen		 21
21 voters have an equal preference for Adam Lambert and Kris Allen		 496
496 voters prefer Kris Allen over Adam Lambert
X = Adam Lambert
Y = Allison Iraheta		 897
897 voters prefer Adam Lambert over Allison Iraheta		 15
15 voters have an equal preference for Adam Lambert and Allison Iraheta		 464
464 voters prefer Allison Iraheta over Adam Lambert
X = Adam Lambert
Y = Danny Gokey		 943
943 voters prefer Adam Lambert over Danny Gokey		 16
16 voters have an equal preference for Adam Lambert and Danny Gokey		 417
417 voters prefer Danny Gokey over Adam Lambert
X = Adam Lambert
Y = Matt Giraud		 1,082
1,082 voter prefer Adam Lambert over Matt Giraud		 19
19 voters have an equal preference for Adam Lambert and Matt Giraud		 275
275 voters prefer Matt Giraud over Adam Lambert
X = Kris Allen
Y = Allison Iraheta		 717
717 voters prefer Kris Allen over Allison Iraheta		 24
24 voters have an equal preference for Kris Allen over Allison Iraheta		 635
635 voters prefer Allison Iraheta over Kris Allen
X = Kris Allen
Y = Danny Gokey		 765
765 voters prefer Kris Allen over Danny Gokey		 27
27 voters have an equal preference for Kris Allen over Danny Gokey		 584
584 voters prefer Danny Gokey over Kris Allen
X = Kris Allen
Y = Matt Giraud		 1,125
1,125 voter prefer Kris Allen over Matt Giraud		 34
34 voters have an equal preference for Kris Allen and Matt Giraud		 217
217 voters prefer Matt Giraud over Kris Allen
X = Allison Iraheta
Y = Danny Gokey		 779
779 voters prefer Allison Iraheta over Danny Gokey		 26
26 voters have an equal preference for Allison Iraheta and Danny Gokey		 571
571 voters prefer Danny Gokey over Allison Iraheta
X = Allison Iraheta
Y = Matt Giraud		 1,068
1,068 voter prefer Allison Iraheta over Matt Giraud		 25
25 voters have an equal preference for Allison Iraheta and Matt Giraud		 283
283 voters prefer Matt Giraud over Allison Iraheta
X = Danny Gokey
Y = Matt Giraud		 935
935 voters prefer Danny Gokey over Matt Giraud		 32
32 voters have an equal preference for Danny Gokey and Matt Giraud		 409
409 voters prefer Matt Giraud over Danny Gokey
The highest score (which equals the sum of the bold underlined numbers, plus either tally number in any tied pair of choices) is: 9,170
Number of all possible valid sequences (without ties): 120
First sequence:
  1. Adam Lambert
  2. Allison Iraheta
  3. Danny Gokey
  4. Kris Allen
  5. Matt Giraud
Last sequence:
  1. Matt Giraud
  2. Kris Allen
  3. Danny Gokey
  4. Allison Iraheta
  5. Adam Lambert
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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 x4
  • 1&2&3,4,5 x1
  • 1&2,3&4&5 x1
  • 1&2,3,5,4 x1
  • 1&2,4,5,3 x1
  • 1&4,2,3,5 x1
  • 1,2&3&4&5 x12
  • 1,2&3&5,4 x1
  • 1,2&3,4,5 x1
  • 1,2&4,3,5 x1
  • 1,2,3&4,5 x1
  • 1,2,3,4&5 x1
  • 1,2,3,4,5 x79
  • 1,2,3,5,4 x11
  • 1,2,4&5,3 x1
  • 1,2,4,3,5 x81
  • 1,2,4,5,3 x61
  • 1,2,5,3,4 x4
  • 1,2,5,4,3 x13
  • 1,3,2&4&5 x1
  • 1,3,2,4,5 x54
  • 1,3,2,5,4 x16
  • 1,3,4,2,5 x55
  • 1,3,4,5,2 x14
  • 1,3,5,2,4 x6
  • 1,3,5,4,2 x2
  • 1,4,2&3&5 x1
  • 1,4,2&3,5 x3
  • 1,4,2,3&5 x1
  • 1,4,2,3,5 x55
  • 1,4,2,5,3 x53
  • 1,4,3,2,5 x47
  • 1,4,3,5,2 x14
  • 1,4,5,2&3 x1
  • 1,4,5,2,3 x11
  • 1,4,5,3,2 x8
  • 1,5,2,3,4 x5
  • 1,5,2,4,3 x7
  • 1,5,3,2,4 x5
  • 1,5,3,4,2 x9
  • 1,5,4,2,3 x2
  • 1,5,4,3,2 x2
  • 2&3,4,5,1 x1
  • 2&4,3,1&5 x1
  • 2,1&3&4&5 x8
  • 2,1,3,4,5 x22
  • 2,1,3,5,4 x14
  • 2,1,4,3,5 x22
  • 2,1,4,5,3 x16
  • 2,1,5,3,4 x1
  • [Remaining ballots not listed]

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