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Poll title:

     American Idol, Season 10, Top 11, Second Week    

Question (number 1) title:

     Who is your favorite, second-favorite, etc., 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 64 for Pia Toscano 213 voters marked Pia Toscano as their first choice
Second-most popular James Durbin Ranking score is 58 for James Durbin 185 voters marked James Durbin as their first choice
Third-most popular Scotty McCreery Ranking score is 52 for Scotty McCreery 248 voters marked Scotty McCreery as their first choice
Fourth-most popular Casey Abrams Ranking score is 42 for Casey Abrams 161 voters marked Casey Abrams as their first choice
Fifth-most popular Lauren Alaina Ranking score is 38 for Lauren Alaina 81 voters marked Lauren Alaina as their first choice
Sixth-most popular Haley Reinhart Ranking score is 29 for Haley Reinhart 108 voters marked Haley Reinhart as their first choice
Seventh-most popular Stefano Langone Ranking score is 21 for Stefano Langone 38 voters marked Stefano Langone as their first choice
Eighth-most popular
is a tie among these choices		 Jacob Lusk Ranking score is 11 for Jacob Lusk 57 voters marked Jacob Lusk as their first choice
Paul McDonald Ranking score is 11 for Paul McDonald 37 voters marked Paul McDonald as their first choice
Ninth-most popular Thia Megia Ranking score is 6 for Thia Megia 69 voters marked Thia Megia as their first choice
Tenth-most popular Naima Adedapo Ranking score is 0 for Naima Adedapo 24 voters marked Naima Adedapo as their first choice

VoteFair representation Ranking

  

First-most representative choice is:

Pia Toscano

Second-most representative choice is:

Scotty McCreery

Third-most representative choice is:

James Durbin

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
(67 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 : Naima Adedapo)
Majority None of the choices has won a majority (more than half) the votes.

(58 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Plurality Scotty McCreery

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

Details of plurality results

  
Choice Vote count Percentage
Scotty McCreery 248 20 248 voters marked Scotty McCreery as their first choice
Pia Toscano 213 17 213 voters marked Pia Toscano as their first choice
James Durbin 185 15 185 voters marked James Durbin as their first choice
Casey Abrams 161 13 161 voters marked Casey Abrams as their first choice
Haley Reinhart 108 9 108 voters marked Haley Reinhart as their first choice
Lauren Alaina 81 7 81 voters marked Lauren Alaina as their first choice
Thia Megia 69 6 69 voters marked Thia Megia as their first choice
Jacob Lusk 57 5 57 voters marked Jacob Lusk as their first choice
Stefano Langone 38 3 38 voters marked Stefano Langone as their first choice
Paul McDonald 37 3 37 voters marked Paul McDonald as their first choice
Naima Adedapo 24 2 24 voters marked Naima Adedapo as their first choice
(58 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: 1,279
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 = James Durbin		 611
611 voters prefer Pia Toscano over James Durbin		 92
92 voters have an equal preference for Pia Toscano over James Durbin		 576
576 voters prefer James Durbin over Pia Toscano
X = Pia Toscano
Y = Scotty McCreery		 649
649 voters prefer Pia Toscano over Scotty McCreery		 74
74 voters have an equal preference for Pia Toscano and Scotty McCreery		 556
556 voters prefer Scotty McCreery over Pia Toscano
X = Pia Toscano
Y = Casey Abrams		 704
704 voters prefer Pia Toscano over Casey Abrams		 88
88 voters have an equal preference for Pia Toscano over Casey Abrams		 487
487 voters prefer Casey Abrams over Pia Toscano
X = Pia Toscano
Y = Lauren Alaina		 734
734 voters prefer Pia Toscano over Lauren Alaina		 98
98 voters have an equal preference for Pia Toscano over Lauren Alaina		 447
447 voters prefer Lauren Alaina over Pia Toscano
X = Pia Toscano
Y = Haley Reinhart		 790
790 voters prefer Pia Toscano over Haley Reinhart		 93
93 voters have an equal preference for Pia Toscano over Haley Reinhart		 396
396 voters prefer Haley Reinhart over Pia Toscano
X = Pia Toscano
Y = Stefano Langone		 950
950 voters prefer Pia Toscano over Stefano Langone		 88
88 voters have an equal preference for Pia Toscano and Stefano Langone		 241
241 voters prefer Stefano Langone over Pia Toscano
X = Pia Toscano
Y = Jacob Lusk		 890
890 voters prefer Pia Toscano over Jacob Lusk		 92
92 voters have an equal preference for Pia Toscano over Jacob Lusk		 297
297 voters prefer Jacob Lusk over Pia Toscano
X = Pia Toscano
Y = Paul McDonald		 874
874 voters prefer Pia Toscano over Paul McDonald		 91
91 voters have an equal preference for Pia Toscano over Paul McDonald		 314
314 voters prefer Paul McDonald over Pia Toscano
X = Pia Toscano
Y = Thia Megia		 935
935 voters prefer Pia Toscano over Thia Megia		 90
90 voters have an equal preference for Pia Toscano and Thia Megia		 254
254 voters prefer Thia Megia over Pia Toscano
X = Pia Toscano
Y = Naima Adedapo		 996
996 voters prefer Pia Toscano over Naima Adedapo		 97
97 voters have an equal preference for Pia Toscano over Naima Adedapo		 186
186 voters prefer Naima Adedapo over Pia Toscano
X = James Durbin
Y = Scotty McCreery		 618
618 voters prefer James Durbin over Scotty McCreery		 88
88 voters have an equal preference for James Durbin and Scotty McCreery		 573
573 voters prefer Scotty McCreery over James Durbin
X = James Durbin
Y = Casey Abrams		 706
706 voters prefer James Durbin over Casey Abrams		 102
102 voters have an equal preference for James Durbin over Casey Abrams		 471
471 voters prefer Casey Abrams over James Durbin
X = James Durbin
Y = Lauren Alaina		 704
704 voters prefer James Durbin over Lauren Alaina		 100
100 voters have an equal preference for James Durbin and Lauren Alaina		 475
475 voters prefer Lauren Alaina over James Durbin
X = James Durbin
Y = Haley Reinhart		 779
779 voters prefer James Durbin over Haley Reinhart		 96
96 voters have an equal preference for James Durbin over Haley Reinhart		 404
404 voters prefer Haley Reinhart over James Durbin
X = James Durbin
Y = Stefano Langone		 893
893 voters prefer James Durbin over Stefano Langone		 99
99 voters have an equal preference for James Durbin and Stefano Langone		 287
287 voters prefer Stefano Langone over James Durbin
X = James Durbin
Y = Jacob Lusk		 890
890 voters prefer James Durbin over Jacob Lusk		 100
100 voters have an equal preference for James Durbin over Jacob Lusk		 289
289 voters prefer Jacob Lusk over James Durbin
X = James Durbin
Y = Paul McDonald		 903
903 voters prefer James Durbin over Paul McDonald		 110
110 voters have an equal preference for James Durbin and Paul McDonald		 266
266 voters prefer Paul McDonald over James Durbin
X = James Durbin
Y = Thia Megia		 902
902 voters prefer James Durbin over Thia Megia		 84
84 voters have an equal preference for James Durbin and Thia Megia		 293
293 voters prefer Thia Megia over James Durbin
X = James Durbin
Y = Naima Adedapo		 1,001
1,001 voter prefer James Durbin over Naima Adedapo		 107
107 voters have an equal preference for James Durbin and Naima Adedapo		 171
171 voters prefer Naima Adedapo over James Durbin
X = Scotty McCreery
Y = Casey Abrams		 681
681 voters prefer Scotty McCreery over Casey Abrams		 80
80 voters have an equal preference for Scotty McCreery over Casey Abrams		 518
518 voters prefer Casey Abrams over Scotty McCreery
X = Scotty McCreery
Y = Lauren Alaina		 691
691 voters prefer Scotty McCreery over Lauren Alaina		 84
84 voters have an equal preference for Scotty McCreery over Lauren Alaina		 504
504 voters prefer Lauren Alaina over Scotty McCreery
X = Scotty McCreery
Y = Haley Reinhart		 749
749 voters prefer Scotty McCreery over Haley Reinhart		 85
85 voters have an equal preference for Scotty McCreery over Haley Reinhart		 445
445 voters prefer Haley Reinhart over Scotty McCreery
X = Scotty McCreery
Y = Stefano Langone		 905
905 voters prefer Scotty McCreery over Stefano Langone		 79
79 voters have an equal preference for Scotty McCreery and Stefano Langone		 295
295 voters prefer Stefano Langone over Scotty McCreery
X = Scotty McCreery
Y = Jacob Lusk		 868
868 voters prefer Scotty McCreery over Jacob Lusk		 76
76 voters have an equal preference for Scotty McCreery over Jacob Lusk		 335
335 voters prefer Jacob Lusk over Scotty McCreery
X = Scotty McCreery
Y = Paul McDonald		 879
879 voters prefer Scotty McCreery over Paul McDonald		 85
85 voters have an equal preference for Scotty McCreery over Paul McDonald		 315
315 voters prefer Paul McDonald over Scotty McCreery
X = Scotty McCreery
Y = Thia Megia		 911
911 voters prefer Scotty McCreery over Thia Megia		 68
68 voters have an equal preference for Scotty McCreery and Thia Megia		 300
300 voters prefer Thia Megia over Scotty McCreery
X = Scotty McCreery
Y = Naima Adedapo		 991
991 voters prefer Scotty McCreery over Naima Adedapo		 82
82 voters have an equal preference for Scotty McCreery over Naima Adedapo		 206
206 voters prefer Naima Adedapo over Scotty McCreery
X = Casey Abrams
Y = Lauren Alaina		 594
594 voters prefer Casey Abrams over Lauren Alaina		 95
95 voters have an equal preference for Casey Abrams and Lauren Alaina		 590
590 voters prefer Lauren Alaina over Casey Abrams
X = Casey Abrams
Y = Haley Reinhart		 661
661 voters prefer Casey Abrams over Haley Reinhart		 95
95 voters have an equal preference for Casey Abrams and Haley Reinhart		 523
523 voters prefer Haley Reinhart over Casey Abrams
X = Casey Abrams
Y = Stefano Langone		 789
789 voters prefer Casey Abrams over Stefano Langone		 94
94 voters have an equal preference for Casey Abrams and Stefano Langone		 396
396 voters prefer Stefano Langone over Casey Abrams
X = Casey Abrams
Y = Jacob Lusk		 791
791 voters prefer Casey Abrams over Jacob Lusk		 104
104 voters have an equal preference for Casey Abrams and Jacob Lusk		 384
384 voters prefer Jacob Lusk over Casey Abrams
X = Casey Abrams
Y = Paul McDonald		 818
818 voters prefer Casey Abrams over Paul McDonald		 108
108 voters have an equal preference for Casey Abrams and Paul McDonald		 353
353 voters prefer Paul McDonald over Casey Abrams
X = Casey Abrams
Y = Thia Megia		 813
813 voters prefer Casey Abrams over Thia Megia		 89
89 voters have an equal preference for Casey Abrams and Thia Megia		 377
377 voters prefer Thia Megia over Casey Abrams
X = Casey Abrams
Y = Naima Adedapo		 932
932 voters prefer Casey Abrams over Naima Adedapo		 106
106 voters have an equal preference for Casey Abrams and Naima Adedapo		 241
241 voters prefer Naima Adedapo over Casey Abrams
X = Lauren Alaina
Y = Haley Reinhart		 670
670 voters prefer Lauren Alaina over Haley Reinhart		 109
109 voters have an equal preference for Lauren Alaina over Haley Reinhart		 500
500 voters prefer Haley Reinhart over Lauren Alaina
X = Lauren Alaina
Y = Stefano Langone		 845
845 voters prefer Lauren Alaina over Stefano Langone		 97
97 voters have an equal preference for Lauren Alaina and Stefano Langone		 337
337 voters prefer Stefano Langone over Lauren Alaina
X = Lauren Alaina
Y = Jacob Lusk		 786
786 voters prefer Lauren Alaina over Jacob Lusk		 94
94 voters have an equal preference for Lauren Alaina over Jacob Lusk		 399
399 voters prefer Jacob Lusk over Lauren Alaina
X = Lauren Alaina
Y = Paul McDonald		 814
814 voters prefer Lauren Alaina over Paul McDonald		 112
112 voters have an equal preference for Lauren Alaina and Paul McDonald		 353
353 voters prefer Paul McDonald over Lauren Alaina
X = Lauren Alaina
Y = Thia Megia		 843
843 voters prefer Lauren Alaina over Thia Megia		 95
95 voters have an equal preference for Lauren Alaina and Thia Megia		 341
341 voters prefer Thia Megia over Lauren Alaina
X = Lauren Alaina
Y = Naima Adedapo		 950
950 voters prefer Lauren Alaina over Naima Adedapo		 104
104 voters have an equal preference for Lauren Alaina and Naima Adedapo		 225
225 voters prefer Naima Adedapo over Lauren Alaina
X = Haley Reinhart
Y = Stefano Langone		 731
731 voters prefer Haley Reinhart over Stefano Langone		 112
112 voters have an equal preference for Haley Reinhart and Stefano Langone		 436
436 voters prefer Stefano Langone over Haley Reinhart
X = Haley Reinhart
Y = Jacob Lusk		 690
690 voters prefer Haley Reinhart over Jacob Lusk		 109
109 voters have an equal preference for Haley Reinhart and Jacob Lusk		 480
480 voters prefer Jacob Lusk over Haley Reinhart
X = Haley Reinhart
Y = Paul McDonald		 707
707 voters prefer Haley Reinhart over Paul McDonald		 117
117 voters have an equal preference for Haley Reinhart and Paul McDonald		 455
455 voters prefer Paul McDonald over Haley Reinhart
X = Haley Reinhart
Y = Thia Megia		 731
731 voters prefer Haley Reinhart over Thia Megia		 105
105 voters have an equal preference for Haley Reinhart and Thia Megia		 443
443 voters prefer Thia Megia over Haley Reinhart
X = Haley Reinhart
Y = Naima Adedapo		 860
860 voters prefer Haley Reinhart over Naima Adedapo		 130
130 voters have an equal preference for Haley Reinhart and Naima Adedapo		 289
289 voters prefer Naima Adedapo over Haley Reinhart
X = Stefano Langone
Y = Jacob Lusk		 596
596 voters prefer Stefano Langone over Jacob Lusk		 114
114 voters have an equal preference for Stefano Langone over Jacob Lusk		 569
569 voters prefer Jacob Lusk over Stefano Langone
X = Stefano Langone
Y = Paul McDonald		 601
601 voters prefer Stefano Langone over Paul McDonald		 116
116 voters have an equal preference for Stefano Langone over Paul McDonald		 562
562 voters prefer Paul McDonald over Stefano Langone
X = Stefano Langone
Y = Thia Megia		 628
628 voters prefer Stefano Langone over Thia Megia		 110
110 voters have an equal preference for Stefano Langone and Thia Megia		 541
541 voters prefer Thia Megia over Stefano Langone
X = Stefano Langone
Y = Naima Adedapo		 805
805 voters prefer Stefano Langone over Naima Adedapo		 120
120 voters have an equal preference for Stefano Langone over Naima Adedapo		 354
354 voters prefer Naima Adedapo over Stefano Langone
X = Jacob Lusk
Y = Paul McDonald		 582
582 voters prefer Jacob Lusk over Paul McDonald		 115
115 voters have an equal preference for Jacob Lusk and Paul McDonald		 582
582 voters prefer Paul McDonald over Jacob Lusk
X = Jacob Lusk
Y = Thia Megia		 616
616 voters prefer Jacob Lusk over Thia Megia		 99
99 voters have an equal preference for Jacob Lusk and Thia Megia		 564
564 voters prefer Thia Megia over Jacob Lusk
X = Jacob Lusk
Y = Naima Adedapo		 805
805 voters prefer Jacob Lusk over Naima Adedapo		 124
124 voters have an equal preference for Jacob Lusk and Naima Adedapo		 350
350 voters prefer Naima Adedapo over Jacob Lusk
X = Paul McDonald
Y = Thia Megia		 612
612 voters prefer Paul McDonald over Thia Megia		 112
112 voters have an equal preference for Paul McDonald and Thia Megia		 555
555 voters prefer Thia Megia over Paul McDonald
X = Paul McDonald
Y = Naima Adedapo		 774
774 voters prefer Paul McDonald over Naima Adedapo		 130
130 voters have an equal preference for Paul McDonald over Naima Adedapo		 375
375 voters prefer Naima Adedapo over Paul McDonald
X = Thia Megia
Y = Naima Adedapo		 801
801 voters prefer Thia Megia over Naima Adedapo		 123
123 voters have an equal preference for Thia Megia over Naima Adedapo		 355
355 voters prefer Naima Adedapo over Thia Megia
The highest score (which equals the sum of the bold underlined numbers, plus either tally number in any tied pair of choices) is: 43,049
Number of all possible valid sequences (without ties): 39,916,800
First sequence:
  1. Casey Abrams
  2. Haley Reinhart
  3. Jacob Lusk
  4. James Durbin
  5. Lauren Alaina
  6. Naima Adedapo
  7. Paul McDonald
  8. Pia Toscano
  9. Scotty McCreery
  10. Stefano Langone
  11. Thia Megia
Last sequence:
  1. Thia Megia
  2. Stefano Langone
  3. Scotty McCreery
  4. Pia Toscano
  5. Paul McDonald
  6. Naima Adedapo
  7. Lauren Alaina
  8. James Durbin
  9. Jacob Lusk
  10. Haley Reinhart
  11. Casey Abrams
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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 x10
  • 1&2&3&4&5&6&7&8&9,10&11 x1
  • 1&2&3,4&7&9,6&8,5&10&11 x1
  • 1&2&4&6&8,5,3&7&9&10&11 x1
  • 1&2&5&7&9&11,6,3&4&8&10 x1
  • 1&2&9,3&4&7&8&11,5,10,6 x1
  • 1&2,3&9,4&5&6&7&8&10&11 x1
  • 1&3&4&8,2&5&6&7&9&10&11 x1
  • 1&3&4&9,10,2&6,5,7,8,11 x1
  • 1&3&4,5,8,10,9&11,2,6&7 x1
  • 1&4&5&7&8&9&10&11,2&3&6 x1
  • 1&4&5&7&9,2&3&6&8&10&11 x1
  • 1&5&8,10,2&3&4&6&7&9&11 x1
  • 1&5&8,2&3&4&6&7&9&10&11 x1
  • 1&5&8,2,4,10,3&11,9,6,7 x1
  • 1&6&9,2&4&5,10&11,3&7&8 x1
  • 1&7,8,2&3&4&5&6&9&10&11 x1
  • 1&8&9&11,2,4,10,7,3,5,6 x1
  • 1,10,2,5,8,9,4,3,7,6,11 x1
  • 1,10,4,2,7,11,9,8,3,6,5 x1
  • 1,10,4,7,2,11,9,8,6,5,3 x1
  • 1,11,10,9,8,4,3,5,7,6,2 x2
  • 1,2&3&4&5&6&7&8&9&10&11 x4
  • 1,2&3&7&10,5,4,6,8&9&11 x1
  • 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 x3
  • 1,2,3,4,9,5,7,8&11,10,6 x1
  • 1,2,3,5,11,4,7,6,8,9,10 x1
  • 1,2,3,9,10,11,7,6,5,4,8 x1
  • 1,2,4,3,7,8,9,10,11,6,5 x1
  • 1,2,4,5,8,9,11,7,3,10,6 x1
  • 1,2,4,5,9,10,8,7,11,6,3 x1
  • 1,2,4,5,9,8,6,7,3,10,11 x1
  • 1,2,4,9,5,7,8,10,3,11,6 x1
  • 1,2,5,4,6,7,9,8,10,3,11 x1
  • 1,2,5,4,7,8,9,11,6,3,10 x1
  • 1,2,5,4,8,10,3,7,9,11,6 x1
  • 1,2,5,9,10,8,4,7,11,6,3 x1
  • 1,2,5,9,4,7,8,3,11,10,6 x1
  • 1,2,5,9,8,4,11,10,3,6,7 x1
  • 1,2,7,4,3,5,6,10,11,8,9 x1
  • 1,2,7,5,6,4,3,8,10,11,9 x1
  • 1,2,8,6,5,4,9,11,10,7,3 x1
  • 1,3&9,4,2,8,7,10,5,6,11 x1
  • 1,3,11,10,8,7,4,2,5,9,6 x1
  • 1,3,11,8,9,10,7,5,6,4,2 x1
  • 1,3,2&4&5&6&7&8&9&10&11 x1
  • 1,3,2,4,5,7,6,8,11,10,9 x1
  • 1,3,2,4,8,11,5,7,6,9,10 x1
  • 1,3,2,4,8,7,9,10,11,6,5 x1
  • 1,3,2,5,6,8,7,4,9,11,10 x1
  • [Remaining ballots not listed]

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