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Poll title:

     American Idol, Season 10, Top 5    

Question (number 1) title:

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

The most preferred and most representative choice is:

    James Durbin

Overall popularity ranking:

     
Popularity Choice VoteFair
ranking
score		 Traditional
vote count
(for comparison)
First-most popular James Durbin Ranking score is 62 for James Durbin 596 voters marked James Durbin as their first choice
Second-most popular Scotty McCreery Ranking score is 50 for Scotty McCreery 555 voters marked Scotty McCreery as their first choice
Third-most popular Haley Reinhart Ranking score is 35 for Haley Reinhart 531 voters marked Haley Reinhart as their first choice
Fourth-most popular Lauren Alaina Ranking score is 21 for Lauren Alaina 162 voters marked Lauren Alaina as their first choice
Fifth-most popular Jacob Lusk Ranking score is 0 for Jacob Lusk 40 voters marked Jacob Lusk as their first choice

VoteFair representation Ranking

  

First-most representative choice is:

James Durbin

Second-most representative choice is:

Scotty McCreery

Third-most representative choice is:

Haley Reinhart

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 James Durbin
Instant runoff James Durbin
(27 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 : Jacob Lusk)
Majority None of the choices has won a majority (more than half) the votes.

(76 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Plurality James Durbin

(76 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Condorcet James Durbin
Borda count James Durbin
(208 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice at the same preference level.)

Details of plurality results

  
Choice Vote count Percentage
James Durbin 596 32 596 voters marked James Durbin as their first choice
Scotty McCreery 555 29 555 voters marked Scotty McCreery as their first choice
Haley Reinhart 531 28 531 voters marked Haley Reinhart as their first choice
Lauren Alaina 162 9 162 voters marked Lauren Alaina as their first choice
Jacob Lusk 40 2 40 voters marked Jacob Lusk as their first choice
(76 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: 1,960
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 = James Durbin
Y = Scotty McCreery		 962
962 voters prefer James Durbin over Scotty McCreery		 53
53 voters have an equal preference for James Durbin and Scotty McCreery		 945
945 voters prefer Scotty McCreery over James Durbin
X = James Durbin
Y = Haley Reinhart		 1,040
1,040 voter prefer James Durbin over Haley Reinhart		 66
66 voters have an equal preference for James Durbin over Haley Reinhart		 854
854 voters prefer Haley Reinhart over James Durbin
X = James Durbin
Y = Lauren Alaina		 1,155
1,155 voter prefer James Durbin over Lauren Alaina		 78
78 voters have an equal preference for James Durbin and Lauren Alaina		 727
727 voters prefer Lauren Alaina over James Durbin
X = James Durbin
Y = Jacob Lusk		 1,666
1,666 voter prefer James Durbin over Jacob Lusk		 107
107 voters have an equal preference for James Durbin over Jacob Lusk		 187
187 voters prefer Jacob Lusk over James Durbin
X = Scotty McCreery
Y = Haley Reinhart		 1,035
1,035 voter prefer Scotty McCreery over Haley Reinhart		 49
49 voters have an equal preference for Scotty McCreery over Haley Reinhart		 876
876 voters prefer Haley Reinhart over Scotty McCreery
X = Scotty McCreery
Y = Lauren Alaina		 1,182
1,182 voter prefer Scotty McCreery over Lauren Alaina		 85
85 voters have an equal preference for Scotty McCreery over Lauren Alaina		 693
693 voters prefer Lauren Alaina over Scotty McCreery
X = Scotty McCreery
Y = Jacob Lusk		 1,714
1,714 voter prefer Scotty McCreery over Jacob Lusk		 53
53 voters have an equal preference for Scotty McCreery over Jacob Lusk		 193
193 voters prefer Jacob Lusk over Scotty McCreery
X = Haley Reinhart
Y = Lauren Alaina		 1,062
1,062 voter prefer Haley Reinhart over Lauren Alaina		 64
64 voters have an equal preference for Haley Reinhart and Lauren Alaina		 834
834 voters prefer Lauren Alaina over Haley Reinhart
X = Haley Reinhart
Y = Jacob Lusk		 1,649
1,649 voter prefer Haley Reinhart over Jacob Lusk		 74
74 voters have an equal preference for Haley Reinhart and Jacob Lusk		 237
237 voters prefer Jacob Lusk over Haley Reinhart
X = Lauren Alaina
Y = Jacob Lusk		 1,671
1,671 voter prefer Lauren Alaina over Jacob Lusk		 80
80 voters have an equal preference for Lauren Alaina over Jacob Lusk		 209
209 voters prefer Jacob Lusk over Lauren Alaina
The highest score (which equals the sum of the bold underlined numbers, plus either tally number in any tied pair of choices) is: 13,136
Number of all possible valid sequences (without ties): 120
First sequence:
  1. Haley Reinhart
  2. Jacob Lusk
  3. James Durbin
  4. Lauren Alaina
  5. Scotty McCreery
Last sequence:
  1. Scotty McCreery
  2. Lauren Alaina
  3. James Durbin
  4. Jacob Lusk
  5. Haley Reinhart
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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 x9
  • 1&3&4&5,2 x3
  • 1&3,2&4&5 x1
  • 1&3,4,5,2 x1
  • 1&3,5,2,4 x1
  • 1&3,5,4,2 x1
  • 1&4&5,2&3 x1
  • 1&4,2&3&5 x1
  • 1&4,5,3,2 x1
  • 1&5,2&3&4 x4
  • 1&5,2,3&4 x1
  • 1&5,4,2&3 x11
  • 1&5,4,2,3 x1
  • 1&5,4,3,2 x1
  • 1,2&3&4&5 x17
  • 1,2&4&5,3 x1
  • 1,2,3,4,5 x3
  • 1,2,3,5,4 x1
  • 1,2,4,3,5 x2
  • 1,2,4,5,3 x4
  • 1,2,5,3,4 x1
  • 1,2,5,4,3 x10
  • 1,3,2,4,5 x7
  • 1,3,2,5,4 x14
  • 1,3,4&5,2 x3
  • 1,3,4,2&5 x1
  • 1,3,4,2,5 x18
  • 1,3,4,5,2 x80
  • 1,3,5,2&4 x1
  • 1,3,5,2,4 x12
  • 1,3,5,4,2 x86
  • 1,4&5,2,3 x1
  • 1,4&5,3,2 x1
  • 1,4,2&3,5 x1
  • 1,4,2&5,3 x1
  • 1,4,2,3,5 x6
  • 1,4,2,5,3 x5
  • 1,4,3,2,5 x10
  • 1,4,3,5,2 x44
  • 1,4,5,2,3 x13
  • 1,4,5,3,2 x67
  • 1,5,2&3&4 x1
  • 1,5,2,3,4 x2
  • 1,5,2,4,3 x7
  • 1,5,3&4,2 x2
  • 1,5,3,2,4 x2
  • 1,5,3,4,2 x45
  • 1,5,4,2&3 x1
  • 1,5,4,2,3 x11
  • 1,5,4,3,2 x50
  • [Remaining ballots not listed]

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