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Poll title:

     American Idol, Season 10, Top 7    

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 64 for James Durbin 389 voters marked James Durbin as their first choice
Second-most popular Scotty McCreery Ranking score is 50 for Scotty McCreery 329 voters marked Scotty McCreery as their first choice
Third-most popular Lauren Alaina Ranking score is 43 for Lauren Alaina 151 voters marked Lauren Alaina as their first choice
Fourth-most popular Haley Reinhart Ranking score is 32 for Haley Reinhart 214 voters marked Haley Reinhart as their first choice
Fifth-most popular Casey Abrams Ranking score is 24 for Casey Abrams 197 voters marked Casey Abrams as their first choice
Sixth-most popular Stefano Langone Ranking score is 10 for Stefano Langone 48 voters marked Stefano Langone as their first choice
Seventh-most popular Jacob Lusk Ranking score is 0 for Jacob Lusk 37 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:

Lauren Alaina

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
(25 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.

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

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

Details of plurality results

  
Choice Vote count Percentage
James Durbin 389 28 389 voters marked James Durbin as their first choice
Scotty McCreery 329 24 329 voters marked Scotty McCreery as their first choice
Haley Reinhart 214 16 214 voters marked Haley Reinhart as their first choice
Casey Abrams 197 14 197 voters marked Casey Abrams as their first choice
Lauren Alaina 151 11 151 voters marked Lauren Alaina as their first choice
Stefano Langone 48 4 48 voters marked Stefano Langone as their first choice
Jacob Lusk 37 3 37 voters marked Jacob Lusk as their first choice
(24 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: 1,389
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		 765
765 voters prefer James Durbin over Scotty McCreery		 35
35 voters have an equal preference for James Durbin and Scotty McCreery		 589
589 voters prefer Scotty McCreery over James Durbin
X = James Durbin
Y = Lauren Alaina		 810
810 voters prefer James Durbin over Lauren Alaina		 34
34 voters have an equal preference for James Durbin and Lauren Alaina		 545
545 voters prefer Lauren Alaina over James Durbin
X = James Durbin
Y = Haley Reinhart		 837
837 voters prefer James Durbin over Haley Reinhart		 48
48 voters have an equal preference for James Durbin over Haley Reinhart		 504
504 voters prefer Haley Reinhart over James Durbin
X = James Durbin
Y = Casey Abrams		 822
822 voters prefer James Durbin over Casey Abrams		 52
52 voters have an equal preference for James Durbin over Casey Abrams		 515
515 voters prefer Casey Abrams over James Durbin
X = James Durbin
Y = Stefano Langone		 1,044
1,044 voter prefer James Durbin over Stefano Langone		 50
50 voters have an equal preference for James Durbin and Stefano Langone		 295
295 voters prefer Stefano Langone over James Durbin
X = James Durbin
Y = Jacob Lusk		 1,096
1,096 voter prefer James Durbin over Jacob Lusk		 50
50 voters have an equal preference for James Durbin over Jacob Lusk		 243
243 voters prefer Jacob Lusk over James Durbin
X = Scotty McCreery
Y = Lauren Alaina		 697
697 voters prefer Scotty McCreery over Lauren Alaina		 45
45 voters have an equal preference for Scotty McCreery over Lauren Alaina		 647
647 voters prefer Lauren Alaina over Scotty McCreery
X = Scotty McCreery
Y = Haley Reinhart		 705
705 voters prefer Scotty McCreery over Haley Reinhart		 37
37 voters have an equal preference for Scotty McCreery over Haley Reinhart		 647
647 voters prefer Haley Reinhart over Scotty McCreery
X = Scotty McCreery
Y = Casey Abrams		 726
726 voters prefer Scotty McCreery over Casey Abrams		 37
37 voters have an equal preference for Scotty McCreery over Casey Abrams		 626
626 voters prefer Casey Abrams over Scotty McCreery
X = Scotty McCreery
Y = Stefano Langone		 1,004
1,004 voter prefer Scotty McCreery over Stefano Langone		 51
51 voters have an equal preference for Scotty McCreery and Stefano Langone		 334
334 voters prefer Stefano Langone over Scotty McCreery
X = Scotty McCreery
Y = Jacob Lusk		 1,076
1,076 voter prefer Scotty McCreery over Jacob Lusk		 46
46 voters have an equal preference for Scotty McCreery over Jacob Lusk		 267
267 voters prefer Jacob Lusk over Scotty McCreery
X = Lauren Alaina
Y = Haley Reinhart		 715
715 voters prefer Lauren Alaina over Haley Reinhart		 41
41 voters have an equal preference for Lauren Alaina over Haley Reinhart		 633
633 voters prefer Haley Reinhart over Lauren Alaina
X = Lauren Alaina
Y = Casey Abrams		 697
697 voters prefer Lauren Alaina over Casey Abrams		 45
45 voters have an equal preference for Lauren Alaina over Casey Abrams		 647
647 voters prefer Casey Abrams over Lauren Alaina
X = Lauren Alaina
Y = Stefano Langone		 1,034
1,034 voter prefer Lauren Alaina over Stefano Langone		 54
54 voters have an equal preference for Lauren Alaina and Stefano Langone		 301
301 voters prefer Stefano Langone over Lauren Alaina
X = Lauren Alaina
Y = Jacob Lusk		 1,099
1,099 voter prefer Lauren Alaina over Jacob Lusk		 46
46 voters have an equal preference for Lauren Alaina over Jacob Lusk		 244
244 voters prefer Jacob Lusk over Lauren Alaina
X = Haley Reinhart
Y = Casey Abrams		 687
687 voters prefer Haley Reinhart over Casey Abrams		 58
58 voters have an equal preference for Haley Reinhart over Casey Abrams		 644
644 voters prefer Casey Abrams over Haley Reinhart
X = Haley Reinhart
Y = Stefano Langone		 986
986 voters prefer Haley Reinhart over Stefano Langone		 65
65 voters have an equal preference for Haley Reinhart and Stefano Langone		 338
338 voters prefer Stefano Langone over Haley Reinhart
X = Haley Reinhart
Y = Jacob Lusk		 1,025
1,025 voter prefer Haley Reinhart over Jacob Lusk		 60
60 voters have an equal preference for Haley Reinhart and Jacob Lusk		 304
304 voters prefer Jacob Lusk over Haley Reinhart
X = Casey Abrams
Y = Stefano Langone		 948
948 voters prefer Casey Abrams over Stefano Langone		 61
61 voters have an equal preference for Casey Abrams and Stefano Langone		 380
380 voters prefer Stefano Langone over Casey Abrams
X = Casey Abrams
Y = Jacob Lusk		 1,055
1,055 voter prefer Casey Abrams over Jacob Lusk		 59
59 voters have an equal preference for Casey Abrams and Jacob Lusk		 275
275 voters prefer Jacob Lusk over Casey Abrams
X = Stefano Langone
Y = Jacob Lusk		 798
798 voters prefer Stefano Langone over Jacob Lusk		 76
76 voters have an equal preference for Stefano Langone over Jacob Lusk		 515
515 voters prefer Jacob Lusk over Stefano Langone
The highest score (which equals the sum of the bold underlined numbers, plus either tally number in any tied pair of choices) is: 18,626
Number of all possible valid sequences (without ties): 5,040
First sequence:
  1. Casey Abrams
  2. Haley Reinhart
  3. Jacob Lusk
  4. James Durbin
  5. Lauren Alaina
  6. Scotty McCreery
  7. Stefano Langone
Last sequence:
  1. Stefano Langone
  2. Scotty McCreery
  3. Lauren Alaina
  4. James Durbin
  5. Jacob Lusk
  6. Haley Reinhart
  7. 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 x6
  • 1&2&4,3&5&6&7 x2
  • 1&2,3&4&6,5&7 x1
  • 1&4&6,3,2&5,7 x1
  • 1&4,2&3&5&6&7 x1
  • 1&4,2&3&6,5&7 x1
  • 1&5&6&7,2,4,3 x1
  • 1&6,4,2,5,3,7 x1
  • 1,2&3&4&5&6&7 x1
  • 1,2,3&4&5&6&7 x1
  • 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 x1
  • 1,2,3,4,6,7,5 x4
  • 1,2,3,4,7,5,6 x1
  • 1,2,3,4,7,6,5 x1
  • 1,2,3,6,5,7,4 x1
  • 1,2,3,7,4,6,5 x1
  • 1,2,3,7,6,5,4 x1
  • 1,2,4,3,5,6,7 x1
  • 1,2,4,3,6,5,7 x1
  • 1,2,4,3,6,7,5 x1
  • 1,2,4,5,3,7,6 x3
  • 1,2,4,5,6,7,3 x3
  • 1,2,4,5,7,3,6 x1
  • 1,2,4,6,5,3,7 x2
  • 1,2,4,6,5,7,3 x2
  • 1,2,4,6,7,5,3 x2
  • 1,2,4,7,3,6,5 x1
  • 1,2,4,7,5,6,3 x3
  • 1,2,4,7,6,3,5 x3
  • 1,2,4,7,6,5,3 x1
  • 1,2,5,3,7,4,6 x1
  • 1,2,5,4,3,6,7 x1
  • 1,2,5,4,6&7,3 x1
  • 1,2,5,4,6,7,3 x2
  • 1,2,5,6,7,4,3 x1
  • 1,2,5,7,4,6,3 x1
  • 1,2,5,7,6,4,3 x1
  • 1,2,6,3&5,4,7 x1
  • 1,2,6,3,7,5,4 x1
  • 1,2,6,4,3,7,5 x3
  • 1,2,6,4,5,7,3 x2
  • 1,2,6,5,4,7,3 x2
  • 1,2,7,3,4,5,6 x1
  • 1,2,7,3,4,6,5 x1
  • 1,2,7,4,5,3,6 x1
  • 1,2,7,4,5,6,3 x1
  • 1,2,7,4,6,3,5 x1
  • 1,2,7,4,6,5,3 x1
  • 1,2,7,6,5,4,3 x2
  • 1,3,2,5,7,4,6 x1
  • [Remaining ballots not listed]

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