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Survey title:

     American Idol Season 5 Poll, Top 16    

Question (number 2) title:

     Who is your favorite male American Idol singer?    



The most preferred and most representative choice is:

    Chris Daughtry

Overall popularity ranking:

     
Popularity Choice Graphic summary of tally information
(details in mouse-over ALT text)
First-most popular Chris Daughtry 47 voters prefer Chris Daughtry over Taylor Hicks24 voters have an equal preference for Chris Daughtry and Taylor Hicks46 voters prefer Taylor Hicks over Chris Daughtry 68 voters prefer Chris Daughtry over Elliott Yamin27 voters have an equal preference for Chris Daughtry and Elliott Yamin22 voters prefer Elliott Yamin over Chris Daughtry 71 voter prefers Chris Daughtry over Ace Young28 voters have an equal preference for Chris Daughtry and Ace Young18 voters prefer Ace Young over Chris Daughtry 79 voters prefer Chris Daughtry over Bucky Covington21 voter has an equal preference for Chris Daughtry and Bucky Covington17 voters prefer Bucky Covington over Chris Daughtry 86 voters prefer Chris Daughtry over Gedeon McKinney24 voters have an equal preference for Chris Daughtry and Gedeon McKinney7 voters prefer Gedeon McKinney over Chris Daughtry 83 voters prefer Chris Daughtry over Kevin Corvais22 voters have an equal preference for Chris Daughtry and Kevin Corvais12 voters prefer Kevin Corvais over Chris Daughtry 81 voter prefers Chris Daughtry over Will Makar27 voters have an equal preference for Chris Daughtry and Will Makar9 voters prefer Will Makar over Chris Daughtry
Second-most popular Taylor Hicks The percent bars above indicate comparisons with the choice to the left 67 voters prefer Taylor Hicks over Elliott Yamin23 voters have an equal preference for Taylor Hicks and Elliott Yamin27 voters prefer Elliott Yamin over Taylor Hicks 68 voters prefer Taylor Hicks over Ace Young25 voters have an equal preference for Taylor Hicks and Ace Young24 voters prefer Ace Young over Taylor Hicks 79 voters prefer Taylor Hicks over Bucky Covington19 voters have an equal preference for Taylor Hicks and Bucky Covington19 voters prefer Bucky Covington over Taylor Hicks 80 voters prefer Taylor Hicks over Gedeon McKinney24 voters have an equal preference for Taylor Hicks and Gedeon McKinney13 voters prefer Gedeon McKinney over Taylor Hicks 80 voters prefer Taylor Hicks over Kevin Corvais20 voters have an equal preference for Taylor Hicks and Kevin Corvais17 voters prefer Kevin Corvais over Taylor Hicks 79 voters prefer Taylor Hicks over Will Makar25 voters have an equal preference for Taylor Hicks and Will Makar13 voters prefer Will Makar over Taylor Hicks
Third-most popular Elliott Yamin The percent bars above indicate comparisons with the choice to the left 48 voters prefer Elliott Yamin over Ace Young29 voters have an equal preference for Elliott Yamin and Ace Young40 voters prefer Ace Young over Elliott Yamin 61 voter prefers Elliott Yamin over Bucky Covington26 voters have an equal preference for Elliott Yamin and Bucky Covington30 voters prefer Bucky Covington over Elliott Yamin 70 voters prefer Elliott Yamin over Gedeon McKinney32 voters have an equal preference for Elliott Yamin and Gedeon McKinney15 voters prefer Gedeon McKinney over Elliott Yamin 73 voters prefer Elliott Yamin over Kevin Corvais25 voters have an equal preference for Elliott Yamin and Kevin Corvais19 voters prefer Kevin Corvais over Elliott Yamin 74 voters prefer Elliott Yamin over Will Makar30 voters have an equal preference for Elliott Yamin and Will Makar13 voters prefer Will Makar over Elliott Yamin
Fourth-most popular Ace Young The percent bars above indicate comparisons with the choice to the left 53 voters prefer Ace Young over Bucky Covington27 voters have an equal preference for Ace Young and Bucky Covington37 voters prefer Bucky Covington over Ace Young 67 voters prefer Ace Young over Gedeon McKinney30 voters have an equal preference for Ace Young and Gedeon McKinney20 voters prefer Gedeon McKinney over Ace Young 72 voters prefer Ace Young over Kevin Corvais24 voters have an equal preference for Ace Young and Kevin Corvais21 voter prefers Kevin Corvais over Ace Young 69 voters prefer Ace Young over Will Makar31 voter has an equal preference for Ace Young and Will Makar17 voters prefer Will Makar over Ace Young
Fifth-most popular Bucky Covington The percent bars above indicate comparisons with the choice to the left 56 voters prefer Bucky Covington over Gedeon McKinney27 voters have an equal preference for Bucky Covington and Gedeon McKinney34 voters prefer Gedeon McKinney over Bucky Covington 63 voters prefer Bucky Covington over Kevin Corvais24 voters have an equal preference for Bucky Covington and Kevin Corvais30 voters prefer Kevin Corvais over Bucky Covington 62 voters prefer Bucky Covington over Will Makar28 voters have an equal preference for Bucky Covington and Will Makar27 voters prefer Will Makar over Bucky Covington
Sixth-most popular Gedeon McKinney The percent bars above indicate comparisons with the choice to the left 48 voters prefer Gedeon McKinney over Kevin Corvais30 voters have an equal preference for Gedeon McKinney and Kevin Corvais39 voters prefer Kevin Corvais over Gedeon McKinney 44 voters prefer Gedeon McKinney over Will Makar34 voters have an equal preference for Gedeon McKinney and Will Makar39 voters prefer Will Makar over Gedeon McKinney
Seventh-most popular Kevin Corvais The percent bars above indicate comparisons with the choice to the left 48 voters prefer Kevin Corvais over Will Makar28 voters have an equal preference for Kevin Corvais and Will Makar41 voter prefers Will Makar over Kevin Corvais
Eighth-most popular Will Makar The percent bars above indicate comparisons with the choice to the left



VoteFair representation Ranking

  
First-most representative choice is: Chris Daughtry
Second-most representative choice is: Taylor Hicks
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 on a board of directors, or when an organization pursues a second activity in addition to the most popular activity.


Comparison of VoteFair Ranking with other voting methods

  
Voting method Winner
VoteFair Chris Daughtry
Instant runoff Taylor Hicks
(9 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: Gedeon McKinney)
Majority None of the choices has won a majority ( more than half ) the votes.

(21 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Plurality Taylor Hicks

(21 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Condorcet Chris Daughtry
Borda count Chris Daughtry

(44 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice at the same preference level.)

Details of plurality results
  
Choice Vote count Percentage Percentage bar
Taylor Hicks 33 34 33 voters marked Taylor Hicks as their first choice
Chris Daughtry 28 29 28 voters marked Chris Daughtry as their first choice
Elliott Yamin 8 8 8 voters marked Elliott Yamin as their first choice
Bucky Covington 8 8 8 voters marked Bucky Covington as their first choice
Ace Young 7 7 7 voters marked Ace Young as their first choice
Kevin Corvais 6 6 6 voters marked Kevin Corvais as their first choice
Will Makar 4 4 4 voters marked Will Makar as their first choice
Gedeon McKinney 2 2 2 voters marked Gedeon McKinney as their first choice
(21 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: 117
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 = Chris Daughtry
Y = Taylor Hicks		 47
47 voters prefer Chris Daughtry over Taylor Hicks		 24
24 voters have an equal preference for Chris Daughtry and Taylor Hicks		 46
46 voters prefer Taylor Hicks over Chris Daughtry
X = Chris Daughtry
Y = Elliott Yamin		 68
68 voters prefer Chris Daughtry over Elliott Yamin		 27
27 voters have an equal preference for Chris Daughtry and Elliott Yamin		 22
22 voters prefer Elliott Yamin over Chris Daughtry
X = Chris Daughtry
Y = Ace Young		 71
71 voter prefers Chris Daughtry over Ace Young		 28
28 voters have an equal preference for Chris Daughtry and Ace Young		 18
18 voters prefer Ace Young over Chris Daughtry
X = Chris Daughtry
Y = Bucky Covington		 79
79 voters prefer Chris Daughtry over Bucky Covington		 21
21 voter has an equal preference for Chris Daughtry and Bucky Covington		 17
17 voters prefer Bucky Covington over Chris Daughtry
X = Chris Daughtry
Y = Gedeon McKinney		 86
86 voters prefer Chris Daughtry over Gedeon McKinney		 24
24 voters have an equal preference for Chris Daughtry and Gedeon McKinney		 7
7 voters prefer Gedeon McKinney over Chris Daughtry
X = Chris Daughtry
Y = Kevin Corvais		 83
83 voters prefer Chris Daughtry over Kevin Corvais		 22
22 voters have an equal preference for Chris Daughtry and Kevin Corvais		 12
12 voters prefer Kevin Corvais over Chris Daughtry
X = Chris Daughtry
Y = Will Makar		 81
81 voter prefers Chris Daughtry over Will Makar		 27
27 voters have an equal preference for Chris Daughtry and Will Makar		 9
9 voters prefer Will Makar over Chris Daughtry
X = Taylor Hicks
Y = Elliott Yamin		 67
67 voters prefer Taylor Hicks over Elliott Yamin		 23
23 voters have an equal preference for Taylor Hicks and Elliott Yamin		 27
27 voters prefer Elliott Yamin over Taylor Hicks
X = Taylor Hicks
Y = Ace Young		 68
68 voters prefer Taylor Hicks over Ace Young		 25
25 voters have an equal preference for Taylor Hicks and Ace Young		 24
24 voters prefer Ace Young over Taylor Hicks
X = Taylor Hicks
Y = Bucky Covington		 79
79 voters prefer Taylor Hicks over Bucky Covington		 19
19 voters have an equal preference for Taylor Hicks and Bucky Covington		 19
19 voters prefer Bucky Covington over Taylor Hicks
X = Taylor Hicks
Y = Gedeon McKinney		 80
80 voters prefer Taylor Hicks over Gedeon McKinney		 24
24 voters have an equal preference for Taylor Hicks and Gedeon McKinney		 13
13 voters prefer Gedeon McKinney over Taylor Hicks
X = Taylor Hicks
Y = Kevin Corvais		 80
80 voters prefer Taylor Hicks over Kevin Corvais		 20
20 voters have an equal preference for Taylor Hicks and Kevin Corvais		 17
17 voters prefer Kevin Corvais over Taylor Hicks
X = Taylor Hicks
Y = Will Makar		 79
79 voters prefer Taylor Hicks over Will Makar		 25
25 voters have an equal preference for Taylor Hicks and Will Makar		 13
13 voters prefer Will Makar over Taylor Hicks
X = Elliott Yamin
Y = Ace Young		 48
48 voters prefer Elliott Yamin over Ace Young		 29
29 voters have an equal preference for Elliott Yamin and Ace Young		 40
40 voters prefer Ace Young over Elliott Yamin
X = Elliott Yamin
Y = Bucky Covington		 61
61 voter prefers Elliott Yamin over Bucky Covington		 26
26 voters have an equal preference for Elliott Yamin and Bucky Covington		 30
30 voters prefer Bucky Covington over Elliott Yamin
X = Elliott Yamin
Y = Gedeon McKinney		 70
70 voters prefer Elliott Yamin over Gedeon McKinney		 32
32 voters have an equal preference for Elliott Yamin and Gedeon McKinney		 15
15 voters prefer Gedeon McKinney over Elliott Yamin
X = Elliott Yamin
Y = Kevin Corvais		 73
73 voters prefer Elliott Yamin over Kevin Corvais		 25
25 voters have an equal preference for Elliott Yamin and Kevin Corvais		 19
19 voters prefer Kevin Corvais over Elliott Yamin
X = Elliott Yamin
Y = Will Makar		 74
74 voters prefer Elliott Yamin over Will Makar		 30
30 voters have an equal preference for Elliott Yamin and Will Makar		 13
13 voters prefer Will Makar over Elliott Yamin
X = Ace Young
Y = Bucky Covington		 53
53 voters prefer Ace Young over Bucky Covington		 27
27 voters have an equal preference for Ace Young and Bucky Covington		 37
37 voters prefer Bucky Covington over Ace Young
X = Ace Young
Y = Gedeon McKinney		 67
67 voters prefer Ace Young over Gedeon McKinney		 30
30 voters have an equal preference for Ace Young and Gedeon McKinney		 20
20 voters prefer Gedeon McKinney over Ace Young
X = Ace Young
Y = Kevin Corvais		 72
72 voters prefer Ace Young over Kevin Corvais		 24
24 voters have an equal preference for Ace Young and Kevin Corvais		 21
21 voter prefers Kevin Corvais over Ace Young
X = Ace Young
Y = Will Makar		 69
69 voters prefer Ace Young over Will Makar		 31
31 voter has an equal preference for Ace Young and Will Makar		 17
17 voters prefer Will Makar over Ace Young
X = Bucky Covington
Y = Gedeon McKinney		 56
56 voters prefer Bucky Covington over Gedeon McKinney		 27
27 voters have an equal preference for Bucky Covington and Gedeon McKinney		 34
34 voters prefer Gedeon McKinney over Bucky Covington
X = Bucky Covington
Y = Kevin Corvais		 63
63 voters prefer Bucky Covington over Kevin Corvais		 24
24 voters have an equal preference for Bucky Covington and Kevin Corvais		 30
30 voters prefer Kevin Corvais over Bucky Covington
X = Bucky Covington
Y = Will Makar		 62
62 voters prefer Bucky Covington over Will Makar		 28
28 voters have an equal preference for Bucky Covington and Will Makar		 27
27 voters prefer Will Makar over Bucky Covington
X = Gedeon McKinney
Y = Kevin Corvais		 48
48 voters prefer Gedeon McKinney over Kevin Corvais		 30
30 voters have an equal preference for Gedeon McKinney and Kevin Corvais		 39
39 voters prefer Kevin Corvais over Gedeon McKinney
X = Gedeon McKinney
Y = Will Makar		 44
44 voters prefer Gedeon McKinney over Will Makar		 34
34 voters have an equal preference for Gedeon McKinney and Will Makar		 39
39 voters prefer Will Makar over Gedeon McKinney
X = Kevin Corvais
Y = Will Makar		 48
48 voters prefer Kevin Corvais over Will Makar		 28
28 voters have an equal preference for Kevin Corvais and Will Makar		 41
41 voter prefers Will Makar over Kevin Corvais
The highest score (which equals the sum of the bold underlined numbers, plus either tally number in any tied pair of choices) is: 1,876
Number of all possible valid sequences (without ties): 40,320
First sequence:
  1. Ace Young
  2. Bucky Covington
  3. Chris Daughtry
  4. Elliott Yamin
  5. Gedeon McKinney
  6. Kevin Corvais
  7. Taylor Hicks
  8. Will Makar
Last sequence:
  1. Will Makar
  2. Taylor Hicks
  3. Kevin Corvais
  4. Gedeon McKinney
  5. Elliott Yamin
  6. Chris Daughtry
  7. Bucky Covington
  8. Ace Young
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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 x10
  • 1&2&3&4,6&7,5,8 x1
  • 1&2&3&8,6,4&5,7 x1
  • 1&3&7&8,4,5&6,2 x1
  • 1&3&7,2&4&6&8,5 x1
  • 1&3&7,4,8,5&6,2 x1
  • 1,2&3&4&5&6&7&8 x1
  • 1,2,3,5,7,6,4,8 x1
  • 1,3,7,6,8,4,2,5 x1
  • 1,4,6,7,8,3,5,2 x1
  • 1,7,3,2,4,8,6,5 x1
  • 1,7,6,3,4,8,5,2 x1
  • 1,8,7,3,4,6,5,2 x1
  • 2,1&3&4&5&6&7&8 x4
  • 2,1,3,4,8,6,7,5 x1
  • 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,1 x1
  • 2,3,7,4,5,6,8,1 x1
  • 2,7,3,6,4,5,1,8 x1
  • 3&4,1,5,6,7,8,2 x1
  • 3&4,1,5,6,8,7,2 x1
  • 3&6,1&2&4&5&7&8 x2
  • 3&7,1&2&4&5&6&8 x1
  • 3&7,4,1&2&5&6&8 x1
  • 3,1&2&4&5&6&7&8 x2
  • 3,1,2,4&5&6&7&8 x1
  • 3,1,7,2,5,4,6,8 x1
  • 3,1,7,5,4,6,2,8 x1
  • 3,1,7,5,6,4,2,8 x1
  • 3,2,1,4,7,5,6,8 x1
  • 3,2,7,1,4,5,6,8 x1
  • 3,4,1,7,2,6,8,5 x1
  • 3,4,5,7,2,1,8,6 x1
  • 3,4,7,1,2,5,6,8 x1
  • 3,4,7,1,5,6,2,8 x1
  • 3,4,7,2,1,8,6,5 x1
  • 3,4,7,2,5,8,6,1 x1
  • 3,4,7,5,1,2,8,6 x1
  • 3,7,1,4,2,8,6,5 x3
  • 3,7,1,4,8,5,2,6 x1
  • 3,7,1,5,4,2,6,8 x1
  • 3,7,2,1,5,4,6,8 x1
  • 3,7,4,1,2,5,8,6 x1
  • 3,7,4,1,2,8,5,6 x1
  • 3,7,4,1,8,2,6,5 x1
  • 3,7,4,2,1,5,8,6 x1
  • 3,7,5,2,4,1,6,8 x1
  • 3,7,8,5,4,1,2,6 x1
  • 3,8,5,6,1,7,2,4 x1
  • 4,1&2&3&5&6&7&8 x1
  • 4,3,5,2,1,8,7,6 x1
  • [Remaining ballots not listed]

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