Done viewing results, go back to VoteFair's American Idol page

 

  

VoteFair Ranking Results calculated at  www.VoteFair.org 2008-April-30  18:19

Poll title:

     American Idol Season 7, Top 5    

Question (number 1) title:

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

The most preferred and most representative choice is:

    David Cook

Overall popularity ranking:

     
Popularity Choice VoteFair
ranking
score		 Traditional
vote count
(for comparison)
First-most popular David Cook Ranking score is 63 for David Cook 871 voters marked David Cook as their first choice
Second-most popular David Archuleta Ranking score is 48 for David Archuleta 1076 voters marked David Archuleta as their first choice
Third-most popular Jason Castro Ranking score is 30 for Jason Castro 1042 voters marked Jason Castro as their first choice
Fourth-most popular Brooke White Ranking score is 13 for Brooke White 117 voters marked Brooke White as their first choice
Fifth-most popular Syesha Mercado Ranking score is 0 for Syesha Mercado 64 voters marked Syesha Mercado as their first choice

VoteFair representation Ranking

  

First-most representative choice is:

David Cook

Second-most representative choice is:

David Archuleta

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 David Cook
Instant runoff David Archuleta
(42 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 : Syesha Mercado)
Majority None of the choices has won a majority (more than half) the votes.

(20 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice. )
Plurality David Archuleta

(20 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice. )
Condorcet David Cook
Borda count David Cook
(273 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice at the same preference level. )

Details of plurality results

  
Choice Vote count Percentage
David Archuleta 1,076 34 1076 voters marked David Archuleta as their first choice
Jason Castro 1,042 33 1042 voters marked Jason Castro as their first choice
David Cook 871 27 871 voters marked David Cook as their first choice
Brooke White 117 4 117 voters marked Brooke White as their first choice
Syesha Mercado 64 2 64 voters marked Syesha Mercado as their first choice
(20 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: 3,190
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 = David Cook
Y = David Archuleta		 1,776
1,776 voter prefer David Cook over David Archuleta		 74
74 voters have an equal preference for David Cook over David Archuleta		 1,340
1,340 voter prefer David Archuleta over David Cook
X = David Cook
Y = Jason Castro		 1,656
1,656 voter prefer David Cook over Jason Castro		 86
86 voters have an equal preference for David Cook and Jason Castro		 1,448
1,448 voter prefer Jason Castro over David Cook
X = David Cook
Y = Brooke White		 2,291
2,291 voters prefer David Cook over Brooke White		 123
123 voters have an equal preference for David Cook over Brooke White		 776
776 voters prefer Brooke White over David Cook
X = David Cook
Y = Syesha Mercado		 2,375
2,375 voters prefer David Cook over Syesha Mercado		 127
127 voters have an equal preference for David Cook over Syesha Mercado		 688
688 voters prefer Syesha Mercado over David Cook
X = David Archuleta
Y = Jason Castro		 1,693
1,693 voter prefer David Archuleta over Jason Castro		 50
50 voters have an equal preference for David Archuleta and Jason Castro		 1,447
1,447 voter prefer Jason Castro over David Archuleta
X = David Archuleta
Y = Brooke White		 2,201
2,201 voters prefer David Archuleta over Brooke White		 108
108 voters have an equal preference for David Archuleta over Brooke White		 881
881 voters prefer Brooke White over David Archuleta
X = David Archuleta
Y = Syesha Mercado		 2,275
2,275 voters prefer David Archuleta over Syesha Mercado		 116
116 voters have an equal preference for David Archuleta over Syesha Mercado		 799
799 voters prefer Syesha Mercado over David Archuleta
X = Jason Castro
Y = Brooke White		 1,948
1,948 voter prefer Jason Castro over Brooke White		 126
126 voters have an equal preference for Jason Castro over Brooke White		 1,116
1,116 voter prefer Brooke White over Jason Castro
X = Jason Castro
Y = Syesha Mercado		 1,913
1,913 voter prefer Jason Castro over Syesha Mercado		 121
121 voters have an equal preference for Jason Castro over Syesha Mercado		 1,156
1,156 voter prefer Syesha Mercado over Jason Castro
X = Brooke White
Y = Syesha Mercado		 1,605
1,605 voter prefer Brooke White over Syesha Mercado		 180
180 voters have an equal preference for Brooke White and Syesha Mercado		 1,405
1,405 voter prefer Syesha Mercado over Brooke White
The highest score (which equals the sum of the bold underlined numbers, plus either tally number in any tied pair of choices) is: 19,733
Number of all possible valid sequences (without ties): 120
First sequence:
  1. Brooke White
  2. Syesha Mercado
  3. David Archuleta
  4. David Cook
  5. Jason Castro
Last sequence:
  1. Jason Castro
  2. David Cook
  3. David Archuleta
  4. Syesha Mercado
  5. Brooke White
© Copyright 2007 Solutions Through Innovation at www.VoteFair.org

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 x3
  • 1&2&4,3&5 x1
  • 1&3,4,5,2 x1
  • 1&5,2,4,3 x1
  • 1,2&3&4&5 x2
  • 1,2,3,4,5 x7
  • 1,2,3,5,4 x1
  • 1,2,4,3,5 x8
  • 1,2,5,3,4 x2
  • 1,2,5,4,3 x4
  • 1,3,2,4,5 x9
  • 1,3,2,5,4 x2
  • 1,3,4,2&5 x1
  • 1,3,4,2,5 x3
  • 1,3,4,5,2 x7
  • 1,3,5,2,4 x2
  • 1,4,2,3,5 x8
  • 1,4,2,5,3 x8
  • 1,4,3,2,5 x9
  • 1,4,3,5,2 x9
  • 1,4,5,2&3 x2
  • 1,4,5,2,3 x5
  • 1,4,5,3,2 x12
  • 1,5,2,3&4 x1
  • 1,5,2,4,3 x1
  • 1,5,3,4,2 x5
  • 1,5,4,2,3 x5
  • 1,5,4,3,2 x4
  • 2&3&4&5,1 x2
  • 2&3,1&4&5 x1
  • 2&4,3,1&5 x1
  • 2&4,3,5,1 x1
  • 2,1&3&4&5 x6
  • 2,1,3,4,5 x4
  • 2,1,4,3&5 x1
  • 2,1,4,3,5 x3
  • 2,1,4,5,3 x2
  • 2,1,5,4,3 x2
  • 2,3,1,4,5 x2
  • 2,3,1,5,4 x1
  • 2,3,4,1&5 x2
  • 2,3,4,1,5 x5
  • 2,3,4,5,1 x6
  • 2,3,5,1&4 x1
  • 2,3,5,1,4 x1
  • 2,4,1,3,5 x1
  • 2,4,1,5,3 x1
  • 2,4,3,1,5 x10
  • 2,4,3,5,1 x8
  • 2,4,5,3,1 x2
  • [Remaining ballots not listed]

© Copyright 2007 Solutions Through Innovation at www.VoteFair.org

Software version: 2007-Nov-3

The free VoteFair ranking service is subsidized by sales of Ending The Hidden Unfairness In U.S. Elections and The Creative Problem Solver's Toolbox, which were written by Richard Fobes, the inventor of VoteFair ranking and the programmer and writer for the VoteFair site.

 Cover of Ending The Hidden Unfairness In U.S. Elections Cover of The Creative Problem Solver's Toolbox

 

Done viewing results, go back to VoteFair's American Idol page

 

 

Return to http://www.VoteFair.org/index.html

          

Top of Page

© Copyright 2008 Solutions Through Innovation at www.VoteFair.org (Email address, non-machine-readable to reduce spam)