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Poll title:

     American Idol, Season 9, Top 6    

Question (number 1) title:

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

The most preferred and most representative choice is:

    Siobhan Magnus

Overall popularity ranking:

     
Popularity Choice VoteFair
ranking
score		 Traditional
vote count
(for comparison)
First-most popular Siobhan Magnus Ranking score is 64 for Siobhan Magnus 444 voters marked Siobhan Magnus as their first choice
Second-most popular Crystal Bowersox Ranking score is 57 for Crystal Bowersox 339 voters marked Crystal Bowersox as their first choice
Third-most popular Lee DeWyze Ranking score is 46 for Lee DeWyze 214 voters marked Lee DeWyze as their first choice
Fourth-most popular Casey James Ranking score is 29 for Casey James 128 voters marked Casey James as their first choice
Fifth-most popular Aaron Kelly Ranking score is 12 for Aaron Kelly 43 voters marked Aaron Kelly as their first choice
Sixth-most popular Michael Lynche Ranking score is 0 for Michael Lynche 13 voters marked Michael Lynche as their first choice

VoteFair representation Ranking

  

First-most representative choice is:

Siobhan Magnus

Second-most representative choice is:

Crystal Bowersox

Third-most representative choice is:

Lee DeWyze

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 Siobhan Magnus
Instant runoff Siobhan Magnus
(11 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 : Michael Lynche)
Majority None of the choices has won a majority (more than half) the votes.

(11 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Plurality Siobhan Magnus

(11 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice.)
Condorcet Siobhan Magnus
Borda count Crystal Bowersox
(77 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice at the same preference level.)

Details of plurality results

  
Choice Vote count Percentage
Siobhan Magnus 444 38 444 voters marked Siobhan Magnus as their first choice
Crystal Bowersox 339 29 339 voters marked Crystal Bowersox as their first choice
Lee DeWyze 214 18 214 voters marked Lee DeWyze as their first choice
Casey James 128 11 128 voters marked Casey James as their first choice
Aaron Kelly 43 4 43 voters marked Aaron Kelly as their first choice
Michael Lynche 13 1 13 voters marked Michael Lynche as their first choice
(11 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: 1,192
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 = Siobhan Magnus
Y = Crystal Bowersox		 592
592 voters prefer Siobhan Magnus over Crystal Bowersox		 16
16 voters have an equal preference for Siobhan Magnus over Crystal Bowersox		 584
584 voters prefer Crystal Bowersox over Siobhan Magnus
X = Siobhan Magnus
Y = Lee DeWyze		 632
632 voters prefer Siobhan Magnus over Lee DeWyze		 13
13 voters have an equal preference for Siobhan Magnus and Lee DeWyze		 547
547 voters prefer Lee DeWyze over Siobhan Magnus
X = Siobhan Magnus
Y = Casey James		 724
724 voters prefer Siobhan Magnus over Casey James		 12
12 voters have an equal preference for Siobhan Magnus and Casey James		 456
456 voters prefer Casey James over Siobhan Magnus
X = Siobhan Magnus
Y = Aaron Kelly		 895
895 voters prefer Siobhan Magnus over Aaron Kelly		 18
18 voters have an equal preference for Siobhan Magnus and Aaron Kelly		 279
279 voters prefer Aaron Kelly over Siobhan Magnus
X = Siobhan Magnus
Y = Michael Lynche		 956
956 voters prefer Siobhan Magnus over Michael Lynche		 18
18 voters have an equal preference for Siobhan Magnus and Michael Lynche		 218
218 voters prefer Michael Lynche over Siobhan Magnus
X = Crystal Bowersox
Y = Lee DeWyze		 680
680 voters prefer Crystal Bowersox over Lee DeWyze		 37
37 voters have an equal preference for Crystal Bowersox and Lee DeWyze		 475
475 voters prefer Lee DeWyze over Crystal Bowersox
X = Crystal Bowersox
Y = Casey James		 800
800 voters prefer Crystal Bowersox over Casey James		 32
32 voters have an equal preference for Crystal Bowersox and Casey James		 360
360 voters prefer Casey James over Crystal Bowersox
X = Crystal Bowersox
Y = Aaron Kelly		 922
922 voters prefer Crystal Bowersox over Aaron Kelly		 35
35 voters have an equal preference for Crystal Bowersox and Aaron Kelly		 235
235 voters prefer Aaron Kelly over Crystal Bowersox
X = Crystal Bowersox
Y = Michael Lynche		 1,000
1,000 voter prefer Crystal Bowersox over Michael Lynche		 32
32 voters have an equal preference for Crystal Bowersox and Michael Lynche		 160
160 voters prefer Michael Lynche over Crystal Bowersox
X = Lee DeWyze
Y = Casey James		 807
807 voters prefer Lee DeWyze over Casey James		 30
30 voters have an equal preference for Lee DeWyze and Casey James		 355
355 voters prefer Casey James over Lee DeWyze
X = Lee DeWyze
Y = Aaron Kelly		 938
938 voters prefer Lee DeWyze over Aaron Kelly		 34
34 voters have an equal preference for Lee DeWyze and Aaron Kelly		 220
220 voters prefer Aaron Kelly over Lee DeWyze
X = Lee DeWyze
Y = Michael Lynche		 997
997 voters prefer Lee DeWyze over Michael Lynche		 33
33 voters have an equal preference for Lee DeWyze and Michael Lynche		 162
162 voters prefer Michael Lynche over Lee DeWyze
X = Casey James
Y = Aaron Kelly		 829
829 voters prefer Casey James over Aaron Kelly		 38
38 voters have an equal preference for Casey James and Aaron Kelly		 325
325 voters prefer Aaron Kelly over Casey James
X = Casey James
Y = Michael Lynche		 901
901 voters prefer Casey James over Michael Lynche		 40
40 voters have an equal preference for Casey James and Michael Lynche		 251
251 voters prefer Michael Lynche over Casey James
X = Aaron Kelly
Y = Michael Lynche		 686
686 voters prefer Aaron Kelly over Michael Lynche		 45
45 voters have an equal preference for Aaron Kelly and Michael Lynche		 461
461 voters prefer Michael Lynche over Aaron Kelly
The highest score (which equals the sum of the bold underlined numbers, plus either tally number in any tied pair of choices) is: 12,359
Number of all possible valid sequences (without ties): 720
First sequence:
  1. Crystal Bowersox
  2. Siobhan Magnus
  3. Lee DeWyze
  4. Casey James
  5. Aaron Kelly
  6. Michael Lynche
Last sequence:
  1. Michael Lynche
  2. Aaron Kelly
  3. Casey James
  4. Lee DeWyze
  5. Siobhan Magnus
  6. Crystal Bowersox
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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 x4
  • 1&2&3&5,4&6 x2
  • 1&2&3,5,4,6 x1
  • 1&4,3,5,6,2 x1
  • 1,2,3,4&5&6 x1
  • 1,2,3,4,5,6 x14
  • 1,2,3,4,6,5 x18
  • 1,2,3,5,4&6 x1
  • 1,2,3,5,4,6 x16
  • 1,2,3,5,6,4 x2
  • 1,2,3,6,4,5 x5
  • 1,2,3,6,5,4 x4
  • 1,2,4,3,5,6 x3
  • 1,2,4,3,6,5 x3
  • 1,2,4,5,6,3 x1
  • 1,2,5,3,4,6 x1
  • 1,2,5,4,3,6 x1
  • 1,2,5,4,6,3 x1
  • 1,2,5,6,3,4 x1
  • 1,2,6,3,4,5 x4
  • 1,2,6,4,3,5 x2
  • 1,2,6,4,5,3 x1
  • 1,2,6,5,3&4 x1
  • 1,2,6,5,3,4 x1
  • 1,3,2&4&5&6 x1
  • 1,3,2,4&5&6 x1
  • 1,3,2,4,5,6 x17
  • 1,3,2,4,6,5 x19
  • 1,3,2,5,4,6 x5
  • 1,3,2,5,6,4 x1
  • 1,3,2,6,4,5 x15
  • 1,3,2,6,5,4 x3
  • 1,3,4,2&5&6 x3
  • 1,3,4,2,5,6 x22
  • 1,3,4,2,6,5 x13
  • 1,3,4,5,2&6 x1
  • 1,3,4,5,2,6 x10
  • 1,3,4,5,6,2 x15
  • 1,3,4,6,2,5 x6
  • 1,3,4,6,5,2 x8
  • 1,3,5,2&4&6 x1
  • 1,3,5,2,6,4 x2
  • 1,3,5,4,2,6 x7
  • 1,3,5,4,6,2 x6
  • 1,3,5,6,4,2 x2
  • 1,3,6,2,4,5 x4
  • 1,3,6,2,5,4 x3
  • 1,3,6,4,2,5 x5
  • 1,3,6,4,5,2 x4
  • 1,3,6,5,2,4 x1
  • [Remaining ballots not listed]

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