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Poll title:

     American Idol Season 6 Poll, Top 8    

Question (number 1) title:

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

The most preferred and most representative choice is:

    Jordin Sparks

Overall popularity ranking:

     
Popularity Choice VoteFair
ranking
score		 Traditional
vote count
(for comparison)
First-most popular Jordin Sparks Ranking score is 75 for Jordin Sparks 137 voters marked Jordin Sparks as their first choice
Second-most popular Melinda Doolittle Ranking score is 62 for Melinda Doolittle 118 voters marked Melinda Doolittle as their first choice
Third-most popular Blake Lewis Ranking score is 56 for Blake Lewis 113 voters marked Blake Lewis as their first choice
Fourth-most popular Lakisha Jones Ranking score is 38 for Lakisha Jones 28 voters marked Lakisha Jones as their first choice
Fifth-most popular Chris Richardson Ranking score is 31 for Chris Richardson 34 voters marked Chris Richardson as their first choice
Sixth-most popular Phil Stacey Ranking score is 17 for Phil Stacey 15 voters marked Phil Stacey as their first choice
Seventh-most popular Haley Scarnato Ranking score is 10 for Haley Scarnato 16 voters marked Haley Scarnato as their first choice
Eighth-most popular Sanjaya Malakar Ranking score is 0 for Sanjaya Malakar 25 voters marked Sanjaya Malakar as their first choice

VoteFair representation Ranking

  
First-most representative choice is: Jordin Sparks
Second-most representative choice is: Melinda Doolittle

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 Jordin Sparks
Instant runoff Jordin Sparks
(16 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 : Phil Stacey)
Majority None of the choices has won a majority (more than half) the votes.

(6 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice. )
Plurality Jordin Sparks

(6 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice as the most-preferred choice. )
Condorcet Jordin Sparks
Borda count Jordin Sparks
(59 ballots ignored because they rank more than one choice at the same preference level. )

Details of plurality results

  
Choice Vote count Percentage
Jordin Sparks 137 28 137 voters marked Jordin Sparks as their first choice
Melinda Doolittle 118 24 118 voters marked Melinda Doolittle as their first choice
Blake Lewis 113 23 113 voters marked Blake Lewis as their first choice
Chris Richardson 34 7 34 voters marked Chris Richardson as their first choice
Lakisha Jones 28 6 28 voters marked Lakisha Jones as their first choice
Sanjaya Malakar 25 5 25 voters marked Sanjaya Malakar as their first choice
Haley Scarnato 16 3 16 voters marked Haley Scarnato as their first choice
Phil Stacey 15 3 15 voters marked Phil Stacey as their first choice
(6 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: 492
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 = Jordin Sparks
Y = Melinda Doolittle		 264
264 voters prefer Jordin Sparks over Melinda Doolittle		 19
19 voters have an equal preference for Jordin Sparks and Melinda Doolittle		 209
209 voters prefer Melinda Doolittle over Jordin Sparks
X = Jordin Sparks
Y = Blake Lewis		 271
271 voters prefer Jordin Sparks over Blake Lewis		 14
14 voters have an equal preference for Jordin Sparks and Blake Lewis		 207
207 voters prefer Blake Lewis over Jordin Sparks
X = Jordin Sparks
Y = Lakisha Jones		 381
381 voters prefer Jordin Sparks over Lakisha Jones		 24
24 voters have an equal preference for Jordin Sparks and Lakisha Jones		 87
87 voters prefer Lakisha Jones over Jordin Sparks
X = Jordin Sparks
Y = Chris Richardson		 384
384 voters prefer Jordin Sparks over Chris Richardson		 20
20 voters have an equal preference for Jordin Sparks and Chris Richardson		 88
88 voters prefer Chris Richardson over Jordin Sparks
X = Jordin Sparks
Y = Phil Stacey		 425
425 voters prefer Jordin Sparks over Phil Stacey		 22
22 voters have an equal preference for Jordin Sparks and Phil Stacey		 45
45 voters prefer Phil Stacey over Jordin Sparks
X = Jordin Sparks
Y = Haley Scarnato		 418
418 voters prefer Jordin Sparks over Haley Scarnato		 22
22 voters have an equal preference for Jordin Sparks over Haley Scarnato		 52
52 voters prefer Haley Scarnato over Jordin Sparks
X = Jordin Sparks
Y = Sanjaya Malakar		 434
434 voters prefer Jordin Sparks over Sanjaya Malakar		 19
19 voters have an equal preference for Jordin Sparks and Sanjaya Malakar		 39
39 voters prefer Sanjaya Malakar over Jordin Sparks
X = Melinda Doolittle
Y = Blake Lewis		 241
241 voters prefer Melinda Doolittle over Blake Lewis		 17
17 voters have an equal preference for Melinda Doolittle and Blake Lewis		 234
234 voters prefer Blake Lewis over Melinda Doolittle
X = Melinda Doolittle
Y = Lakisha Jones		 369
369 voters prefer Melinda Doolittle over Lakisha Jones		 27
27 voters have an equal preference for Melinda Doolittle over Lakisha Jones		 96
96 voters prefer Lakisha Jones over Melinda Doolittle
X = Melinda Doolittle
Y = Chris Richardson		 338
338 voters prefer Melinda Doolittle over Chris Richardson		 23
23 voters have an equal preference for Melinda Doolittle and Chris Richardson		 131
131 voters prefer Chris Richardson over Melinda Doolittle
X = Melinda Doolittle
Y = Phil Stacey		 388
388 voters prefer Melinda Doolittle over Phil Stacey		 25
25 voters have an equal preference for Melinda Doolittle and Phil Stacey		 79
79 voters prefer Phil Stacey over Melinda Doolittle
X = Melinda Doolittle
Y = Haley Scarnato		 383
383 voters prefer Melinda Doolittle over Haley Scarnato		 28
28 voters have an equal preference for Melinda Doolittle over Haley Scarnato		 81
81 voters prefer Haley Scarnato over Melinda Doolittle
X = Melinda Doolittle
Y = Sanjaya Malakar		 410
410 voters prefer Melinda Doolittle over Sanjaya Malakar		 25
25 voters have an equal preference for Melinda Doolittle and Sanjaya Malakar		 57
57 voters prefer Sanjaya Malakar over Melinda Doolittle
X = Blake Lewis
Y = Lakisha Jones		 318
318 voters prefer Blake Lewis over Lakisha Jones		 23
23 voters have an equal preference for Blake Lewis over Lakisha Jones		 151
151 voters prefer Lakisha Jones over Blake Lewis
X = Blake Lewis
Y = Chris Richardson		 375
375 voters prefer Blake Lewis over Chris Richardson		 24
24 voters have an equal preference for Blake Lewis and Chris Richardson		 93
93 voters prefer Chris Richardson over Blake Lewis
X = Blake Lewis
Y = Phil Stacey		 405
405 voters prefer Blake Lewis over Phil Stacey		 23
23 voters have an equal preference for Blake Lewis and Phil Stacey		 64
64 voters prefer Phil Stacey over Blake Lewis
X = Blake Lewis
Y = Haley Scarnato		 399
399 voters prefer Blake Lewis over Haley Scarnato		 28
28 voters have an equal preference for Blake Lewis over Haley Scarnato		 65
65 voters prefer Haley Scarnato over Blake Lewis
X = Blake Lewis
Y = Sanjaya Malakar		 423
423 voters prefer Blake Lewis over Sanjaya Malakar		 24
24 voters have an equal preference for Blake Lewis and Sanjaya Malakar		 45
45 voters prefer Sanjaya Malakar over Blake Lewis
X = Lakisha Jones
Y = Chris Richardson		 258
258 voters prefer Lakisha Jones over Chris Richardson		 33
33 voters have an equal preference for Lakisha Jones and Chris Richardson		 201
201 voters prefer Chris Richardson over Lakisha Jones
X = Lakisha Jones
Y = Phil Stacey		 338
338 voters prefer Lakisha Jones over Phil Stacey		 34
34 voters have an equal preference for Lakisha Jones and Phil Stacey		 120
120 voters prefer Phil Stacey over Lakisha Jones
X = Lakisha Jones
Y = Haley Scarnato		 334
334 voters prefer Lakisha Jones over Haley Scarnato		 37
37 voters have an equal preference for Lakisha Jones over Haley Scarnato		 121
121 voters prefer Haley Scarnato over Lakisha Jones
X = Lakisha Jones
Y = Sanjaya Malakar		 377
377 voters prefer Lakisha Jones over Sanjaya Malakar		 33
33 voters have an equal preference for Lakisha Jones and Sanjaya Malakar		 82
82 voters prefer Sanjaya Malakar over Lakisha Jones
X = Chris Richardson
Y = Phil Stacey		 343
343 voters prefer Chris Richardson over Phil Stacey		 36
36 voters have an equal preference for Chris Richardson and Phil Stacey		 113
113 voters prefer Phil Stacey over Chris Richardson
X = Chris Richardson
Y = Haley Scarnato		 327
327 voters prefer Chris Richardson over Haley Scarnato		 38
38 voters have an equal preference for Chris Richardson over Haley Scarnato		 127
127 voters prefer Haley Scarnato over Chris Richardson
X = Chris Richardson
Y = Sanjaya Malakar		 387
387 voters prefer Chris Richardson over Sanjaya Malakar		 31
31 voters have an equal preference for Chris Richardson and Sanjaya Malakar		 74
74 voters prefer Sanjaya Malakar over Chris Richardson
X = Phil Stacey
Y = Haley Scarnato		 229
229 voters prefer Phil Stacey over Haley Scarnato		 43
43 voters have an equal preference for Phil Stacey over Haley Scarnato		 220
220 voters prefer Haley Scarnato over Phil Stacey
X = Phil Stacey
Y = Sanjaya Malakar		 355
355 voters prefer Phil Stacey over Sanjaya Malakar		 40
40 voters have an equal preference for Phil Stacey and Sanjaya Malakar		 97
97 voters prefer Sanjaya Malakar over Phil Stacey
X = Haley Scarnato
Y = Sanjaya Malakar		 334
334 voters prefer Haley Scarnato over Sanjaya Malakar		 41
41 voters have an equal preference for Haley Scarnato and Sanjaya Malakar		 117
117 voters prefer Sanjaya Malakar over Haley Scarnato
The highest score (which equals the sum of the bold underlined numbers, plus either tally number in any tied pair of choices) is: 9,908
Number of all possible valid sequences (without ties): 40,320
First sequence:
  1. Haley Scarnato
  2. Jordin Sparks
  3. Lakisha Jones
  4. Melinda Doolittle
  5. Blake Lewis
  6. Chris Richardson
  7. Phil Stacey
  8. Sanjaya Malakar
Last sequence:
  1. Sanjaya Malakar
  2. Phil Stacey
  3. Chris Richardson
  4. Blake Lewis
  5. Melinda Doolittle
  6. Lakisha Jones
  7. Jordin Sparks
  8. Haley Scarnato
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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 x2
  • 1&2&3&4&5&6,7&8 x1
  • 1&2&3&5&6&7&8,4 x1
  • 1&8,2&6&7,3&4&5 x1
  • 1,2,4,3,5,6,7,8 x1
  • 1,2,4,3,5,7,8,6 x1
  • 1,2,5,4,3,6,7,8 x1
  • 1,2,5,4,6,3,8,7 x1
  • 1,2,5,4,8,3,7,6 x1
  • 1,2,8,4,7,6,5,3 x1
  • 1,4,2,3,6,5,7,8 x1
  • 1,4,5,2,3,6,7,8 x1
  • 1,4,5,6,2,7,8,3 x1
  • 1,4,8,2,5,6,7,3 x1
  • 1,5,2,4,3,6,7,8 x1
  • 1,5,2,6,3,7,4,8 x1
  • 1,5,4,2,6,3,8,7 x1
  • 1,5,6,3,2,4,7,8 x1
  • 1,5,8,2,4,7,3,6 x1
  • 1,6,2,4,8,5,3,7 x1
  • 2&4&5,3&8,7,1&6 x1
  • 2,1&3&4&5&6&7&8 x6
  • 2,1,3,8,6,5,4,7 x1
  • 2,1,4,5,8,6,7,3 x1
  • 2,1,6,4,3,7,5,8 x1
  • 2,1,6,7,4,5,3,8 x1
  • 2,1,7&8,5,3,4,6 x1
  • 2,3,1&4&5&6&7&8 x1
  • 2,3,4,1,5,6,7,8 x1
  • 2,3,4,1,5,7,6,8 x1
  • 2,3,4,5,1,6,7,8 x1
  • 2,3,5,1,4,6,7,8 x1
  • 2,3,5,4,6,1,7,8 x1
  • 2,3,5,6,1,7,8,4 x1
  • 2,3,5,6,4,1,7,8 x1
  • 2,3,5,6,7,4,1,8 x1
  • 2,3,6,5,4,1,8,7 x1
  • 2,4,3,1&5&6&7&8 x1
  • 2,4,3,1,5,6,7,8 x1
  • 2,4,3,1,7,5,8,6 x1
  • 2,4,3,5,1,6,7,8 x1
  • 2,4,3,5,1,7,6,8 x1
  • 2,4,3,5,1,8,7,6 x1
  • 2,4,3,5,6,1,7,8 x3
  • 2,4,3,5,6,7,1,8 x5
  • 2,4,3,5,6,8,7,1 x1
  • 2,4,3,5,7,6,8,1 x1
  • 2,4,3,5,8,1,7,6 x1
  • 2,4,3,5,8,6,7,1 x1
  • 2,4,3,6,7,8,1,5 x1
  • [Remaining ballots not listed]

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