American Idol Stats

[Malvaro]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._pr...election,_2004

George W. Bush 62,040,610
John F. Kerry 59,028,111
Grand Total 122,293,332

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Idol

“In Season 2… The accuracy of the reported results is still disputed. There was much discussion in the communication industry about the phone system being overloaded, and that more than 150 million votes were dropped, making the voting suspect”

“In May 2005, Telescope announced that the third season had a total of approximately 360 million votes.”

“In May 2005, Telescope announced that the fourth season had a total of approximately 500 million votes. On February 11, 2007, Carrie Underwood became the first winner of American Idol to sweep all three major music awards (American Music, Billboard, and Grammy Awards) in a single season (for 2006-07).”

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.a...=20060524fox01

“TAYLOR HICKS IS CROWNED THE "AMERICAN IDOL" Approximately 580 Million Total Votes Cast During Historic Fifth Season of Television's No. 1 Show.”

http://www.brandweek.com/bw/news/rec...03533823&imw=Y

“Idol drew more viewers every half hour, beginning with 31 million at 8, growing to 37 million at 8:30, to 39.7 million at 9 and peaking with 41.4 million at 9:30 p.m.”

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People may vote multiple times throughout the American Idol season; regardless the quantity of votes is still pretty staggering. The number of true “unique” voters during an A.I. season is somewhat fuzzy, but it would probably be pretty safe to say that there are more unique A.I. voters than those who bothered to show up and vote for President Bush at 62 million. Stats to take with a grain of salt.

[Malvaro]

has anyone ever seen these stats before?

[rgcraig]

So are you saying the presidential candidates should compete with a talent and we could vote them off until we have a winner??????

[SoCaliUPC]

They report the number at each "going home" show.

I would say most people voting vote numerous times. As it relates to the presidential election....I think there is more convenience voting at your phone than driving somewhere to vote for a candidate you may or may not like.

May have a different election if voting was done by dialing 1-866-VOTEREP

[Rico]

If they made voting for President easy as making a phone call then I'm sure there'd be a higher turnout.