If you visit this page you can vote on your choices for this year's Academy Awards in the categories of Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Picture, and Best Animated Film. The voting data reported as of February 19th is reflected in this and the following pages. Based on the voters' rankings of the candidates first to last and their approvals of each candidate, the winner was determined using four different voting procedures.

In the Best Actor race, Russell Crowe was such the clear favorite that he wins under any of the four voting procedures!

Best Actor

Plurality Voting

Rank  Actor  1st Place Votes 
RUSSELL CROWE  42 
SEAN PENN  15 
WILL SMITH  10 
DENZEL WASHINGTON 
TOM WILKINSON 

And the winner under Plurality Voting is RUSSELL CROWE!


Anti-Plurality Voting

Rank  Actor  Not-Last Votes 
RUSSELL CROWE  77 
DENZEL WASHINGTON  75 
SEAN PENN  72 
WILL SMITH  62 
TOM WILKINSON  22 

And the winner under Anti-Plurality Voting is RUSSELL CROWE!


Borda Count

Rank  Actor  Firsts  Seconds  Thirds  Fourths  Fifths  Borda Count 
RUSSELL CROWE  42 20 7 8 0 250 
SEAN PENN  15 21 18 18 5 177 
DENZEL WASHINGTON  7 18 28 22 2 160 
WILL SMITH  10 16 17 19 15 141 
TOM WILKINSON  3 2 7 10 55 42 

And the winner under the Borda Count is RUSSELL CROWE!


Approval Voting

Rank  Actor  Approvals 
RUSSELL CROWE  62 
SEAN PENN  46 
DENZEL WASHINGTON  39 
WILL SMITH  31 
TOM WILKINSON  15 

And the winner under Approval Voting is RUSSELL CROWE!

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