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! |
Rank | Actor | 1st Place Votes |
1 | RUSSELL CROWE | 42 |
2 | SEAN PENN | 15 |
3 | WILL SMITH | 10 |
4 | DENZEL WASHINGTON | 7 |
5 | TOM WILKINSON | 3 |
And the winner under Plurality Voting is RUSSELL CROWE!
Rank | Actor | Not-Last Votes |
1 | RUSSELL CROWE | 77 |
2 | DENZEL WASHINGTON | 75 |
3 | SEAN PENN | 72 |
4 | WILL SMITH | 62 |
5 | TOM WILKINSON | 22 |
And the winner under Anti-Plurality Voting is RUSSELL CROWE!
Rank | Actor | Firsts | Seconds | Thirds | Fourths | Fifths | Borda Count |
1 | RUSSELL CROWE | 42 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 250 |
2 | SEAN PENN | 15 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 177 |
3 | DENZEL WASHINGTON | 7 | 18 | 28 | 22 | 2 | 160 |
4 | WILL SMITH | 10 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 141 |
5 | TOM WILKINSON | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 55 | 42 |
And the winner under the Borda Count is RUSSELL CROWE!
Rank | Actor | Approvals |
1 | RUSSELL CROWE | 62 |
2 | SEAN PENN | 46 |
3 | DENZEL WASHINGTON | 39 |
4 | WILL SMITH | 31 |
5 | TOM WILKINSON | 15 |
And the winner under Approval Voting is RUSSELL CROWE!