Poll Average Details- US President - Popular Vote - 1996-11-05 20:00:00

The Poll Average is a weighted and adjusted number.
[Mid Date Column] All times are calculated by the middle date of the poll if it spans multiple days.
A time window of 2 months prior to the most recent poll is used.
[Time Weight Column] Polls are weighted in the amount they contribute to the final results in a linear fashion in this time window - the newest poll has a weight of 1, a poll 30 days prior will have a weight of 0.5 and a poll 60 days out will have a weight of 0. If the same pollster has more than one poll in this time period, only the newest will be used.
[Internal Column] If a poll is marked as being an internal poll for one of the candidates, it's weight will be halved.
[Candidate Columns, Bias] OurCampaigns has calculated partisan bias figures for all Polling Firms based on data from final vote totals in races they have polled. These amounts are subtracted from the poll result - in the case the bias figure is negative it will effectively be added to the poll result and appear as two dashes (minus a negative = plus). [TOTAL Row] The adjusted weights are summed for each poll result and the adjusted poll results for each candidate are multiplied by the poll weight and then summed. Each candidate's poll sum is divided by their weight sum to give the total.

PollMid DateTime WeightInternal Bill Clinton Vernon ClemensonRobert J. "Bob" Dole Robert J. "Bob" DoleH. Ross Perot Diane Beall Templin Others Ralph Nader UncommittedHarry Browne Irwin SchiffJohn Hagelin Howard Phillips James E. Harris Diane Beall Templin Marsha Feinland Monica Moorehead Earl F. Dodge Jr. Ralph Forbes Isabell Masters Dennis Peron Jerome "Jerry" White A. Peter Crane Charles E. Collins Mary Cal Hollis John Birrenbach Steve Michael None of These Candidates Lowell J. "Jack" Fellure
USA Today/CNN/Gallup11/3X 1.00000   52.0000 - -2.3172 bias 41.0000 - -2.8015 bias 7.0000 - -1.3982 bias                                          
Los Angeles Times10/27X 0.88333   51.0000 - 4.8655 bias 34.0000 - 1.3341 bias 12.0000 - 1.5969 bias                                          
TOTAL 50.479296 38.578608 9.338551 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000