Poll Average Details- NM - District 02 - 2010-11-02 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 Steve Pearce Cliff R. PirtleHarry Teague Harry Teague
Research & Polling Inc. (Albuquerque Journal)10/28X 1.00000   48.0000 - 0.0183 bias 45.0000 - 0.0906 bias
Tarrance Group (R)10/20X 0.86667  X 1/2 50.0000 - 1.0477 bias 41.0000 - -0.5219 bias
ccAdvertising (R)10/18X 0.83333   49.5100 - 4.4041 bias 29.4000 - -1.7906 bias
Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates (D)9/30X 0.53333   46.0000 - -1.4053 bias 42.0000 - 3.5544 bias
Public Policy Polling9/26X 0.46667   48.0000 - -0.1800 bias 47.0000 - 1.1680 bias
Anzalone Liszt Research (D)9/9X 0.18333   44.0000 - -2.1911 bias 51.0000 - 3.6481 bias
TOTAL 47.251539 40.425553