Poll Average Details- GA US President - R Primary - 2012-03-06 18:00:00

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 Newt Gingrich Newt GingrichMitt Romney Newt GingrichRick Santorum Newt GingrichRon Paul Newt GingrichGary Johnson Newt GingrichRick Perry Newt GingrichCharles E. "Buddy" Roemer III Newt GingrichJon Huntsman Newt GingrichMichele Bachmann Newt Gingrich
American Research Group3/5X 1.00000   44.0000 24.0000 19.0000 9.0000          
Public Policy Polling3/4X 0.98333   47.0000 24.0000 19.0000 8.0000          
Rasmussen Reports3/4X 0.98333   37.0000 27.0000 18.0000 10.0000          
Landmark Communications (R)3/4X 0.98333   44.0000 23.0000 17.0000 7.0000          
Opinion Research Corporation (CNN)3/4X 0.98333   47.0000 24.0000 15.0000 9.0000          
YouGov3/1X 0.93333   32.0000 27.0000 17.0000 10.0000          
Survey USA2/26X 0.86667   39.0000 23.0000 24.0000 9.0000          
Insider Advantage2/20X 0.76667   25.9000 23.9000 22.8000 11.7000          
Mason-Dixon2/8X 0.56667   43.0000 29.0000 12.0000 6.0000          
TOTAL 40.161983 24.825207 18.321901 8.917769 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000