Poll Average Details- Portland, OR Mayor - Primary - 2012-05-15 22:00:00

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 Charlie Hales Jefferson Smith Eileen Brady Tre Arrow Write-In David "The Ack" Ackerman Lew Humble Christopher Rich Bill Dant Max Bauske Samuel Belisle James "Max" Brumm Howie Rubin Loren Charles Brown Dave Campbell Robert James Carron Shonda Colleen Kelley Josh Nuttall Blake Nieman-Davis Steve Sung Scott Rose Michael P. Langley Cameron Whitten Scott Fernandez
Survey USA5/7X 1.00000   25.0000 - 0.6480 bias 27.0000 - 0.6480 bias 28.0000 - 0.6480 bias                                          
Elway5/6X 0.98333   29.0000 - 2.9359 bias 28.0000 - 2.9359 bias 16.0000 - 2.9359 bias                                          
EMC Research3/28X 0.33333  X 1/2 25.0000 - 2.7301 bias 12.0000 - 2.7301 bias 23.0000 - 2.7301 bias                                          
TOTAL 24.973650 24.438767 20.268224 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