Poll Average Details- US President National Vote - 1980-11-04 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 Ronald Reagan Ronald ReaganJimmy Carter Jimmy CarterJohn B. Anderson Others Edward E. "Ed" Clark Gus Hall John R. Rarick Benjamin C. Bubar Barry Commoner Percy L. Greaves Jr. Ellen McCormack Clifton DeBerry Cleve Andrew Pulley David McReynolds Maureen Smith Martin E. Wendelken Harley J. McLain William "Bill" Gahres None of These Candidates Deirdre Griswold Richard Congress Kurt J. Lynen Frank W. Shelton Jr.
Center for Survey Research and Analysis11/3X 1.00000   46.0000 - -0.7473 bias 36.0000 - -1.8842 bias 10.0000 - 4.2579 bias                                        
DMI11/3X 1.00000   45.0000 - 0.3890 bias 34.0000 - -2.3782 bias 9.0000 - 3.6157 bias                                        
ABC/Harris11/2X 0.98333   46.0000 - -2.8306 bias 41.0000 - 1.6937 bias 9.0000 - 2.7634 bias                                        
Gallup11/1X 0.96667   46.0000 - 2.8840 bias 43.0000 - -2.6491 bias 7.0000 - 0.6800 bias                                        
New York Times - CBS News11/1X 0.96667   44.0000 - -1.4721 bias 43.0000 - 2.0567 bias 8.0000 - 1.8094 bias                                        
Capital Survey Research Center10/26X 0.86667   40.0000 - -3.1241 bias 41.0000 - 2.5213 bias 10.0000 - 4.3774 bias                                        
NBC/AP10/24X 0.83333   42.0000 - -3.0200 bias 36.0000 - -0.1055 bias 10.0000 - 4.7520 bias                                        
TOTAL 45.325104 39.303129 5.833585 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