Poll Average Details- PA - District 07 - 2006-11-07 19:00:00

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 Joseph A. Sestak W. Curtis "Curt" Weldon
Constituent Dynamics10/26X 1.00000   51.0000 - 1.7318 bias 44.0000 - -0.3437 bias
Benenson Strategy Group (D)10/24X 0.96667   50.0000 - 2.2156 bias 43.0000 - -1.4207 bias
Franklin & Marshall College9/27X 0.51667   44.0000 - 0.8112 bias 43.0000 - -0.8927 bias
Public Opinion Strategies (R)9/13X 0.28333   33.0000 - -1.2825 bias 52.0000 - 2.6066 bias
TOTAL 46.079774 44.803519