Poll Average Details- NJ US President - R Primary - 2008-02-05 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 John McCain John McCainRudy Giuliani John McCainMitt Romney John McCainMike Huckabee John McCainRon Paul John McCainFred Thompson John McCain
Zogby International2/2X 1.00000   54.0000   23.0000 6.0000 4.0000  
Mason-Dixon2/1X 0.98333   46.0000   31.0000 5.0000 4.0000  
Survey USA1/31X 0.96667   48.0000   25.0000 9.0000 7.0000  
Rasmussen Reports1/30X 0.95000   43.0000   29.0000 7.0000 6.0000  
Quinnipiac University1/22X 0.81667   29.0000 26.0000 14.0000 9.0000 7.0000  
Monmouth University1/13X 0.66667   29.0000 25.0000 9.0000 11.0000 5.0000 5.0000
Research 20001/10X 0.61667   18.0000 34.0000 11.0000 8.0000 8.0000  
TOTAL 40.100000 28.031746 21.569444 7.647222 5.730556 5.000000