Poll Average Details- FL Governor - 2010-11-02 23:00:00

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 Rick Scott Alex Sink Peter Allen Josue Larose Michael E. Arth Farid A. Khavari C.C. Reed Dan Imperato
Voter Survey Service (R)11/1X 1.00000   49.0000 - 0.3855 bias 45.0000 - -0.0542 bias            
Public Policy Polling10/31X 0.98333   47.0000 - -0.1800 bias 48.0000 - 1.1680 bias            
YouGov10/31X 0.98333   44.6000 - 0.0288 bias 45.2000 - 1.4134 bias            
Quinnipiac University10/31X 0.98333   43.0000 - -0.2682 bias 44.0000 - 1.0754 bias            
Mason-Dixon10/27X 0.91667   43.0000 - 0.8543 bias 46.0000 - 0.4277 bias            
Rasmussen Reports10/27X 0.91667   48.0000 - 1.5977 bias 45.0000 - 0.4180 bias            
University of South Florida Polytechnic10/27X 0.91667   44.0000 - 4.1414 bias 39.0000 - -0.7343 bias            
Zogby Interactive10/21X 0.81667   38.5000 - 0.8374 bias 43.1000 - 0.0637 bias            
Ipsos-Public Affairs10/19X 0.78333   44.0000 - -21.0260 bias 41.0000 - -19.3724 bias            
Opinion Research Corporation (CNN)10/19X 0.78333   49.0000 - 0.4312 bias 46.0000 - 0.8608 bias            
Suffolk University10/17X 0.75000   38.0000 - -2.1317 bias 45.0000 - 1.6356 bias 2.0000 - -0.0115 bias       1.0000 - 1.2514 bias 1.0000 - 1.2514 bias
Schroth Eldon & Associates (D)10/12X 0.66667   41.0000 - -2.5492 bias 47.0000 - 4.6676 bias            
United Faculty of Miami Dade College9/30X 0.46667   51.5000 - 0.4673 bias 46.0000 - 3.7412 bias            
Hamilton Campaigns (D)9/29X 0.45000  X 1/2 44.0000 - -1.1628 bias 45.0000 - 2.0559 bias            
Pulse Opinion Research9/11X 0.15000   41.0000 - 1.6194 bias 49.0000 - -0.2544 bias            
TOTAL 46.909905 46.024022 2.011500 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 -0.251400 -0.251400