Poll Average Details- MD US President - D Primary - 2004-03-02 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 Kerry John KerryJohn Edwards John KerryHoward Dean John KerryWesley Clark John KerryJoe Lieberman John KerryRichard "Dick" Gephardt John KerryAl Sharpton John KerryCarol Moseley Braun John KerryDennis J. Kucinich John KerryLyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. John Kerry Uncommitted John KerryMildred W. Glover John Kerry
American Research Group2/28X 1.00000   46.0000 34.0000         3.0000   1.0000      
Survey USA2/26X 0.96667   54.0000 29.0000         7.0000          
Mason-Dixon2/26X 0.96667   62.0000 20.0000                    
Potomac Survey Research1/12X 0.21667   6.0000 3.0000 25.0000 12.0000 10.0000 8.0000 3.0000 3.0000 2.0000      
TOTAL 50.613757 26.037037 25.000000 12.000000 10.000000 8.000000 4.770992 3.000000 1.178082 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000