Poll Average Details- LA US President - R Primary - 2012-03-24 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 Rick Santorum Rick SantorumMitt Romney Rick SantorumNewt Gingrich Rick SantorumRon Paul Rick SantorumRick Perry Rick SantorumCharles E. "Buddy" Roemer III Rick SantorumRandy Crow Rick SantorumJon Huntsman Rick SantorumMichele Bachmann Rick Santorum
Public Policy Polling3/22X 1.00000   42.0000 28.0000 18.0000 8.0000   2.0000      
American Research Group3/22X 1.00000   43.0000 27.0000 20.0000 6.0000          
Rasmussen Reports3/21X 0.98333   43.0000 31.0000 16.0000 5.0000          
Magellan Data & Mapping Strategies (R)3/19X 0.95000   37.0000 24.0000 24.0000 3.0000 3.0000 3.0000      
GCR & Associates3/10X 0.80000   25.4400 20.9700 19.8100 5.6300          
TOTAL 38.616620 26.420986 19.517183 5.550141 3.000000 2.487179 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000