Poll Average Details- OH Governor - 2006-11-07 18:30:00

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.

Poll	Mid Date	Time Weight	Internal	Ted Strickland	J. Kenneth "Ken" Blackwell	Larry Bays	James Lundeen	Bob Fitrakis	Bill Peirce
Polimetrix	11/5	X 1.00000		62.0000 - 1.9452 bias	35.0000 - 1.6909 bias
University of Cincinnati (The Ohio Poll)	11/5	X 1.00000		59.0000 - 0.6231 bias	37.0000 - 0.3091 bias
Columbus Dispatch	11/3	X 0.96667		67.0000 - 2.1707 bias	31.0000 - -1.5633 bias
Mason-Dixon	11/2	X 0.95000		56.0000 - 0.4277 bias	37.0000 - 0.8543 bias
Opinion Research Corporation (CNN)	10/29	X 0.88333		59.0000 - 0.8608 bias	36.0000 - 0.4312 bias
Zogby Interactive	10/27	X 0.85000		50.8000 - 0.0637 bias	43.3000 - 0.8374 bias
Opinion Consultants	10/25	X 0.81667		55.0000 - -1.0352 bias	39.0000 - 2.2601 bias
Survey USA	10/25	X 0.81667		62.0000 - 0.5274 bias	32.0000 - 0.3265 bias			1.0000 - 1.0702 bias	1.0000 - 1.3296 bias
Quinnipiac University	10/15	X 0.65000		59.0000 - 1.0754 bias	32.0000 - -0.2682 bias
New York Times - CBS News	10/15	X 0.65000		54.0000 - 2.0567 bias	29.0000 - -1.4721 bias
Rasmussen Reports	10/3	X 0.45000		52.0000 - 0.4180 bias	40.0000 - 1.5977 bias
University of Akron	9/29	X 0.38333		47.4000 - -1.3826 bias	33.8000 - 1.9352 bias
TOTAL				57.097337	34.988666	0.000000	0.000000	-0.070200	-0.329600