Poll Average Details- MA US President - R Primary - 2016-03-01 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 Donald J. Trump Donald J. TrumpMarco A. Rubio Donald J. TrumpJohn Kasich Donald J. TrumpTed Cruz Donald J. TrumpJeb Bush Donald J. TrumpBen Carson Donald J. TrumpChris Christie Donald J. TrumpCarly Fiorina Donald J. TrumpMike Huckabee Donald J. TrumpRick Santorum Donald J. TrumpGeorge Pataki Donald J. TrumpJim Gilmore Donald J. Trump No Preference Donald J. Trump Write-In Donald J. TrumpRand Paul Donald J. Trump
Emerson College2/28X 1.00000   51.0000 20.0000 14.0000 10.0000   1.0000                  
Suffolk University2/26X 0.96667   43.0000 20.0000 17.0000 9.0000   4.0000                  
YouGov2/25X 0.95000   47.0000 15.0000 11.0000 15.0000   2.0000                  
MassINC Polling Group2/23X 0.91667   40.0000 19.0000 19.0000 10.0000   5.0000                  
Overtime Politics2/11X 0.71667   43.0000 12.0000 9.0000 10.0000 8.0000 6.0000 3.0000 2.0000              
TOTAL 44.989011 17.494505 14.230769 10.831502 8.000000 3.439560 3.000000 2.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000