Poll Average Details- TX Governor - 2006-11-07 21:00:00

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 Perry Chris Bell Carole Keeton Strayhorn Kinky Friedman James "Patriot" Dillon James Werner
Zogby Interactive10/27X 1.00000   36.7000 - 0.8374 bias 28.5000 - 0.0637 bias 15.0000 - -0.0999 bias 14.4000 - -0.0999 bias   2.1000 - 3.1506 bias
Zogby International10/25X 0.96667   38.0000 - 0.0434 bias 22.0000 - 0.8870 bias 21.0000 - 3.0300 bias 11.0000 - 3.0300 bias   1.0000 - 1.6336 bias
Survey USA10/23X 0.93333   36.0000 - 0.3265 bias 26.0000 - 0.5274 bias 19.0000 - 1.6199 bias 16.0000 - 1.6199 bias   1.0000 - 1.3296 bias
Rasmussen Reports10/23X 0.93333   36.0000 - 1.5977 bias 25.0000 - 0.4180 bias 22.0000 - 1.2092 bias 12.0000 - 1.2092 bias    
Opinion Analysts10/15X 0.80000   34.0000 - 3.4742 bias 18.0000 - -7.2864 bias 18.0000 - 0.9682 bias 8.0000 - 0.9682 bias   2.0000 - 1.8919 bias
Blum & Weprin Associates10/3X 0.60000   38.0000 - -1.2293 bias 15.0000 - 1.3155 bias 18.0000 - 3.5418 bias 14.0000 - 3.5418 bias    
TOTAL 35.525404 23.694837 17.273395 11.005879 0.000000 -0.509250