Poll Average Details- LA US Senate - Initial Election - 2002-11-05 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.

Poll	Mid Date	Time Weight	Internal	Mary Landrieu	Suzanne Haik Terrell	John Cooksey	Tony Perkins	Raymond Brown	Ernest Edward Skillman Jr.	Patrick "Live Wire" Landry	James Lemann	Gary D. Robbins
Ed Renwick	10/19	X 1.00000		32.0000 - 2.6559 bias	12.0000 - -2.7433 bias	8.0000 - -2.7433 bias	2.3000 - -2.7433 bias
Mason-Dixon	10/19	X 1.00000		44.0000 - 0.4628 bias	20.0000 - 0.8197 bias	15.0000 - 0.8197 bias	6.0000 - 0.8197 bias
Southern Media & Opinion	10/17	X 0.96667		45.1000 - 0.2495 bias	15.5000 - 1.0539 bias	9.1000 - 1.0539 bias	4.2000 - 1.0539 bias
Voter/Consumer Research (R)	8/30	X 0.16667		46.0000 - -4.6564 bias	10.0000 - 4.2271 bias	13.0000 - 4.2271 bias	6.0000 - 4.2271 bias
TOTAL				39.791335	15.590526	10.903291	4.327760	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000