Poll Average Details- MD US President - 2004-11-02 23:00:00

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	John F. Kerry John F. Kerry	George W. Bush George W. Bush	Ralph Nader	David K. Cobb	Theodis "Ted" Brown, Sr.	Michael Badnarik	Joe C. "Average Joe" Schriner	Michael A. Peroutka	Unidentified Scattering	Lawson Mitchell Bone	Richard T. Boyle	John J. Kennedy
Survey USA	10/29	X 1.00000		54.0000 - 0.6087 bias	43.0000 - 0.3321 bias
Ipsos-Public Affairs	10/26	X 0.95000		56.0000 - -19.3737 bias	39.0000 - -21.0249 bias
Gonzales/Arscott Research & Communications	10/5	X 0.60000		52.0000 - -1.1783 bias	42.0000 - 1.8643 bias
Rasmussen Reports	9/25	X 0.43333		48.0000 - 0.4222 bias	45.0000 - 1.5749 bias
American Research Group	9/9	X 0.16667		52.0000 - -0.0037 bias	43.0000 - 0.7897 bias	2.0000 - 1.5652 bias
TOTAL				62.876254	50.402250	0.434800	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000