Poll Average Details- NV - District 03 - 2012-11-06 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 Joe Heck John Oceguera James F. Haning, IITom Jones Jim Murphy
Survey USA10/23X 1.00000   50.0000 - 0.3321 bias 40.0000 - 0.6087 bias    
WPA Intelligence (WPAi)10/8X 0.75000  X 1/2 48.0000 - 2.6853 bias 37.0000 - -1.7812 bias 2.0000 - 0.5164 bias 2.0000 - 0.6174 bias
Precision Opinion10/6X 0.71667   49.0000 - 8.0419 bias 38.0000 - -0.0458 bias    
Benenson Strategy Group (D)10/3X 0.66667  X 1/2 45.0000 - -1.2376 bias 40.0000 - 2.2630 bias 8.0000 - 6.5473 bias  
Global Strategy Group (D)9/30X 0.61667  X 1/2 42.0000 - -2.0216 bias 38.0000 - 2.9243 bias    
TOTAL 45.731736 38.266249 1.469059 1.382600