Poll Average Details- MT Governor - 2020-11-03 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.

Poll	Mid Date	Time Weight	Internal	Greg Gianforte Greg Gianforte	Mike Cooney Mike Cooney	Lyman Bishop	Chris Hall
Change Research	11/2	X 1.00000		48.0000 - -1.2828 bias	44.0000 - 1.7383 bias	3.0000 - 1.4957 bias
Montana State University Billings	10/24	X 0.85000		45.0000 - -1.1286 bias	45.0000 - 0.9098 bias	2.0000 - 0.5258 bias
Strategies 360	10/20	X 0.78333		48.0000 - -1.1506 bias	41.0000 - 2.0070 bias	4.0000 - 0.8903 bias
Siena Research Institute	10/20	X 0.78333		48.0000 - -0.2762 bias	44.0000 - 0.8995 bias	4.0000 - 1.2365 bias
RMG Research	10/18	X 0.75000		48.0000 - -1.9223 bias	45.0000 - 3.3133 bias
Emerson College	10/7	X 0.56667		53.6000 - 0.4363 bias	41.3000 - 1.1507 bias
Montana State University Bozeman	10/2	X 0.48333		47.0000 - -2.3613 bias	42.0000 - 3.4950 bias
TOTAL				49.118636	41.534567	2.153574	0.000000