Gary Johnson At 3% In Final CNN/ORC National Poll

Hot off the interwebz, the latest CNN/ORC Poll has Gary Johnson at 3% among registered voters and 2% among likely voters.

Now while this would fall short of the 5% that the former New Mexico Governor is hoping for, if it holds it would mean somewhere north of 2.5 million votes for the Libertarian Party candidate.

Sadly, because of the media blackout on the Johnson campaign, most Americans will probably hear Gary Johnson's name for the first time on election night when the results are tallied. Little did they know that there was an actual fiscally conservative, socially tolerant candidate on the ballot that will turn out to be the X Factor in the election.

Q Suppose that the Presidential candidates on the ballot in your state included Barack Obama as the Democratic Party's candidate, Mitt Romney as the Republican candidate, Gary Johnson as the Libertarian party candidate, and Jill Stein as the Green party candidate, who would you be more likely to vote for? (IF UNSURE) As of today, who do you lean more toward? (RANDOM ORDER)

Likely Voters Obama Romney Johnson Stein None No Opinion Nov 2-4, 2012 48% 48% 2% 1% * 1% Sept 28-30, 2012 47% 44% 4% 3% 1% 1% Sept 7-9, 2012 51% 43% 3% 1% 1% 1%
Registered Voters Obama Romney Johnson Stein None No Opinion Nov 2-4, 2012 48% 46% 3% 1% 1% 1% Sept 28-30, 2012 47% 43% 4% 3% 2% * Sept 7-9, 2012 50% 41% 4% 2% 1% *

Via Memeorandum