While some may roll their eyes at Libertarian Party presidential nominee and marijuana-legalization champion Gary Johnson, recent polling shows that his presence on the ballot could have an effect on the presidential race, at least in Nevada. <\/p>\n
A Public Policy Polling (PPP) survey released Wednesday found that, while President Barack Obama has a four-point lead over Republican nominee Mitt Romney in Nevada (51-47 percent), when Johnson is thrown into the mix, the former New Mexico governor garners three percent of the vote, largely pulling voters from Obama. <\/p>\n
When Gary Johnsons included he gets 3 percent and actually takes mostly from Obama, pulling his lead over Romney down to 48\/47, PPP explained. That could be something worth keeping an eye on. <\/p>\n
PPP noted that, last month, Obamas lead on Romney in the Silver State was five points higher, with a 52-43 percent result in the middle of September. <\/p>\n
That five point decline for Obama is consistent with what weve been seeing in most of our national and state level polling since last weeks debate, the report read. <\/p>\n
Johnson will be on the ballot in 47 states and the District of Columbia. Nevada has six electoral votes. <\/p>\n
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