Despite releasing a book and going on an accompanying media blitz last month, former Gov. Tim Pawlenty remains at 3 percent in the latest national CNN 2012 presidential poll.

Pawlenty finished stuck in the pack in a three-way tie for sixth place, alongside other potential contenders Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour and Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee led the poll with 21 percent, followed by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin at 19 percent.

Pawlenty has finished with 3 percent of the vote in CNN's last three national polls, dating back to August 2010.

The poll also found that 49 percent of Republican respondents had never heard Pawlenty. Thirty-one percent had a favorable opinion of the former Minnesota governor, and 9 percent had an unfavorable opinion.

Those figures show some uptick for Pawlenty from 16 months ago, when CNN found 72 percent had not heard of him.

CNN's poll also asked Republicans if they'd rather see a candidate who "can beat Barack Obama but does not agree with you on every issue," or someone "who agrees with you on every issue that matters" but might not beat Obama. Not surprisingly, 68 percent said they wanted to back a winner, compared to 29 percent who wanted someone ideologically aligned.