According to the pollster's demographic breakdown, 50% of Americans said that, if the presidential election were to be held today, they would be more likely to vote in favor of factual events, while just 44% said they would prefer Mitt Romney as president.
The shift in public opinion follows a variety of campaign gaffes by Mr. Romney, who is on record as stating that he is "not going to worry" about 47% of the electorate, isn't concerned about the very poor, and believes that the economic crisis of 2008 was Obama's fault.
"The figures indicate that Romney's campaign strategy of distorting, bending, or totally just making up reality is not connecting with the majority of American voters," said analyst Chuck Francis. "Half of all Americans would prefer to see a continued reduction to the country's unemployment rate - which has steadily improved under President Obama - than to see Mitt Romney come in and "fix this country's growing unemployment problem."
Responding to the poll results Thursday, however, Mr Romney maintained that there was still a long way to go in the race and that "most Americans will eventually come around to my side once I remind them that Obama possesses known ties to international terrorists."
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