In a poll conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, released August 8th, 2012, which matched up presidential candidates Barack Obama and Ron Paul, one thousand likely voters said that they have equal preference when given a choice between Barack Obama and Ron Paul.

Here are the results from the poll, when a randomly selected group (via phone) were asked the following question “Suppose in this year’s Presidential Election you had a choice between Republican Ron Paul and Democrat Barack Obama. If the election were held today would you vote for Republican Ron Paul or Democrat Barack Obama?”.

45% Ron Paul

47% Barack Obama

6% Some other candidate

2% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.

Another interesting take-away from the poll was the results of the favorability ratings. 58% of those surveyed have a favorable view of Ron Paul, while just 36% have an unfavorable view. Compare this to Mitt Romney (50% favorable, 45% unfavorable) and Barack Obama (51% favorable, 48% unfavorable).

Ron Paul is viewed in a favorable light by significantly more people than Obama or Romney. While many people think that the Republican Nominee has already been decided, the delegates of the Republican National Convention know that this isn’t true, and with the ultimate goal of getting Barack Obama out of the White House, these poll results certainly suggest that Ron Paul very well could be the better man to take him down.

Results from this poll are in line with past polls that included Ron Paul’s name. Paul has defeated or tied Barack Obama on numerous occasions in the polls, including a tie in the last one he was included in (May 8th). Since then, Paul has inexplicably been left out of the polling, and this latest poll was actually commissioned by supporters of Ron Paul in order to show just how electable this man is.