Boris Johnson is trusted on Europe by twice as many voters as David Cameron, according to a poll.
ComRes asked 2,043 people who was "more likely to tell the truth about the EU" in a poll for The Independent and the Sunday Mirror.
Some 45% opted for Leave campaigner Mr Johnson, while 21% said David Cameron, who wants the UK to remain in the 28-nation bloc.
By a smaller margin, 39% to 24%, campaigners for Leave generally were considered "more likely to tell the truth" than campaigners for Remain.
The poll found 33% thought they would be personally better off if Britain stayed in the EU, whereas 29% believed they would be better off if we left and 38% said they did not know.
It comes after a 'Super Saturday' of campaigning when Britain Stronger In Europe held 1,000 events and Brexiteers staged what they described as a nationwide "blitz".
Speaking at an event in his own Witney constituency in Oxfordshire, David Cameron warned voters of an "immediate and sustained hit that we would suffer to our economy" if the UK left the EU.
The Prime Minister added: "If we vote to leave on 23 June we will be voting for higher prices, we will be voting for fewer jobs, we will be voting for lower growth, we will be voting potentially for a recession. That is the last thing our economy needs."
But Mr Johnson said Britain could survive on its own because it was the fifth biggest economy in the world.
He said it was a "David and Goliath fight" with the "little platoons against the big battalions" but that Vote Leave had "passion and courage".
He said: "I am telling you that if we vote leave on 23 June and take back control of this country's democracy and economy we can can prosper and thrive as never before."
Sky Data suggests the economy lags behind immigration as the greatest concern of undecided voters.
The poll showed 29% of voters were undecided and of those, 28% said immigration was the greatest concern - just 15% said the economy.
Jeremy Corbyn was also on the campaign trail on Saturday - using a speech at the QE2 Centre in London to say the country's problems were down to the Tories, not the EU.
"I'm in favour in 2020 of Vote Leave - vote for the Tories to leave office," the Labour leader said.
Mr Corbyn cited a lack of secure jobs, tax avoidance, workers' rights, steel, the environment and the NHS, and surmised: "It's our government that is really the problem."
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