{"id":73089,"date":"2012-08-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-02T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2012\/08\/02\/candidate-preference-by-religious-group-late-july-update\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T04:13:30","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T09:13:30","slug":"candidate-preference-by-religious-group-late-july-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2012\/08\/02\/candidate-preference-by-religious-group-late-july-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Candidate Preference by Religious Group, Late July Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/rp2012\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"rp2012-report-short\" alt=\"rp2012-report-short\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2013\/01\/RP2012-report-short5.png\"><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Polling conducted July 16-26, 2012, by the Pew Research Center for the People &amp; the Press finds that more voters say they have an unfavorable than favorable view of Mitt Romney. Barack Obama\u2019s image remains, by comparison, more positive. And Obama continues to hold a sizable lead over Romney in the election contest, with 51% of registered voters saying they support Obama or lean toward him, while 41% support or lean toward Romney.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The poll was conducted among 2,508 adults (including 1,956 registered voters). The complete <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2012\/08\/02\/romneys-personal-image-remains-negative\/\">report<\/a>, which includes general election preference by <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2012\/08\/8-2-12-Detailed-Tables.2.pdf\">religion<\/a> (PDF), is available on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.peoplepress.org\/\">Pew Research Center for the People &amp; the Press\u2019 website<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new Pew Research Center poll finds that more voters say they have an unfavorable than favorable view of Mitt Romney. 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