{"id":73325,"date":"2012-06-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-07T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2012\/06\/07\/candidate-preference-by-religious-group-june-update\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T04:13:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T09:13:31","slug":"candidate-preference-by-religious-group-june-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2012\/06\/07\/candidate-preference-by-religious-group-june-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Candidate Preference by Religious Group, June 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\/2012\/07\/RP2012-report-short26.png\"><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Polling conducted in May and early June by the Pew Research Center for the People &amp; the Press finds that Mitt Romney continues to hold a commanding lead over Barack Obama among white evangelical voters. But Obama leads Romney by large margins among black Protestants and religiously unaffiliated voters.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The poll was conducted May 9-June 3 among 3,003 adults (including 2,338 registered voters). It was largely completed before the release of a weaker-than-expected federal jobs report on June 1 and recent declines in financial markets. The complete <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2012\/06\/05\/perceptions-of-economic-news-turn-more-negative\/\">report<\/a>, which includes general election preference by <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/legacy-detailed_tables\/6-5-12%20Detailed%20tables.pdf\">religion<\/a> (PDF), is available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/\">Pew Research Center for the People &amp; the Press\u2019 website<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polling conducted in May and early June by the Pew Research Center for the People &amp; the Press finds that Mitt Romney continues to hold a commanding lead over Barack Obama among white evangelical voters. 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