---
title: "Candidate Preference by Religious Group, June Update"
description: "Polling conducted in May and early June by the Pew Research Center for the People & 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."
date: "2012-06-07"
authors:
  - name: "Joseph Liu"
    job_title: "Guest Contributor"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2012/06/07/candidate-preference-by-religious-group-june-update/"
categories:
  - "Election 2012"
  - "Politics & Policy"
  - "Religion"
  - "U.S. Elections & Voters"
---

# Candidate Preference by Religious Group, June Update

[![rp2012-report-short](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2012/07/RP2012-report-short26.png)](https://projects.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/religion/rp2012/)

Polling conducted in May and early June by the Pew Research Center for the People & 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.

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 [report](https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2012/06/05/perceptions-of-economic-news-turn-more-negative/), which includes general election preference by [religion](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/legacy-detailed_tables/6-5-12%20Detailed%20tables.pdf) (PDF), is available on the [Pew Research Center for the People & the Press’ website](https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/).