---
title: "Candidate Preference by Religious Group, July Update"
description: "Polling conducted in late June and early July by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press finds that despite the stagnant economy and broad dissatisfaction with national conditions, Barack Obama holds a significant lead over Mitt Romney."
date: "2012-07-12"
authors:
  - name: "Joseph Liu"
    job_title: "Guest Contributor"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2012/07/12/candidate-preference-by-religious-group-july-update/"
categories:
  - "Election 2012"
  - "Politics & Policy"
  - "Religion"
  - "U.S. Elections & Voters"
---

# Candidate Preference by Religious Group, July Update

[![rp2012-report-short](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2012/07/RP2012-report-short25.png)](https://projects.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/religion/rp2012/)

Polling conducted in late June and early July by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press finds that despite the stagnant economy and broad dissatisfaction with national conditions, Barack Obama holds a significant lead over Mitt Romney. Currently, Obama is favored by a 50% to 43% margin among registered voters nationwide. Obama has led by at least a slim margin in every poll this year, and there is no clear trend in either candidate’s support since Romney wrapped up the GOP nomination.

The poll was conducted June 28-July 9, 2012 among 2,973 adults (including 2,373 registered voters). The complete [report](https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2012/07/12/obama-holds-lead-romney-trails-on-most-issues/), which includes general election preference by [religion](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/legacy-detailed_tables/7-12-12%20Detailed%20Tables.pdf) (PDF), is available on the [Pew Research Center for the People & the Press’ website](https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/).