
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,
which includes general election preference by religion
(PDF), is available on the Pew Research
Center for the People & the Press’ website.