August 03, 2012 12:07 AM UTC

Pew Research: Romney's Unfavorables, Obama's Lead Grow Nationally

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• by: Colorado Pols

A new poll from the Pew Center for the People and the Press out today:

By a 52% to 37% margin, more voters say they have an unfavorable than favorable view of Mitt Romney. The poll, conducted prior to Romney’s recent overseas trip, represents the sixth consecutive survey over the past nine months in which his image has been in negative territory. While Romney’s personal favorability improved substantially between March and June – as Republican voters rallied behind him after the primary season ended – his image has again slipped over the past month. [Pols emphasis]

Barack Obama’s image remains, by comparison, more positive – 50% offer a favorable assessment of the president, 45% an unfavorable one. Even so, Obama’s personal ratings are lower than most presidential candidates in recent elections…

The latest national survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, conducted July 16-26, 2012, among 2,508 adults, including 1,956 registered voters, finds that, in keeping with his favorability advantage, Obama continues to hold a sizable lead over Romney in the election contest. Currently, 51% say they support Obama or lean toward him, while 41% support or lean toward Romney.

Despite the ten-point lead that President Barack Obama enjoys in this poll, it’s a much closer 4-point race in the 12 battleground states Pew sampled separately–and the race in these states, including Colorado, has tightened since the last poll. This is consistent with other polls showing that the race is very close in states receiving the most attention from the two campaigns.

Which is just going to encourage them, folks.