Belief in absolute standards for right and wrong among adults who would rather have a smaller government with fewer services by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who would rather have a smaller government with fewer services by belief in existence of standards for right and wrong
% of adults who would rather have a smaller government with fewer services who say…
Religious tradition | There are clear standards for what is right and wrong | Right or wrong depends on the situation | Neither/both equally | Don't know | Sample size |
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Buddhist | 24% | 68% | 8% | < 1% | 102 |
Catholic | 38% | 60% | 1% | 1% | 3,868 |
Evangelical Protestant | 59% | 39% | 2% | 1% | 5,851 |
Historically Black Protestant | 39% | 58% | 1% | 1% | 454 |
Jewish | 31% | 65% | 3% | 1% | 336 |
Mainline Protestant | 39% | 58% | 1% | 1% | 3,687 |
Mormon | 66% | 32% | 2% | < 1% | 524 |
Orthodox Christian | 40% | 56% | 1% | 3% | 120 |
Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | 24% | 74% | 1% | 1% | 3,541 |
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