Interpreting scripture among democrats and Democratic leaners by belief in God (2014) Switch to: Belief in God among democrats and Democratic leaners by interpretation of scripture
% of democrats and Democratic leaners who say the holy scripture is…
Belief in God | Word of God; should be taken literally | Word of God; not everything taken literally | Word of God; other/don't know | Not the word of God | Other/don't know | Sample size |
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Believe in God; absolutely certain | 40% | 31% | 3% | 19% | 7% | 8,289 |
Believe in God; fairly certain | 14% | 24% | 1% | 53% | 8% | 3,363 |
Believe in God; not too/not at all certain | 6% | 7% | < 1% | 80% | 6% | 1,110 |
Believe in God; don't know | 36% | 14% | 2% | 30% | 18% | 118 |
Do not believe in God | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 96% | 2% | 2,338 |
Other/don't know if they believe in God | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 87% | 10% | 464 |
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