Interpreting scripture among democrats and Democratic leaners by frequency of reading scripture (2014) Switch to: Frequency of reading scripture among democrats and Democratic leaners by interpretation of scripture
% of democrats and Democratic leaners who say the holy scripture is…
Frequency of reading scripture | 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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At least once a week | 53% | 26% | 3% | 11% | 6% | 4,366 |
Once or twice a month | 30% | 34% | 2% | 26% | 7% | 1,545 |
Several times a year | 21% | 31% | 2% | 39% | 7% | 1,357 |
Seldom/never | 11% | 18% | 1% | 65% | 6% | 8,302 |
Don't know | 39% | 6% | 9% | 18% | 28% | 112 |
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