Interpreting scripture among who believe in Heaven by political party (2014) Switch to: Party affiliation among who believe in Heaven by interpretation of scripture
% of who believe in Heaven who say the holy scripture is…
Party affiliation | 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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Republican/lean Rep. | 41% | 37% | 3% | 14% | 5% | 10,890 |
No lean | 39% | 27% | 5% | 19% | 9% | 3,811 |
Democrat/lean Dem. | 37% | 31% | 2% | 23% | 7% | 9,636 |
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