Interpreting scripture among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more harm than good by political party (2014) Switch to: Party affiliation among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more harm than good by interpretation of scripture
% of adults who say that government aid to the poor does more harm than good 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. | 36% | 33% | 3% | 23% | 5% | 9,750 |
No lean | 30% | 24% | 4% | 31% | 10% | 2,408 |
Democrat/lean Dem. | 33% | 26% | 2% | 32% | 6% | 3,433 |
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