Interpreting scripture among adults ages 65 and older by political ideology (2014) Switch to: Political ideology among adults ages 65 and older by interpretation of scripture
% of adults ages 65 and older who say the holy scripture is…
Political ideology | 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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Conservative | 48% | 27% | 4% | 14% | 7% | 4,056 |
Moderate | 28% | 31% | 3% | 29% | 9% | 2,859 |
Liberal | 24% | 19% | 2% | 47% | 9% | 1,976 |
Don't know | 42% | 17% | 12% | 13% | 15% | 436 |
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