Interpreting scripture among who believe in Heaven by political ideology (2014) Switch to: Political ideology among who believe in Heaven by interpretation of scripture
% of who believe in Heaven 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 | 49% | 32% | 3% | 11% | 5% | 10,631 |
Moderate | 30% | 38% | 2% | 23% | 7% | 8,111 |
Liberal | 32% | 29% | 2% | 31% | 7% | 4,258 |
Don't know | 43% | 21% | 8% | 15% | 13% | 1,337 |
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