Interpreting scripture among Christians by political ideology (2014) Switch to: Political ideology among Christians by interpretation of scripture
% of Christians 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% | 4% | 10% | 5% | 11,260 |
Moderate | 30% | 38% | 2% | 22% | 7% | 8,162 |
Liberal | 30% | 28% | 2% | 32% | 8% | 4,301 |
Don't know | 44% | 22% | 9% | 14% | 12% | 1,325 |
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