Interpreting scripture among adults with an education level of high school or less by political ideology (2014) Switch to: Political ideology among adults with an education level of high school or less by interpretation of scripture
% of adults with an education level of high school or less 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 | 52% | 23% | 3% | 17% | 6% | 4,287 |
Moderate | 34% | 30% | 2% | 28% | 6% | 3,192 |
Liberal | 35% | 21% | 2% | 35% | 6% | 2,150 |
Don't know | 40% | 18% | 6% | 23% | 13% | 955 |
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