Interpreting scripture among adults who read scripture at least once a week by political ideology (2014) Switch to: Political ideology among adults who read scripture at least once a week by interpretation of scripture
% of adults who read scripture at least once a week 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 | 62% | 26% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 6,461 |
Moderate | 46% | 34% | 4% | 10% | 6% | 3,400 |
Liberal | 45% | 26% | 3% | 18% | 8% | 1,723 |
Don't know | 53% | 23% | 10% | 5% | 9% | 752 |
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