Interpreting scripture among adults who say religion is very important by political ideology (2014) Switch to: Political ideology among adults who say religion is very important by interpretation of scripture
% of adults who say religion is very important 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 | 57% | 29% | 4% | 5% | 4% | 9,129 |
Moderate | 40% | 37% | 3% | 12% | 7% | 5,549 |
Liberal | 41% | 28% | 3% | 21% | 8% | 2,923 |
Don't know | 50% | 21% | 10% | 8% | 11% | 1,124 |
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