Interpreting scripture among republicans and Republican leaners by political ideology (2014) Switch to: Political ideology among republicans and Republican leaners by interpretation of scripture
% of republicans and Republican leaners 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 | 43% | 33% | 4% | 16% | 5% | 8,951 |
Moderate | 22% | 36% | 2% | 34% | 7% | 3,768 |
Liberal | 33% | 25% | 1% | 35% | 6% | 745 |
Don't know | 33% | 21% | 11% | 24% | 10% | 267 |
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