Interpreting scripture among blacks by political ideology (2014) Switch to: Political ideology among blacks by interpretation of scripture
% of blacks 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 | 63% | 19% | 3% | 10% | 6% | 1,000 |
Moderate | 47% | 28% | 2% | 18% | 6% | 1,215 |
Liberal | 44% | 24% | 2% | 24% | 6% | 900 |
Don't know | 49% | 19% | 6% | 14% | 12% | 279 |
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