Interpreting scripture among liberals by state (2014) Switch to: State among liberals by interpretation of scripture
% of liberals who say the holy scripture is…
State | 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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Arizona | 12% | 22% | < 1% | 50% | 16% | 139 |
California | 16% | 16% | 1% | 60% | 7% | 1,114 |
Colorado | 12% | 20% | 4% | 60% | 4% | 141 |
Connecticut | 16% | 21% | < 1% | 55% | 8% | 109 |
District of Columbia | 10% | 13% | 1% | 71% | 5% | 123 |
Florida | 21% | 20% | 2% | 50% | 6% | 476 |
Georgia | 28% | 19% | 2% | 46% | 6% | 190 |
Illinois | 17% | 23% | 1% | 54% | 5% | 352 |
Indiana | 28% | 17% | 3% | 47% | 5% | 124 |
Maryland | 20% | 19% | 4% | 53% | 4% | 188 |
Massachusetts | 8% | 13% | 1% | 70% | 8% | 262 |
Michigan | 20% | 23% | 1% | 46% | 11% | 247 |
Minnesota | 10% | 13% | 2% | 63% | 12% | 153 |
Missouri | 20% | 30% | 2% | 39% | 9% | 141 |
New Jersey | 10% | 22% | 1% | 60% | 7% | 227 |
New York | 16% | 14% | < 1% | 65% | 5% | 604 |
North Carolina | 20% | 17% | 3% | 49% | 10% | 235 |
Ohio | 14% | 30% | 1% | 44% | 10% | 222 |
Oregon | 14% | 21% | 1% | 59% | 5% | 133 |
Pennsylvania | 21% | 15% | < 1% | 58% | 5% | 321 |
Tennessee | 33% | 18% | 4% | 42% | 3% | 122 |
Texas | 32% | 19% | 1% | 40% | 8% | 502 |
Vermont | 4% | 7% | 1% | 80% | 7% | 120 |
Virginia | 30% | 14% | < 1% | 50% | 6% | 177 |
Washington | 7% | 17% | 1% | 71% | 4% | 223 |
Wisconsin | 12% | 19% | 1% | 66% | 3% | 121 |
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