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% of adults who would rather have a bigger government with more services 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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Alabama | 53% | 25% | 7% | 10% | 4% | 166 |
Alaska | 21% | 13% | < 1% | 58% | 7% | 108 |
Arizona | 23% | 30% | 3% | 34% | 10% | 209 |
Arkansas | 50% | 22% | 2% | 19% | 6% | 124 |
California | 32% | 21% | 2% | 39% | 6% | 1,638 |
Colorado | 19% | 24% | 3% | 47% | 8% | 185 |
Connecticut | 27% | 24% | 1% | 44% | 4% | 151 |
Delaware | 30% | 28% | 4% | 34% | 4% | 126 |
District of Columbia | 32% | 18% | 1% | 43% | 6% | 210 |
Florida | 34% | 22% | 2% | 36% | 6% | 830 |
Georgia | 46% | 25% | 1% | 23% | 5% | 370 |
Hawaii | 31% | 19% | 1% | 44% | 5% | 123 |
Illinois | 27% | 30% | 2% | 34% | 7% | 514 |
Indiana | 40% | 24% | 1% | 31% | 4% | 228 |
Iowa | 24% | 27% | 3% | 40% | 6% | 110 |
Kentucky | 41% | 23% | 4% | 29% | 3% | 157 |
Louisiana | 57% | 22% | < 1% | 18% | 3% | 176 |
Maryland | 30% | 24% | 1% | 39% | 5% | 301 |
Massachusetts | 17% | 20% | 2% | 55% | 6% | 314 |
Michigan | 30% | 29% | 2% | 33% | 6% | 354 |
Minnesota | 22% | 18% | 3% | 51% | 6% | 196 |
Mississippi | 67% | 20% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 115 |
Missouri | 31% | 30% | 2% | 32% | 5% | 201 |
Nevada | 32% | 27% | 1% | 33% | 6% | 104 |
New Hampshire | 9% | 18% | 2% | 63% | 8% | 103 |
New Jersey | 32% | 27% | 3% | 32% | 5% | 382 |
New Mexico | 32% | 19% | 1% | 38% | 10% | 134 |
New York | 27% | 21% | 2% | 44% | 6% | 946 |
North Carolina | 39% | 22% | 3% | 31% | 6% | 381 |
Ohio | 36% | 28% | 1% | 29% | 6% | 363 |
Oklahoma | 41% | 24% | 1% | 30% | 5% | 121 |
Oregon | 21% | 21% | 1% | 49% | 8% | 158 |
Pennsylvania | 30% | 23% | 1% | 40% | 6% | 472 |
Rhode Island | 25% | 23% | < 1% | 45% | 7% | 124 |
South Carolina | 56% | 21% | 2% | 16% | 6% | 184 |
Tennessee | 46% | 22% | 2% | 25% | 5% | 206 |
Texas | 44% | 26% | 2% | 23% | 6% | 1,016 |
Vermont | 10% | 19% | 2% | 65% | 4% | 134 |
Virginia | 41% | 18% | 1% | 31% | 8% | 309 |
Washington | 21% | 20% | 1% | 53% | 5% | 274 |
Wisconsin | 23% | 26% | 1% | 46% | 3% | 201 |
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