Interpreting scripture among republicans and Republican leaners by views about human evolution (2014) Switch to: Views about human evolution among republicans and Republican leaners by interpretation of scripture
% of republicans and Republican leaners who say the holy scripture is…
Views about human evolution | 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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Evolved; due to natural processes | 11% | 24% | 1% | 58% | 6% | 3,044 |
Evolved; due to God's design | 26% | 47% | 2% | 19% | 6% | 3,707 |
Evolved; don't know how | 18% | 30% | 3% | 29% | 21% | 480 |
Always existed in present form | 56% | 29% | 4% | 7% | 3% | 5,903 |
Don't know | 38% | 28% | 12% | 9% | 13% | 597 |
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