Interpreting scripture among democrats and Democratic leaners by views about size of government (2014) Switch to: Views about size of government among democrats and Democratic leaners by interpretation of scripture
% of democrats and Democratic leaners who say the holy scripture is…
Views about size of government | 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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Smaller government; fewer services | 22% | 26% | 2% | 44% | 6% | 4,908 |
Bigger government; more services | 29% | 22% | 1% | 42% | 6% | 9,385 |
Depends | 17% | 15% | 4% | 43% | 20% | 678 |
Don't know | 21% | 17% | 5% | 40% | 17% | 711 |
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