Interpreting scripture among independents and those who don't lean to either party by views about size of government (2014) Switch to: Views about size of government among independents and those who don't lean to either party by interpretation of scripture
% of independents and those who don't lean to either party 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 | 24% | 24% | 3% | 39% | 10% | 2,889 |
Bigger government; more services | 40% | 23% | 4% | 25% | 9% | 2,028 |
Depends | 23% | 17% | 6% | 32% | 22% | 298 |
Don't know | 23% | 19% | 10% | 24% | 24% | 443 |
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