Interpreting scripture among liberals by views about size of government (2014) Switch to: Views about size of government among liberals by interpretation of scripture
% of liberals 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 | 15% | 21% | 1% | 55% | 7% | 2,201 |
Bigger government; more services | 21% | 18% | 1% | 54% | 5% | 5,619 |
Depends | 10% | 13% | 2% | 57% | 18% | 347 |
Don't know | 15% | 15% | 3% | 51% | 16% | 337 |
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