Party affiliation among adults who attend prayer groups at least once a week by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among adults who attend prayer groups at least once a week by political party
% of adults who attend prayer groups at least once a week who identify as…
Interpreting scripture | Republican/lean Rep. | No lean | Democrat/lean Dem. | Sample size |
---|---|---|---|---|
Word of God; should be taken literally | 47% | 18% | 35% | 4,764 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 48% | 18% | 35% | 2,435 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 47% | 28% | 26% | 410 |
Not the word of God | 27% | 22% | 52% | 567 |
Other/don't know | 30% | 23% | 47% | 415 |
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