Party affiliation among who believe in Hell by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among who believe in Hell by political party

% of who believe in Hell who identify as…

Religious traditionRepublican/lean Rep.No leanDemocrat/lean Dem.Sample size
Catholic41%17%42%4,475
Evangelical Protestant58%15%27%6,978
Historically Black Protestant11%9%80%1,557
Jewish46%15%39%144
Mainline Protestant49%16%36%3,327
Mormon76%10%15%381
Muslim19%23%58%173
Orthodox Christian41%19%40%101
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")28%27%44%1,699
Sample sizes and margins of error vary from subgroup to subgroup, from year to year and from state to state. You can see the sample size for the estimates in this chart on rollover or in the last column of the table. And visit this table to see approximate margins of error for a group of a given size. Readers should always bear in mind the approximate margin of error for the group they are examining when making comparisons with other groups or assessing the significance of trends over time. For full question wording, see the survey questionnaire.

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