Party affiliation among adults who say humans evolved due to natural processes by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who say humans evolved due to natural processes by political party

% of adults who say humans evolved due to natural processes who identify as…

Religious traditionRepublican/lean Rep.No leanDemocrat/lean Dem.Sample size
Buddhist11%15%74%191
Catholic31%19%50%2,167
Evangelical Protestant40%17%43%870
Hindu14%18%68%118
Historically Black Protestant6%10%84%302
Jewish19%5%76%536
Mainline Protestant34%12%54%1,876
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")21%18%61%5,120
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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