Party affiliation among adults who would rather have a bigger government with more services by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who would rather have a bigger government with more services by political party

% of adults who would rather have a bigger government with more services who identify as…

Religious traditionRepublican/lean Rep.No leanDemocrat/lean Dem.Sample size
Buddhist9%9%83%134
Catholic20%23%58%2,884
Evangelical Protestant29%20%51%2,210
Hindu7%28%65%103
Historically Black Protestant8%8%84%1,326
Jehovah's Witness5%70%25%109
Jewish9%6%85%442
Mainline Protestant19%14%66%1,908
Mormon31%16%54%119
Muslim12%20%68%163
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")11%18%70%3,419
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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