Political ideology among adults in Illinois by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among adults in Illinois by political ideology
% of adults in Illinois who are…
Interpreting scripture | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Don't know | Sample size |
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Word of God; should be taken literally | 41% | 33% | 18% | 8% | 320 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 37% | 39% | 21% | 4% | 400 |
Not the word of God | 20% | 33% | 43% | 4% | 472 |
Other/don't know | 29% | 38% | 18% | 15% | 100 |
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