% of adults who say religion is not too important who are in…
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Table
Share
Political ideology
Northeast
South
Midwest
West
Sample size
Conservative
21%
29%
25%
25%
731
Moderate
21%
29%
23%
28%
1,493
Liberal
24%
25%
21%
30%
1,388
Don't know
22%
27%
20%
31%
178
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.