Views about environmental regulation among republicans and Republican leaners by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among republicans and Republican leaners by views about environmental protection
% of republicans and Republican leaners who say…
Interpreting scripture | Stricter environmental laws and regulations cost too many jobs and hurt the economy | Stricter environmental laws and regulations are worth the cost | Neither/both equally | Don't know | Sample size |
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Word of God; should be taken literally | 60% | 35% | 2% | 3% | 4,765 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 55% | 42% | 2% | 2% | 4,660 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 56% | 30% | 9% | 6% | 459 |
Not the word of God | 51% | 45% | 2% | 2% | 3,024 |
Other/don't know | 54% | 35% | 5% | 7% | 823 |
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