Views about environmental regulation among liberals by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among liberals by views about environmental protection
% of liberals 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 | 40% | 54% | 1% | 5% | 1,228 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 23% | 75% | 1% | 1% | 1,503 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 27% | 47% | 3% | 23% | 101 |
Not the word of God | 13% | 85% | 1% | 1% | 5,062 |
Other/don't know | 18% | 71% | 5% | 6% | 610 |
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