Views about government aid to the poor among adults who say religion is somewhat important by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who say religion is somewhat important by views about government aid to the poor
% of adults who say religion is somewhat important who say government aid to the poor…
Religious tradition | Does more harm than good | Does more good than harm | Neither/both equally | Don't know | Sample size |
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Catholic | 47% | 48% | 3% | 2% | 2,225 |
Evangelical Protestant | 52% | 44% | 3% | 1% | 1,382 |
Historically Black Protestant | 24% | 67% | 6% | 3% | 228 |
Jewish | 24% | 71% | 4% | 1% | 313 |
Mainline Protestant | 49% | 47% | 3% | 1% | 1,990 |
Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | 42% | 52% | 4% | 2% | 1,498 |
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