Views about size of government by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition by views about size of government
% of adults who would rather have…
Religious tradition | Smaller government; fewer services | Bigger government; more services | Depends | Don't know | Sample size |
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Buddhist | 40% | 51% | 3% | 6% | 264 |
Catholic | 48% | 47% | 3% | 3% | 7,202 |
Evangelical Protestant | 64% | 30% | 3% | 3% | 8,593 |
Hindu | 40% | 57% | 4% | < 1% | 199 |
Historically Black Protestant | 23% | 70% | 3% | 4% | 1,916 |
Jehovah's Witness | 32% | 50% | 4% | 14% | 245 |
Jewish | 40% | 53% | 4% | 3% | 847 |
Mainline Protestant | 59% | 34% | 4% | 4% | 6,083 |
Mormon | 75% | 22% | 2% | 2% | 664 |
Muslim | 23% | 73% | 3% | 2% | 237 |
Orthodox Christian | 61% | 38% | 1% | < 1% | 186 |
Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | 47% | 46% | 3% | 4% | 7,556 |
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