Interpreting scripture among adults who say religion is not too important by political ideology (2014) Switch to: Political ideology among adults who say religion is not too important by interpretation of scripture
% of adults who say religion is not too important who say the holy scripture is…
Political ideology | Word of God; should be taken literally | Word of God; not everything taken literally | Word of God; other/don't know | Not the word of God | Other/don't know | Sample size |
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Conservative | 7% | 20% | 1% | 62% | 10% | 731 |
Moderate | 4% | 14% | < 1% | 74% | 7% | 1,493 |
Liberal | 3% | 9% | < 1% | 82% | 5% | 1,388 |
Don't know | 10% | 12% | 1% | 57% | 20% | 178 |
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