Party affiliation among members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) by educational group (2014) Switch to: Educational distribution among members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) by political party

% of members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) who identify as…

Educational distributionRepublican/lean Rep.No leanDemocrat/lean Dem.Sample size
High school or less44%15%41%143
Some college46%10%44%179
College43%7%50%186
Post-graduate degree32%6%62%128
Sample sizes and margins of error vary from subgroup to subgroup, from year to year and from state to state. You can see the sample size for the estimates in this chart on rollover or in the last column of the table. And visit this table to see approximate margins of error for a group of a given size. Readers should always bear in mind the approximate margin of error for the group they are examining when making comparisons with other groups or assessing the significance of trends over time. For full question wording, see the survey questionnaire.

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