Party affiliation among Mainline Protestants who have completed some college by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among Mainline Protestants who have completed some college by political party

% of Mainline Protestants who have completed some college who identify as…

Religious denominationRepublican/lean Rep.No leanDemocrat/lean Dem.Sample size
American Baptist Churches USA45%13%42%126
Episcopal Church39%12%48%103
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)46%10%44%179
United Methodist Church58%11%31%430
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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